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Cover Design Workshop Consultant

4 weeks ago


Durban, South Africa HSRC Recruitment Full time

**Job Advert Summary**:
In delivering ‘social science that makes a difference’ the Research Programmes, Units, Institutes and Centres of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) undertake policy-oriented research from its offices in Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban, Pietermaritzburg. Our public purpose mandate is set out in the Human Sciences Research Council Act of 2008.

The Publishing unit of the Human Sciences Research Council requires the services of a freelance Cover Design Consultant to run a 1-day workshop. This will be a once-off project and will include a specific brief (Please see below in Application Requirements). Time frames and remuneration will be confirmed.

**Cover Design Workshop Consultant**

**Ref No: Freelancer - Cover design 06/2023**

**Minimum Requirements**:

- Proven experience in the design of a range of trade, academic and scholarly book covers
- Proven knowledge of the trade, academic and scholarly market
- The applicant should have managed a Design team
- The applicant should have proven experience of mentoring; running a workshop or lecturing
- Proven knowledge of current publishing cover design trends
- Willingness to travel to a venue in the Western Cape at your own cost

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Develop a 1-day workshop suitable to the Publishing Team’s needs, providing all needed materials
- Be able to do the workshop in person; online or both as some staff is in Cape Town and others are in Pretoria
- Address challenges faced by Publishing’s cover design process
- Provide solid examples of good cover designs
- Use knowledge of the of trade, academic and scholarly audience to guide the Team
- Share their understanding of the elements of designing a book cover (covering all elements)
- Make recommendations relevant to each imprint.

**Application Requirements**:
**Applications MUST include**:

- A cover letter of motivation indicating your suitability and goals for this position.
- A detailed CV which should clearly indicate your highest qualification and details of your citizenship.
- A certified ID copy.
- A portfolio of relevant book cover designs and marketing material - please share a link to view the portfolio online (hi-res files cannot not be sent to us due to the recruitment website).

**Application Instructions**:

- Attachments must be less than 1MB, there is an on-screen option to resize;
- The Neptune system will only allow you to upload 1 attachment. Please ensure that all documents are merged into 1 file before uploading.

The HSRC is committed to accelerating the improvement in the proportion of its staff complement who are SA Citizens, black, female or disabled.

The HSRC reserves the right not to make an appointment

**APPLICATIONS FROM RECRUITMENT AGENCIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.


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