Junior Artworker
Employer: Historic Newspapers
Location: The role can be home based with some ability to travel into the London office desirable.
Temporary: This a 4 month contract
Working hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £15-£16 per hour
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This a 4 month contract, 37.5 hours per week, £15-£16 per hour
Historic Newspapers (historic-newspapers.com) specialises in bespoke, personalised books created from their private archive of over 2 million original newspapers. Since June 2025, both Historic Newspapers and its parent company, Wonderbly, have been owned by Penguin Random House. With HQ Office in London as well as Offices in SW Scotland, ‘HN’ looks to connect people with their passions through the books they produce.
Over the last 12 months, Historic-Newspapers has undergone transformational change with the launch of an entirely new look and feel to the brand, coupled with a re-platforming of our website to Shopify. This exciting project has yielded incredible results, with 300% YoY growth to the business.
Reporting to the Creative Director, the primary function of the role is to support the Creative team in producing high-quality artwork for our newspaper books and add-ons.
The role will focus on creating and adapting templated content, preparing files for print and digital output, and supporting the production of content for our Newspaper books and add-ons such as the pictorial content for the Deluxe upgrade.
You will work closely with designers, copywriters and researchers to ensure all creative output is accurate, consistent and aligned to brand guidelines.
This role is temporary for 4 months initially. The role can be home based with some ability to travel into the London office desirable.
Requirements
Producing templated Deluxe content and supporting book production
Preparing and formatting artwork for print and digital use
Adapting existing designs into multiple formats and layouts
Assist with retouching images for marketing assets
Ensuring all artwork meets brand guidelines and technical specifications
Working collaboratively with designers, copywriters and researchers
Managing multiple tasks and deadlines with strong attention to detail
Supporting general creative production tasks as required
Enthusiastic and proactive with a willingness to learn
Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
Ability to manage multiple tasks and work to deadlines
Basic knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign and Photoshop
An understanding of layout, typography and visual consistency
Awareness of print production processes is desirable
Good communication skills and ability to work as part of a team
Highly computer literate with a positive, can-do attitude
An interest in sports, specifically US sports an advantage
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