Senior Designer

About Saqi Books
Saqi Books is an independent London publisher with over four decades of publishing bold writing on the Middle East and beyond. Our list spans art, politics, history, fiction and memoir, unified by a commitment to clarity, rigour and voice. We’re a small, ambitious team, and design is central to how our books reach readers. We care about books as objects as much as the ideas they carry.

The role
Most of your time will go on the craft at the heart of the list: designing and typesetting interiors, adapting covers for paperback editions and creating the marketing assets that carry our books into the world. You’ll also commission and art direct freelance designers and illustrators, shaping their work and ensuring a distinctive and consistent visual identity across the list.

You’ll work closely with Editorial, Sales and Marketing, bringing ideas, challenging assumptions where necessary and maintaining high standards from initial concept through to final production. There’s considerable scope to develop and evolve Saqi’s visual language, bringing creative ambition to a publishing house with a distinctive identity and an ambitious list.

Benefits (pro rata)
32 days’ holiday (including bank holidays)
Discretionary annual bonus
Contributory pension
Birthday leave / personal day
Paid volunteer day
Hybrid and flexible working

Hours: Part-time, 3 days a week (22.5 hours)
Location: London (hybrid)
Salary: £35,000-£40,000 FTE (pro rata for 3 days), depending on experience, plus bonus and benefits