What on Earth!

Our wonderful Britannica’s Encyclopedia Infographica authors, Andrew Pettie & Valentina D'Efilippo, hosted 'Amazing Infographics: How data can reveal our world in a whole new way!' at The Week Junior UK Book Festival yesterday 📊 📚 By the end of the workshop all the kids had designed their very own ice cream infographic to visualise the popularity of flavours, toppings, cup vs cone, and how often they eat it. The end results were extremely creative and left everyone wanting an ice cream! #infographics #visuallearning #authorevent #TheWeekJuniorBookFestival2024

We are half-way through Phase 2 of the What on Earth! magazine engagement study with 610 Year 5 pupils from schools across the UK. I'm pleased to be working with Reading for Pleasure (The Open University) colleagues Teresa Cremin and Sarah Critten and john gordon-reid from What on Earth! who are supporting this essential research. We are exploring the nature of pupils' engagement with a non-fiction magazine, how this material draws in reluctant readers and how access to a shared, monthly publication can impact wider reading choices. We have just completed the mid-point teacher and pupil focus group discussions and the findings so far are quite interesting. Teachers have commented on the value of pupils reading information in 'chunks,' with opportunities for discussion and social interaction. Pupils have also commented on the value of their peers all having copies of the same publication to browse, discuss and revisit together. We look forward to visiting again in December to hear further views. To read the findings from Phase 1 of this study, visit

A lovely couple of sunny days at the Frankfurt Book Fair 📚 Helen Thewlis and Becca Barrett pictured holding the brand-new First Big Book of How and the eighth instalment of the FACTopia! series, Epic FACTopia!, out next May. You can also check out our wonderful stand display (huge thank you to The Rights Solution), which gives you a sneak peak into some of the books we're publishing next year! #fbm24 #ChildrensPublishing #ChildrensNonFiction

A wonderful celebration with Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, Christopher Lloyd & Ben Hoare at the Wellcome Collection for the 10 year anniversary of Humanimal Trust 🚶♂️🐕 Our new joint venture We Are All Animals is out in April 2025 🐍 🦇 🐝 🦒

We had an absolute blast at #NewScientistLive 🚀 💥 It was such a great opportunity to meet What on Earth! Magazine's subscribers and welcome more on board! We also had the author of Open Wide! Letizia D. give a brilliant talk on the marvellous mouths of the animal kingdom, with a Halloweeny twist, at the Engage Stage. New Scientist Events

We're so excited to share that we've been shortlisted for not one but two of The British Book Design & Production Awards! 🦖 Evolution by Sarah Darwin, Eva Maria Sadowski, & Olga Baumert in Children's Trade 9-16. 📊 Britannica’s Encyclopedia Infographica by Andrew Pettie, Valentina D'Efilippo, Conrad Quilty-Harper in Educational Books. Find the full shortlist here: https://lnkd.in/e9yKyDK2 #bbdpa #bookaward #bookdesign #production

📢 Calling all teachers 📢 There’s only ONE DAY LEFT to sign-up for What on Earth! Schools Quiz Challenge 2024 🗓️ It's easy to get involved, completely free and your team could be crowned national champions! Don't miss out! Sign-up now: https://lnkd.in/ekrY7HDt 🏆 💥

This week, Infographica was celebrated and shortlisted for the prestigious @TheWeek Junior Book Awards! While we didn’t take home the win, being among the finalists in this exclusive selection which recognises excellence in children's literature is an incredible honour. The creativity and diverse topics celebrated in that room showcased the power of children's literature to inspire hearts and minds, nurturing the next generation, and reaffirmed that books are definitely not dead! As always, a huge shoutout to the dream team—my co-authors Andrew Pettie & Conrad Quilty-Harper and the What on Earth! team. It was so fun to see you all. Here’s to many more adventures in #datastorytelling for kids! 📚✨ #Infographica #BookAwards #ChildrensLiterature #TheWeekJunior #Creativity

Our absolutely fabulous Britannica's Encyclopedia Infographica and Animal FACTopia! teams at #TWJBookAwards 📚 Photographed: Christopher Lloyd, Andrew Pettie, Natalie Bellos, Helen Thewlis, Andy Smith, Lawrence Morton, Valentina D'Efilippo, Conrad Quilty-Harper. Although we didn't take home a trophy, we were delighted to have been shortlisted in both the Non-Fiction and Animals & Nature categories. The Week Junior #bookaward

We're recruiting for a full-time Mid-Weight Marketing Designer. The role The role of the marketing designer is to create a wide range of digital and printed marketing materials, across a range of formats and platforms, for both our frontlist and backlist titles. You will also be responsible for assisting the in-house Design team with book reprints and the checking of proofs. Key responsibilities include: - Interpreting marketing briefs and bringing your creative vision to a range of campaigns. - Designing engaging assets for our social media channels, website and online retail platforms. - Creating animated content using existing assets from our books. - Designing beautiful print materials, including advertisements and our seasonal catalogues. - Handling our reprints, taking in corrections in InDesign and preparing print-ready files. The Marketing Designer reports to the Art Director and will work closely with the Marketing team. Knowledge, skills and experience - required - A degree in graphic design, animation, or other similar qualification. - At least 2 years of proven experience designing marketing materials for print and digital in trade publishing. - A portfolio that demonstrates creative flair, versatility and technical skills. - High proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (and experience animating using After Effects or similar is desirable). - Experience preparing print-ready assets. - Strong attention to detail. - Ability to work to firm deadlines, under pressure at times, and to juggle multiple projects simultaneously. - Be a brilliant team player, going above and beyond when necessary. - Ability to communicate effectively, respectfully and clearly to team members as well as external collaborators. - Ability to take feedback/direction from others. - A high level of written and verbal proficiency in English. - We are a small team, so a friendly, open and positive attitude is an absolute must. Working Pattern This is a full-time role with a hybrid working pattern of 2 days office-based in central London, and 3 days home-based (or fully office-based if preferred), with flexible Fridays. 24 days’ holiday per annum, in addition to paid bank and public holidays. Salary £32,000–£35,000, depending on experience. How to Apply To apply, please send your portfolio link / PDF (under 10MB), your CV and cover letter to andy@whatonearthbooks.com with the subject line, ‘Mid-Weight Marketing Designer’. Closing date: 4th October 2024 We’re afraid we can only get back to successful applicants. No agencies, please. Thank you and good luck! #hiring #publishingjobs #bookpublishing