Exciting news – EMC Design has relocated!

We are thrilled to announce a major update: emc design has successfully relocated! For those who have been following our journey, you may have already noticed that we have returned to our beloved barn, a stunning grade 2 listed building nestled in the picturesque countryside of Bedfordshire. You might be curious about the reasons behind [...]

BookMachine CAMPUS: Photo research tips for success: Making the most of media

BookMachine’s 2022 Autumn CAMPUS courses have been released and one of our Art Buyer’s, Lucy has become a BookMachine CAMPUS course tutor! BookMachine CAMPUS is BookMachine’s library of industry-specific visual courses for publishing professionals, who want to gather new, or brush up on their existing skills. The courses are less than an hour in length [...]

Hot topics from the ELT Freelancers’ Awayday 2022

EMC Design at the ELT Away Day ELT 2022 Last month our Publishing Services Manager, Kathryn Mitchell, and two of our Production Editors, Sarah Hemfrey and Alicia Martiello, attended the ELT Freelancers’ Awayday based at the VOCO® Oxford Spires Hotel. The event was sponsored by Oxford University Press and delegates included freelancers, publishers, media [...]

Join our team [Designers & Production Editors]

We are recruiting designers and Production Editors to join our design agency team here in Bedford. We are passionate about what we do and have built up an unrivalled reputation for providing the best editorial design for some of the world’s most well-known educational publishers. Production Editor This is a really exciting opportunity for an [...]

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Interview with Alicia about the Publishing Services team

Committed to building long-standing relationships with our publishing clients, the Publishing Services team at emc design are drawn into a variety of projects. They might be commissioning and sourcing photos one day and proof checking final layouts the next. Here we interview Assistant Production Editor, Alicia, about the ins and outs of working on the [...]

PARSNIP in ELT publishing

On a state visit to China in November 2010, David Cameron, with his coalition ministers, turned up to a welcoming ceremony well dressed and well versed in cultural relations between the two nations. As is customary in November, the British ministers donned poppies in remembrance of those who fell during the Great War. However, this [...]

#workinpublishing week

To mark work in publishing week, We’ve asked Lucy, our Publishing Services Manager, to provide an insight into her role. استراتيجيات الروليت Explain what your company does. At emc design we are the leading print and digital design agency for publishing, working primarily on ELT and educational courses and material, commissioned by the top publishers [...]

Skills development is a key element of emc’s success

Staying sharp - twice a day the Publishing Services team takes time to stretch At emc design we’re constantly striving to develop our skills and increase our knowledge in order to offer an even better service to our clients. In fact, continuous improvement is one of our core values, and regularly making enhancements [...]

Our highlights from the IPG’s Autumn Conference

 It’s always great to attend a publishing event, with industry experts passionately sharing their knowledge, experience and expertise, and the IPG autumn conference, held last month, certainly didn’t disappoint. Here are our top takeaway points from the conference: Create a culture and environment where there is a clear purpose, radical honesty, where you lead by [...]

Three things I’ve learnt in my first year at emc design

http://gty.im/999497942 Today marks one year since I joined the team at emc design as Publishing Services Manager, which like most anniversaries obviously calls for cake!  For those not lucky enough to share a slice, I thought I’d share with you the top three things I’ve learnt about the company over the last 12 months. 1. [...]