Our graduate scheme is now open for applications

We are really excited to announce that our graduate scheme is now open! If you're a recent graduate designer with an HND or degree in graphic design, communication or typography then a job at etc design as a junior designer in our graduate scheme is going to be right up your street. Our culture is [...]

New Year, New Job.

Here at emc design, we are dedicated to finding the right people to help grow our business. We are currently looking for someone who is organised and meticulous to join our Publishing Services team as a Production Editor. If you are interested, head over to our 'join us' page for all the details.       [...]

Our 2017 Christmas card is here!

After last weeks 'making of', which you can read here, it's time to reveal this years Christmas card.               Our cards were posted earlier this week so should be arriving very soon. Which one is your favourite? Can you think of a better pun? Let us know below.  

It’s beginning to look a lot like /ˈkrɪsməs/ (Christmas)

Here at emc design, we love Christmas and it’s an excellent opportunity for our team to embrace their creative side with something a bit different. mite medicine for rats ivermectin drops 1% Every year we design our own christmas card and this year we’ve added a touch of humour, based around design and editorial puns. [...]

Meet Jo – one of our 2017 graduate designers [INTERVIEW]

Jo joined emc design back in August via our Graduate Design Scheme after successfully completing her BA in graphic design in 2016 and her MA in creative writing this year. We've finally found the time to post up this interview with her to find out how she's finding it all so far... You graduated from [...]

Meet Josie – one of our new graduate designers [INTERVIEW]

We can't believe it's November already ! Which means we are very behind in introducing our newest recruits. Over the summer months we ran an extensive campaign to find the best graduate designers and we were lucky enough to find three brilliant designers to join the team. Over the next couple of weeks we'll be [...]

Concept, Creation & Marketing: Why we all need a good brief [EVENT]

A good brief is the foundation of successful publishing. On Wednesday 18th October we host our third event with BookMachine “Concept, Creation & Marketing: Why we all need a good brief” to explore why getting the brief right helps to ensure published products go to press without too many hitches. Our founder Mike Cryer will [...]

Meet our 2017 graduates

Every year we scout out the best new design graduates from across the industry to come and join our team via our graduate design scheme. We travel the length and breadth of the country visiting end of year degree shows, run an extensive social media campaign and put the feelers out there through our industry [...]

Reflections from BookMachine’s United We Publish: III

photodarren.com Last week BookMachine and Unite hosted the third in a series of events focusing on working in the publishing industry. United We Publish III: Consent or Coersion consisted of a panel of speakers discussing the role of change in the workplace and how to manage it. During a fascinating evening we heard [...]

Type table Wordsearch [COMPETITION]

Shortly after we moved to our new studio in 2014, we decided a type based table would be a nice piece of furniture to have in our reception. But we couldn’t find what we were looking for. Consequently we decided to make one ourselves. We bought two empty type cases, bolted them together on a base, [...]