Designer, (Interior Book Design)
About The Position
Simon & Schuster is seeking an Interior Book Designer to design and layout fiction and nonfiction books in the adult division. This person will be involved in, on average, 50 projects each year. The ideal candidate is an Adobe InDesign expert and book design enthusiast, a talented designer with experience designing trade interiors, and is able to work at all levels, from inputting corrections to building well-structured InDesign files for their own original designs. They will understand how their composition work impacts downstream processes, including ebook production and future print editions, and will work collaboratively with Production Editorial to ensure the manuscript and InDesign document are coded complementarily and coding best practices are applied rigorously from manuscript to finished InDesign files. The candidate will also understand book production and printing standards, and know the difference between match designs, reflows, conversions, reissues and be able to create all of these.
Requirements
- 2+ years of layout experience in Adobe InDesign; expert in InDesign
- 1 year or more of experience designing original book interiors
- Solid understanding of book composition standards
- Ability to read and implement proofreader’s marks
- Experience manipulating illustrations and photos in Photoshop
- Experience creating and manipulating vector art in Illustrator
Nice To Haves
- Book design enthusiast
- Talented designer with experience designing trade interiors
- Understands how their composition work impacts downstream processes, including ebook production and future print editions
- Understands book production and printing standards
Responsibilities
- Design and layout fiction and nonfiction books in the adult division.
- Be involved in approximately 50 projects each year.
- Work at all levels, from inputting corrections to building well-structured InDesign files for original designs.
- Collaborate with Production Editorial to ensure manuscript and InDesign document are coded complementarily and coding best practices are applied rigorously.
- Create match designs, reflows, conversions, and reissues.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- 401(k) plan
- life insurance coverage
- disability benefits
- tuition assistance program
- PTO
- Broad Based Ownership program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
