Designer, (Interior Book Design)

Simone Development • New York, NY

1d • Hybrid

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 role involves working 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 designer will also need to understand book production and printing standards, and be able to create match designs, reflows, conversions, and reissues.

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.
• Input corrections into InDesign files.
• Build well-structured InDesign files for original designs.
• Ensure manuscript and InDesign document are coded complementarily.
• Apply coding best practices rigorously from manuscript to finished InDesign files.
• Create match designs, reflows, conversions, and reissues.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed