Designer, Interiors

Job Description

Designer, Interiors (Open to remote)
The Corporate Bookmaking team is seeking a Designer to join their interior book design team that supports Random House Publishing Group. This position offers an opportunity to apply your design interests and skills in a busy, creative, and collaborative environment. The Designer creates original designs for fiction, nonfiction, and series titles across the Random House Group imprints. The Designer will also interface with our Editorial, Production, Production Editorial, and Managing Editorial teams as well as freelancers.
Founded in 1925, Random House Publishing Group is the proud publishing house of many of the world's most acclaimed storytellers, thought leaders, and innovators. Our host of imprints publish a diverse range of 1-, 2-, and 4-color fiction and nonfiction, including literary, thriller, romance, science fiction, fantasy, speculative, history, wellness, cooking, spirituality, politics, and entertainment.
Specific responsibilities include:
• Manages all aspects of interior 1-color book design, including editor and author consultation, complete interior design, and all follow-through to bound book.
• Creates design work for book interiors, including creating trade paperback and mass market conversions, spine dies, and original designs.
• Generates composition of rough first pass and reviews subsequent passes, marks corrections, and reviews proofs.
• Manages routing of own workload.
Please apply if you meet the following qualifications:
• Must have a minimum of 3 years of experience in 1-color print book publishing
• Mastery of Adobe InDesign in Mac OS
• Mastery of typography and the printing process
• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat
• Great interpersonal and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail, timely and efficient follow-up skills
• Able to work collaboratively and cross-departmentally
• Able to work well under pressure and meet demanding deadlines
• Able to manage multiple projects at once
• Organized, creative and flexible
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Outlook
• Familiarity with manuscript tagging or HTML is a plus
The salary for this position is $66,500. All positions are currently eligible for annual profit award or bonus, subject to company results.
Please apply by August 8, 2025 and include your resume, cover letter, and link to an online portfolio for consideration. Before applying for any role at Penguin Random House, we recommend you review our applicant resources page and our FAQs page.
Penguin Random House job postings include a good faith compensation range for each open position. The salary range listed is specific to each particular open position and takes into account various factors including the specifics of the individual role, and candidate's relevant experience and qualifications.
Full-time employees are eligible for our comprehensive benefits program. Our range of benefits include, but are not limited to, Medical/Prescription drug insurance, Dental, Vision, Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, Pre-Tax and Roth 401(k), Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance, Life/AD&D Insurance, Commuter Benefits, Student Loan Repayment Program, Educational Assistance & generous paid time off.

Company: Penguin Random House LLC | Job ID: 281828
Date:
Jul 30, 2025
Location

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-z330o7-18-97-14-83-42 in your application.