Junior Book Interior Designer, Random House

Job Description

Junior Book Interior Designer, Random House (Open to Remote)

The Random House Publishing Group seeks a Junior Designer to join our interior book design team. This position offers an opportunity for growth and to apply your design skills in a busy, creative, and collaborative environment.

Founded in 1925, Random House 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, including books by authors such as George Martin, Imbolo Mbue, Keanu Reeves, Téa Obreht, Elizabeth Strout, Kate Bowler, George Saunders, and Taffy Brodesser-Akner.

The Junior Designer creates paperback conversions, spine dies, and (with oversight) original designs for fiction, nonfiction, and series titles across the Random House Group imprints. The Junior Designer will also interface with our Editorial, Production, Production Editorial, and Managing Editorial teams. The candidate should have experience with full production of a book or other print publications using InDesign: creating InDesign parent pages and style sheets, flowing manuscripts into InDesign, and working with correction cycles.

The ideal Junior Designer is creative, organized, and able to manage multiple projects at once. Candidates should have excellent communication skills, a strong design portfolio, and at least 1 year of experience in print publishing, preferably with hands-on experience in longform design.

Please apply using our ATS system by April 4, 2024 and include your resume and cover letter for consideration. Before applying for any role at Penguin Random House we recommend you review our applicant resources page and look over our open to remote guidelines on our FAQs page.

The Role:
• Design work for book interiors, including creating trade paperback and mass market conversions, spine dies, and some original designs
• Managing routings of own workload
• Reviewing text passes, marking corrections, and reviewing proofs
• No relocation is required, position can be remote

The Essentials:
• Mastery of Adobe InDesign in Mac OS
• Strong knowledge of typography
• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat
• Great interpersonal and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail, and timely and efficient follow-up skills
• Able to work collaboratively and cross-departmentally
• Able to work well under pressure and meet demanding deadlines
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Outlook
• Familiarity with manuscript tagging or HTML is a plus

The salary for this position is $53,000. All positions are currently eligible for annual profit award or bonus, subject to Company results.

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.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rj0m3e-18-117-70-132-42 in your application.