Desktop Publishing Designer

Job Description

Simon & Schuster is a global leader in general interest publishing, dedicated to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction for readers of all ages, and in all printed, digital and audio formats. Its distinguished roster of authors includes many of the world's most popular and widely recognized writers, and winners of the most prestigious literary honors and awards.

It is home to numerous well-known imprints and divisions such as Simon & Schuster, Scribner, Atria Books, Gallery Books, Pocket Books, Adams Media, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing and Simon & Schuster Audio and international companies in Australia, Canada, India and the United Kingdom, and proudly brings the works of its authors to readers in more than 200 countries and territories. For more information visit our website at www.simonandschuster.com.

The Simon & Schuster Design and Digital Content Development team is hiring a desktop publishing designer to help us make great books. The designer will be responsible for:
• Typesetting and composition of new books, including making corrections to existing files
• Creating enlargement and reduction samples
• Flowing books in InDesign, reflowing books to meet new trim sizes
- Creating books of varying complexity based on existing designs
- Reviewing and rebuilding assets from foreign publishers to comply with in-house design standards
- Creating original designs for eBooks, trade paperback, and hardcover. This includes designing titles with complex design elements, such as complicated back matter material, photos t/o, indexes, subheads, etc.
- Assisting in training junior staff on new concepts/processes
- Assisting with complex backlist conversions, patches, and reprints
- Assisting with reviewing and finalizing Wiki documentation for Desktop department procedures
- Creating spine dies and selecting jacket case materials
- Reviewing file quality and composition of backlist titles for content update requests/reprinting
- Assisting with supervising reprint corrections

The designer should be self-motivated, detail-oriented, and organized. Because the job is deadline-sensitive, this person must be able to manage their time extremely well.
- Minimum 3 years of book publishing design experience
- Experienced in InDesign
- Familiar with Photoshop and Illustrator
- Knows proofreader's marks
- Experienced with book composition standards

ViacomCBS is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-dy7byq-3-138-101-95-42 in your application.