Harlequin

Designer

Harlequin

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Toronto • Canada

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Salary

💰 CA$60,000 - CA$65,000 per year

About the role

  • Designs mostly 1-color book interiors with the opportunity to work on 2-color and 4-color interiors.
  • Carefully reviews design transmittal information from editorial.
  • Prepares and routes design samples for approval.
  • Creates clean InDesign templates for composition group to page books downstream.
  • Reviews page proofs at various stages and inputs text corrections using InDesign.
  • Designs 1-color and 4-color photo inserts, binding die mechanicals, and spec materials for cases and endpapers.
  • Manages art program for assigned titles under supervision (as needed): evaluates digital images for good print quality; reviews and marks-up art proofs to ensure best print quality.
  • Collaborate with Design Manager on design concepts.
  • Works closely with Editors, Production Editors, Production, and Composition teams.
  • Under supervision, commissions independent contractors (mapmakers and illustrators); negotiate fees, generates graphic artist contracts, and processes invoices, as needed.
  • Meets deadlines, monitors components, keeps accurate status reports on Teams, and tracks budgets for assigned titles.
  • Works on offsets from outside publishers as well as paperback conversions: updates frontmatter, inputs text corrections, adjusts pages and photo inserts to fit new trim size.
  • Traffics files via our RSuite workflow system and other file transfer systems.
  • Accesses, downloads, and archives files utilizing our Digital Access Management System.
  • Assists with work overflow from Senior Designers, Design Managers, and other groups within the department, when needed.

Requirements

  • Minimum 2+ years of book interior design experience
  • Collaborative demeanor and a team-player
  • Must demonstrate proficiency with Adobe InDesign on a Mac
  • Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and/or Adobe Illustrator a plus
  • Project management skills: detail-oriented, well-organized with an ability to handle multiple projects at various stages simultaneously
  • Good written and oral communication skills required.
Benefits
  • Competitive salary
  • Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
book interior designInDesignAdobe PhotoshopAdobe Illustratorproject managementtext correctionsdesign templatesphoto insertsbinding die mechanicalsdigital image evaluation
Soft Skills
collaborativeteam-playerdetail-orientedwell-organizedgood written communicationgood oral communication