Junior designer
Ulysses Press, New York City, NY USA
Salary: $55,000 - $75,000 based on experience
Level: Entry Level
Duration: Full Time
Ulysses Press, a trade book press with offices in Brooklyn, New York, and Berkeley, California, is looking for an enthusiastic, full-time Book Production Typesetter/Designer to join our publishing team. This job reports to the Director of Production. This person will work closely with the Ulysses Press team to design, layout, and produce Ulysses Press titles as well as reformat previously published books for reprints and prepare files for short print runs.
Required qualifications:
- 1 to 2 years working in InDesign and book production/design
- A deep understanding and familiarity Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, and an especially robust knowledge of InDesign.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, including the footnote and track changes functions
- Careful attention to detail
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and deadlines and adapt to changing priorities
- Strong written, verbal, organizational, and time-management skills
- Knowledge of CMYK printing
- Experience using Mac OS
- Excellent organizational and communication skills
- College degree or equivalent work experience
Other useful skills:
- familiarity with editing marks
- Experience with QuarkXpress
Candidates in the New York area would be required to maintain a hybrid work schedule.
About Ulysses Press
Beyond market-driven, Ulysses Press focuses on highly targeted niche groups that aren’t being offered the books they want by the big corporate-owned publishing houses.
At Ulysses, we believe that as pop culture changes at the speed of the internet, books have a powerful role to play in the interconnected world. Above all other media, books offer readers a trusted source for information and a vital escape from our highly connected, digital world.