Design and Production Assistant University of Florida - UF in US National

Design and Production Assistant

United States

Classification

Title:

Production Associate I

Classification

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor''''s degree in an appropriate area, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Job Description:

• 50% Interior Design:
  Oversee the typesetting of 30 book interiors per year as assigned and provide suitable electronic files for production. Work directly with in-house manuscript editors to make page proof corrections to text, providing PDF files for proofreading, and creating final packaged InDesign files and print-ready PDFs.
• 25% Reprints:
  Work with production team to update backlist files for reprinting and new formats.
• 15% Production and design assistance:
  Assist the production team and book designer with book-related tasks as requested.
• 5% Software and Technology:
  Stay updated on relevant design software and technology and pursue professional development opportunities.
• 5% Other clerical tasks as assigned (file cleanup, organization projects, etc.).

$17 - $18 per hour

• Bachelor''''s degree in an appropriate area, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor''''s degree in graphic design or related field.
• Experience:
  
  Three or more years of experience in book text design. Experience with a university press, academic book publisher, or other nonprofit book publisher.
• Skills:
  
  Expertise designing and typesetting complicated scholarly books including charts, tables, and special characters.
• High level of expertise in Adobe InDesign using styles. Experience in designing and producing typeset book files using the Scribe XML Well-Formed Document Workflow.

• This position is 100% remote.
• Health Assessment
  
  Required:
  
  No