The Massachusetts Review · 2 weeks ago
Production Designer
Hadley, MA
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expThe Massachusetts Review is one of the nation’s leading literary magazines, and they are seeking a production designer to manage page and cover design for their print issues. The role involves layout, typesetting, and the general production handling of four print issues per year, as well as occasional collateral material design.
ArtBooksNon ProfitPublishing
Responsibilities
Manage page and cover design using both existing templates and new design
Layout
Typesetting
General production handling of four print issues per year
Occasional collateral material design, such as posters for events
Digital layout for e-books (approximately 1-2 per year)
Poetry broadsides (1 per year)
Work with the copyeditor to deliver designed pages for correction
Confirm that all corrections have been made before shipping files to the printer
Qualification
Required
at least five years' experience in Print book and/or magazine design and layout, specifically offset and digital print production
Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat
Experience working with other staff members and an Art Director who will make content decisions
Facility with both text paper stock design and art portfolio paper stock within the same issue
comfortable working with the copyeditor to deliver designed pages for correction
working with office staff to confirm that all corrections have been made before shipping files to the printer
Preferred
Ideally, a candidate will live in the western Massachusetts area, to enable access to both the printer and the MR office as needed
Company
The Massachusetts Review
The Massachusetts Review is a nonprofit, independent literary quarterly that publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual art, and more.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
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