Simon & Schuster is seeking an Interior Book Designer to design and layout fiction and nonfiction books in the adult division. This person will be involved in, on average, 50 projects each year. An ideal candidate:Is an Adobe InDesign expert and book design enthusiast Is a talented designer with experience designing trade interiorsIs able to work at all levels, from inputting corrections to building well-structured InDesign files for their own original designsUnderstands how their composition work impacts downstream processes, including ebook production and future print editionsWill work collaboratively with Production Editorial to ensure the manuscript and InDesign document are coded complementarily and coding best practices are applied rigorously from manuscript to finished InDesign filesUnderstands book production and printing standards Knows the difference between match designs, reflows, conversions, reissues and is able to create all of theseRequirements:2 years of layout experience in Adobe InDesign; expert in InDesign 1 year or more of experience designing original book interiorsSolid understanding of book composition standardsAbility to read and implement proofreader’s marks Experience manipulating illustrations and photos in Photoshop Experience creating and manipulating vector art in Illustrator This role is open to both hybrid and remote.