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Pre-Press Production Assistant
Penguin Random House
New York, NY, United States
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Pre-Press Production Assistant, Crown
Pre-Press Production Assistant, Crown Publishing Group
The Crown Publishing Group is a subsidiary of Random House that publishes across several categories including fiction, non-fiction, biography, autobiography and memoir, cooking, health, business, and lifestyle. Its imprints include Crown, Crown Archetype, Crown Business, Crown Forum, Hogarth, Three Rivers Press, Clarkson Potter, Potter Craft, Potter Style, Broadway Books, Broadway Paperbacks, Image, WaterBrook/Multnomah, Harmony Books, Rodale Books, Watson-Guptill, Amphoto Books, and Ten Speed Press.
The Pre-Press team with the Production department, seeks a Production Assistant to support its day-to-day and strategic tasks.
Responsibilities include:
• Typesetting/Page layout in InDesign
• Color correction and retouching via Photoshop
• Digital support for the Production department
• Working with Designers and Printers in creating final printer-ready PDFs
• Light administrative duties
The ideal candidate will have:
• Some experience designing for books and/or magazines
• Office experience, preferably in publishing industry
• Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (version 6 or later)
• Ample experience and comfort with typesetting in InDesign
• Must be deadline-driven, detail-oriented, and comfortable working with different team dynamics
Salary for this position is $40,000. Full-time employees are eligible for our comprehensive benefits program.
Penguin Random House is the leading adult and children’s publishing house in North America, the United Kingdom and many other regions around the world. In publishing the best books in every genre and subject for all ages, we are committed to quality, excellence in execution, and innovation throughout the entire publishing process: editorial, design, marketing, publicity, sales, production, and distribution. Our vibrant and diverse international community of nearly 250 publishing brands and imprints include Ballantine Bantam Dell, Berkley, Clarkson Potter, Crown, DK, Doubleday, Dutton, Grosset & Dunlap, Little Golden Books, Knopf, Modern Library, Pantheon, Penguin Books, Penguin Press, Penguin Random House Audio, Penguin Young Readers, Portfolio, Puffin, Putnam, Random House, Random House Children’s Books, Riverhead, Ten Speed Press, Viking, and Vintage, among others.
Penguin Random House values the array of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.