RedBalloon

Book Interior Designer / TypesetterGenerations

  • Remote
  • Full-time
  • $25 - $30/hr
  • Hourly
Responsibilities
  • Design and typeset book interiors in Adobe InDesign with a focus on Math and English curriculum (textbooks and workbooks), plus trade books.

  • Build and maintain long-document structure — styles, master pages, baseline grids, running heads, and folios — for consistency across a full series.

  • Typeset math and technical content accurately — equations, fractions, number lines, coordinate grids — plus tables, callouts, charts, and figures.

  • Use data merge, GREP, and nested styles to produce repetitive content efficiently at scale: exercise sets, answer keys, and glossaries.

  • Prepare print-ready files to production specs — preflight, bleeds and margins, and PDF/X export packaged to the printer’s requirements.

  • Collaborate with editors and content developers to interpret manuscripts, implement revisions, and keep layouts consistent.

  • Perform other design and production duties as needed to support the publishing team.

Qualifications
  • Book interior design and typesetting experience — portfolio required, including book interiors (at least one textbook or workbook, not logos or marketing collateral).

  • Experience typesetting technical curriculum strongly preferred — especially Math (equations and figures) and English.

  • Advanced knowledge of InDesign for long documents: paragraph and character styles, master pages, GREP, baseline grids, data merge, running heads, and folios.

  • Familiarity with a math equation workflow.

  • Print-production knowledge: preflight, bleeds, color, and PDF/X export.

  • Working proficiency in Illustrator for figures & diagrams; Photoshop for image preparation.

  • Excellent attention to detail and typography, with a proven ability to deliver large projects on deadline.

About Us

generations.org

Mission

To effectively present our vision of “Passing on the Faith” clear, readable, print-ready interior

layouts for Generations’ publications — primarily Math and English curriculum.

Characteristics
  • Organized

  • People-oriented

  • Entrepreneurially-minded

  • Deep commitment to a God-centered, family discipleship method of education

Reporting Relationship

Publishing Director

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