Senior Graphic Designer - Education & Publishing

About the role

This role leads the design and production of educational and commercial publishing materials such as textbooks, workbooks, teacher guides, covers and digital learning assets. It combines expert Adobe InDesign publishing skills, strong visual design judgment, print-production knowledge and responsible use of generative AI to improve quality, consistency, accuracy and turnaround. The designer owns projects from concept to press-ready delivery and mentors designers on efficient, repeatable workflows.

Key responsibilities

• Design and typeset multi-page textbooks, workbooks, teacher guides, assessments and other educational assets for print and digital use.
• Build InDesign templates, parent pages, styles, grids, tables, anchored objects, cross-references and consistent navigation systems.
• Coordinate with editorial, curriculum, illustration and production teams and implement corrections without disrupting content or pagination.
• Prepare press-ready PDFs with correct trim, bleed, safe margins, CMYK/spot colors, embedded fonts and PDF/X settings, and run preflight checks.
• Verify page counts, content completeness, tables, equations, captions, folios and covers, and maintain version control and proofing records.
• Use approved AI tools (e.g. Adobe Firefly, Freepik AI, Magnific, ChatGPT) for ideation, illustration concepts, image enhancement and prompt development, and evaluate AI content for accuracy, originality and print readiness.
• Plan schedules and milestones, manage revisions, and mentor junior designers while maintaining design-system documentation.

Required profile

• 4-8 years of professional graphic design experience, including substantial hands-on experience in book, textbook, educational or long-form publishing.
• Bachelor's degree or diploma in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Publishing or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrable portfolio of multi-page publications and press-ready work, plus examples of practical AI-assisted design workflows.
• Strong English communication, proofreading awareness, organization, attention to detail and ability to handle concurrent deadlines.
• Desirable: K-12 educational publishing experience and experience with InDesign GREP, data merge, ExtendScript/JavaScript, batch processing and EPUB.

Required skills

• Advanced Adobe InDesign (styles, books, tables, anchored objects, GREP, data merge), Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat Pro; working knowledge of Bridge.
• Typography, grids, pagination, indexes, tables of contents, cross-references, equations and diagrams.
• CMYK/RGB workflows, ICC profiles, spot colors, bleed, trim, safe areas, overprint, transparency, image PPI, font embedding, PDF/X export and preflight.
• AI design and image production, including prompt development, upscaling and retouching.
• InDesign automation (GREP, Find/Change, batch actions, Acrobat preflight profiles) and familiarity with ExtendScript/JavaScript or equivalent.
• Digital publishing: optimized PDFs, EPUB, accessible reading order, alt text, contrast and document navigation.