Job Description
Academic Group, an Australian-based company, is looking for a Typesetter for our growing range of text publications for secondary school students.
Ensure that printed text is correctly formatted and arranged (both text and images) whilst being visually pleasing and legible. You must have technical skills and artistic sensibility to develop publications to meet our high standard for Senior School student textbooks and study guides.
Job Title
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Typesetter
Work Schedule
- Day Shift
Job Qualifications/Requirements
- Adobe InDesign experience essential.
- Written and Verbal English language competency essential.
- Attention to detail essential.
- Artistic ability is highly desirable.
- College Graduate preferred with Communications or English Degree or similar.
Job Responsibilities
- Typesetting publication materials such as textbooks, study guides, brochures, or newsletters.
- Proofreading the text to ensure it is free of errors before printing and that all edits and corrections have been completed as instructed.
- Reading manuscript material and formatting it accordingly using computer software such as Adobe InDesign.
- Using specialized computer programs to set type using digital files from authors or other sources.
- Setting the type for textbooks or study guide, or other publications.
- Performing layout work to arrange text and images on a page in accordance with the publisher’s requirements.
- Working with the publisher to produce sample mock-ups and templates for approval.
- Complete page reviews and produce drafts of their work for accuracy, format, and style prior to publication.
- Communicate with editors about any changes that need to be made to ensure that the layout meets their requirements.
Good luck and God Bless!