DTP Operator

Responsibilities

Book Design, Layout & Formatting

• End-to-End Layouts: Design visually engaging book interiors, covers, and multi-page page layouts for academic textbooks and workbooks.
• Content Structuring: Seamlessly format chapters, complex tables, mathematical equations, exercises, and activities.
• Design System Mastery: Create and maintain master pages, paragraph/character styles, and templates to ensure absolute consistency in fonts, colors, and margins.
• Asset Integration: Strategically place images, illustrations, icons, maps, and infographics to complement text and improve readability.

Print Production & Prepress Quality Control

• Print-Ready Files: Prepare flawless, print-ready PDF files adhering strictly to CMYK color profiles, high DPI, precise bleed, and margin specifications.
• Technical Auditing: Check files thoroughly for prepress alignment, image resolution issues, and printing errors before final production. Vendor Coordination: Coordinate directly with external printers and internal production teams to ensure final print quality matches digital proofs.

Team Collaboration & Project Management

• Cross-Functional Synergy: Work closely with content writers, subject matter experts (SMEs), editors, and illustrators to translate raw manuscripts into polished books.
• Deadline Management: Handle multiple book projects concurrently while maintaining strict adherence to publication timelines.

Requirements

• Experience: 28 years of solid experience in publication design or desktop publishing (DTP). Prior experience in school book publishing (K-12) is highly preferred.
• Curriculum Familiarity: A strong understanding of the design aesthetics, structures, and guidelines typical of NCERT, CBSE, and ICSE textbooks.
• Technical Toolkit (Mandatory):
• Adobe InDesign (Expert level for long-form formatting)
• Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator (For vector artwork, cover designs, and
• photo editing)
• CorelDRAW (Strong working knowledge)
• Bonus: Familiarity with generative AI design tools for quick asset creation.
• Core Skills: Mastery over typography, optical spacing, grid systems, page pagination, and visual hierarchy.

Education: Graduate in any discipline (A degree/diploma in Graphic Design, Multimedia, or Mass Communication is a plus).