Contract Job

Book Production Assistant

Haymarket Books

Remote / Virtual 01-05-2024
 
  • Paid
  • Contract
Job Description

Term


February 1 through June 28, 2024, with possibility of renewal (start date flexible)

Estimated 20 hours per week, with hours of particular responsibilities varying

$25-30/hour, invoiced weekly




Responsibilities


Reprints:

Prepare and upload cover and interior files for backlist titles via POD, resizing pages or making other minor modifications when necessary.

Average of 5 hours per week


Hardcovers:

Preflight and produce print-ready cover and interior PDFs to spec for either paperback or case laminate hardcover formats.

Average of 5 hours per week


Historical Materialism series:

Manage the production and ordering of a repackaged book series of around 20 titles per season, including: project management, file preparation, oversight of proofreading, entry and checking of corrections, and assessment and minimal modification of covers for print, printer file delivery and ordering.

Average of 10 hours per week


Input / check corrections

Input author and proofreader corrections to existing InDD layouts. Check page proofs against corrected manuscripts.

Average of 5 hours per week



Requirements


Eligible candidates must have:

  • Substantial experience and expertise in Adobe Acrobat’s print production tools

  • Substantial experience and expertise working in Adobe InDesign and Illustrator

  • Previous work experience in print production

  • Previous work experience project management

  • Familiarity with proofreader’s marks


Candidates should also have or be ready to acquire their own access to:

  • Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Acrobat, Illustrator, and Photoshop)

  • FontAgent (or comparable font management software)

  • iBarcoder

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-dy546p-18-117-227-191-42 in your application.

Salary Details
Salary Range: $25.00 to $30.00 Per Hour ($ USD)
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Haymarket Books

About Haymarket Books

Haymarket Books is a radical, independent, nonprofit book publisher based in Chicago. Our mission is to publish books that contribute to struggles for social and economic justice. We strive to make our books a vibrant and organic part of social movements and the education and development of a critical, engaged, and internationalist Left.

We take inspiration and courage from our namesakes, the Haymarket Martyrs, who gave their lives fighting for a better world. Their 1886 struggle for the eight-hour day—which gave us May Day, the international workers’ holiday—reminds workers around the world that ordinary people can organize and struggle for their own liberation. These struggles—against oppression, exploitation, environmental devastation, and war—continue today across the globe.

Since our founding in 2001, Haymarket has published more than nine hundred titles. Radically independent, we seek to drive a wedge into the risk-averse world of corporate book publishing. Our authors include Angela Y. Davis, Arundhati Roy, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Eve Ewing, Aja Monet, Mariame Kaba, Naomi Klein, Rebecca Solnit, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Mohammed El-Kurd, José Olivarez, Noam Chomsky, Winona LaDuke, Robyn Maynard, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Howard Zinn, Mike Davis, Marc Lamont Hill, Dave Zirin, Astra Taylor, and Amy Goodman, among many other leading writers of our time. We are also the trade publishers of the acclaimed Historical Materialism Book Series.

Haymarket also manages a vibrant community organizing and event space in Chicago, Haymarket House, the popular Haymarket Books Live event series and podcast, and the annual Socialism Conference.