Book Graphic Designer
Peacock Design Solutions is looking for a Book Graphic Designer to lay out and typeset books for publishers, educational imprints and self-publishing authors. You will work on picture books, textbooks, novels, workbooks and coffee-table titles — handling interiors, covers and the prepress files that go to the printer.
Key Responsibilities
- Lay out and typeset book interiors — picture books, textbooks, novels, workbooks and activity books.
- Build master pages, paragraph and character styles so a whole book stays consistent.
- Design book covers including front, spine and back, with spine width calculated from the printer's paper spec.
- Place and position illustrations, photographs and diagrams within the text flow.
- Set front matter and back matter — title pages, copyright, contents, index and appendices.
- Apply correct bleed, margin, gutter and safety areas for the binding method in use.
- Prepare print-ready CMYK PDFs and run preflight before handover.
- Produce EPUB and fixed-layout digital editions where required.
- Incorporate proofreader and author corrections across revision rounds without breaking the layout.
- Package source files with fonts and links, and keep project folders tidy for reprints.
- Coordinate with illustrators, editors and the printer to keep schedules on track.
Required Skills
- Strong working knowledge of Adobe InDesign — master pages, styles, threading and tables.
- Good command of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator for image and vector work.
- Solid typography fundamentals: type hierarchy, leading, tracking, widows, orphans and rivers.
- Understanding of print production — CMYK, bleed, trim, imposition and paper stock.
- Ability to work to a grid and keep a 200-page book visually consistent.
- Experience preparing press-ready PDFs and resolving preflight errors.
- Font licensing awareness and careful font management.
- Accuracy under revision pressure, and the patience to proof your own pages.
- Clear communication with editors, authors and printers.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with trade publishers, educational imprints or self-publishing platforms.
- Familiarity with Amazon KDP and IngramSpark interior and cover specifications.
- Experience setting multilingual or bilingual books.
- EPUB production and accessibility basics for digital editions.
- Basic InDesign scripting or GREP styles for repetitive formatting.
- Working knowledge of Affinity Publisher or CorelDRAW.
Tamil language reading and typesetting ability is preferred and treated as an added advantage.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Printing Technology or a related field.
- 1–3 years of professional book or publication design experience.
- A portfolio showing complete books, not only single pages or covers.
What We're Looking For
Show us a book you set from manuscript to press. We'd rather see one 120-page title you finished properly — with the interior, the cover and the press PDF — than twenty unrelated design samples. If you can explain a layout problem you hit and how you solved it, that counts for more than the software list on your CV.
Application Requirements
Please include the following with your application:
- Updated Resume
- Portfolio showing full book interiors and covers
- At least one PDF of a complete book you designed
- Titles that have gone to print, with publisher name if you can share it
- Software and tools you use regularly
- Current Salary
- Expected Salary
- Notice Period
- Current Location
What We Offer
- Competitive salary based on experience and portfolio.
- Work on real published titles for Indian and international clients.
- A collaborative team of illustrators, editors and designers.
- Exposure to the full publishing pipeline, from manuscript to printed copy.
- Support for learning new tools and production techniques.