Curriculum Production Designer

NEW LEAF PUBLISHING GROUP; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Disability and life insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

New Leaf Publishing Group seeks a Curriculum Production Designer to transform approved manuscripts into print-ready learning materials for homeschool families nationwide. This is a hands-on production-design role using InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator.

Remote within the U.S., with optional onsite workspace in Dallas, TX or Green Forest, AR; travel up to 20%. You'll join a team of ~30 and collaborate closely with editorial and production to meet deadlines and quality standards.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of professional production-design experience.
• Strong Adobe InDesign skills, including paragraph and character styles, parent pages, running headers, linked assets, and multipage document management.
• Working proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Demonstrated experience producing print-ready files for books, curriculum, workbooks, catalogs, or similar multipage publications.
• Strong eye for typography, visual hierarchy, consistency, and page composition.
• Detail-oriented working style, with the ability to spot and resolve production issues before they become press issues.
• Clear written and verbal communication, sound judgment, and comfort working within established templates, design systems, and brand standards.
• Authorization to work in the United States and ability to travel up to 20%.

Responsibilities

• Lay out manuscripts in established Adobe InDesign templates and design systems.
• Create clear, age-appropriate pages for student texts, teacher materials, worksheets, activity pages, and related curriculum resources.
• Apply strong typography, hierarchy, spacing, and visual pacing across multipage publications.
• Source, select, edit, and prepare images in Photoshop for content needs and print-quality standards.
• Create and adapt instructional graphics, diagrams, charts, and logos in Illustrator.
• Review layouts for typography, pagination, overset text, linked assets, image quality, and other production issues.
• Implement corrections, package files, and prepare final print-ready PDFs and related production assets.
• Help ensure files meet established quality and production standards before release.
• Partner closely with editorial and production teams through layout, review, revision, and final delivery.
• Work within a structured production process managed in ClickUp, using our digital asset management platform to organize, access, and maintain project files and approved assets.
• Manage assigned projects through a defined workflow; keep project status current, communicate risks early, incorporate feedback professionally, and meet production deadlines.

Skills

Production design

Typography

Layout design

Communication

Attention to detail

Travel readiness

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Job description

Curriculum Production Designer

Master Books / New Leaf Publishing Group

Remote within the U.S. | Optional onsite workspace in Dallas, TX, or Green Forest, AR | Up to 20% travel

Salary: $45,000-$60,000

Help create curriculum that equips homeschool families and serves students from preschool through high school. As a Curriculum Production Designer, you'll transform approved manuscripts into clear, engaging, print-ready learning materials used by families nationwide.

This is a hands-on production-design role - not a concept-from-scratch brand-design position. This role is for you if:

• You have 2-5 years of professional production-design experience, with strong Adobe InDesign skills (paragraph and character styles, parent pages, running headers, linked assets, multipage document management)
• You're working-proficient in Photoshop and Illustrator
• You've produced print-ready files for books, curriculum, workbooks, catalogs, or similar multipage publications
• You have a strong eye for typography, visual hierarchy, consistency, and page composition
• You catch and resolve production issues before they become press issues, and you communicate clearly and professionally
• You enjoy working within established systems and design standards rather than designing from a blank page

New Leaf Publishing Group has published Christian books and homeschool curriculum since 1975. Master Books, our flagship curriculum imprint, creates educational resources grounded in a Christian worldview and Biblical apologetics. Our team is focused exclusively on this mission and on producing excellent curriculum that serves children, parents, and homeschool families nationwide.

You'll join a collaborative team of approximately 30 people, where your work has a direct and visible impact on the products we publish. Candidates should be comfortable contributing thoughtfully and professionally in a mission-driven, faith-oriented publishing environment.

What You'll Do

Curriculum and Book Layout

• Lay out manuscripts in established Adobe InDesign templates and design systems
• Create clear, age-appropriate pages for student texts, teacher materials, worksheets, activity pages, and related curriculum resources
• Apply strong typography, hierarchy, spacing, and visual pacing across multipage publications

Images and Graphics

• Source, select, edit, and prepare images in Photoshop for content needs and print-quality standards
• Create and adapt instructional graphics, diagrams, charts, and logos in Illustrator

Print Production and Quality

• Review layouts for typography, pagination, overset text, linked assets, image quality, and other production issues
• Implement corrections, package files, and prepare final print-ready PDFs and related production assets
• Help ensure files meet established quality and production standards before release

Collaboration and Project Management

• Partner closely with editorial and production teams through layout, review, revision, and final delivery
• Work within a structured production process managed in ClickUp, using our digital asset management platform to organize, access, and maintain project files and approved assets
• Manage assigned projects through a defined workflow; keep project status current, communicate risks early, incorporate feedback professionally, and meet production deadlines

Required Qualifications

• 2-5 years of professional production-design experience
• Strong Adobe InDesign skills, including paragraph and character styles, parent pages, running headers, linked assets, and multipage document management
• Working proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
• Demonstrated experience producing print-ready files for books, curriculum, workbooks, catalogs, or similar multipage publications
• Strong eye for typography, visual hierarchy, consistency, and page composition
• Detail-oriented working style, with the ability to spot and resolve production issues before they become press issues
• Clear written and verbal communication, sound judgment, and comfort working within established templates, design systems, and brand standards
• Authorization to work in the United States and ability to travel up to 20%

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in educational publishing, curriculum development, children's publishing, or homeschool resources
• Experience working with commercial printers, proofing, file packaging, and print specifications
• Familiarity with designing educational materials for different age groups

Benefits

401(k); health, dental, and vision insurance; disability and life insurance; paid time off; and parental leave.