Educational Designer: Digital & Print Textbook Specialist

Publishers Marketplace; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

401(k) with company match

Laptop provided

Employee discounts on Norton books

Job summary

W. W. Norton & Company is seeking a versatile Designer to join its Digital Publishing, Production, and Design group. You will work on ebook and print projects across digital and traditional formats, including complex layouts, figure art, and interactive content.

The role emphasizes accessible UX, collaboration with editorial and production teams, and managing multiple projects to tight deadlines in a publishing environment. This position reports to the Creative Director of College Design.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of professional design experience in educational publishing, digital learning, or related fields.
• Online portfolio showing UX, layout systems, and information hierarchy.
• Experience designing for ebooks, websites, or digital learning platforms.

Responsibilities

• Create designs for college ebooks and complex print books with guidance from the Creative Director and senior team members.
• Develop figure art specifications for ebooks and related interactive assets.
• Ensure adherence to accessible design standards for digital and print formats.
• Review ebooks and print pages for design adherence (CSS/HTML in digital, print specs).
• Adapt book and ebook designs for high school editions and instructor editions, as needed.
• Keep supervisors informed of each project’s status; prioritize schedules, solve problems, and meet deadlines.
• Collaborate with the design team, editors, digital producers, production managers, art studios, and freelancers.
• Coordinate with project enablement team to keep projects on schedule and identify dependencies.
• Attend production, editorial, and other project meetings as needed.

Skills

User-centered design

Information architecture

Project management

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Arts or equivalent experience

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Figma

Job description

W. W. Norton & Company is seeking a versatile Designer to join its Digital Publishing, Production, and Design group. You will work on ebook and print projects across digital and traditional formats, including complex layouts, figure art, and interactive content.

The role emphasizes accessible UX, collaboration with editorial and production teams, and managing multiple projects to tight deadlines in a publishing environment. This position reports to the Creative Director of College Design.