Curriculum Production Designer

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.

Work arrangement
Yes