Layout and Production Designer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Florida.

📋 Description

• Create the visual concept, editorial layout, and final production files for a photography-driven coffee table book spanning approximately 80–120 pages.

• Establish a unified visual and editorial design system, inclusive of representative layouts.

• Design the entire publication, covering aspects such as covers, front and back matter, chapter openings, longform stories, profiles, photo-led spreads, and impactful pages.

• Incorporate photography, captions, credits, impact data, and brand assets provided by NESsT.

• Develop a limited set of straightforward publication-ready charts, maps, timelines, statistics, and callouts utilizing approved NESsT data.

• Integrate and adjust the approved English manuscript, incorporating revisions during formal review stages.

• Prepare final files suitable for print and digital formats.

• Present an approved visual and editorial design system along with representative layouts.

• By December 1, deliver a release-ready digital package that includes the introduction, ten longform stories, related impact pages, and supporting front matter.

• By December 11, provide the complete publication layout, including one print-ready PDF, one optimized digital PDF, and organized editable source files.

• Collaborate with NESsT and an internationally distributed team throughout the kickoff, design review, proof review, and final delivery phases.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of five years of professional experience in publication or editorial design.

• Advanced skills in Adobe InDesign and related Adobe Creative Cloud applications.

• Extensive experience with comprehensive, long-form, multi-section print publications.

• Proven capability to use typography, photography, pacing, and page composition to craft a cohesive editorial narrative.

• Familiarity with photography-rich publications, information design, commercial printing, color management, prepress processes, and production-file preparation.

• Exceptional attention to detail, file management, quality control, deadline adherence, and ability to collaborate with a distributed international team.

• Significant experience in designing complete, long-form print publications; experience limited to brochures, one-pagers, websites, presentation decks, social media assets, or short reports is not sufficient on its own.

• Candidates must submit a brief statement of interest and methodology.

• Three to five completed editorial publications, including at least two that exceed 60 pages and at least one that is photography-driven for a premium audience.

• Portfolio details for each submission.

• Team composition, if applying as a studio.

• Fixed-fee budget detailing assumptions, exclusions, taxes, reimbursable costs, and third-party expenses.

• Confirmation of availability to meet the deadlines of December 1 and December 11.

• Applicants must be available between November 2 and December 11, 2026.

• Preferred: experience with nonprofit, foundation, social entrepreneurship, international development, ESG, or impact-investing organizations.

• Preferred: experience in designing donor-facing impact communications and stewardship materials.

• Preferred: experience with coffee table books, museum publications, foundation reports, premium annual reports, or similar publications.

• Preferred: ability to translate complex social, environmental, and economic impact narratives into engaging visual experiences.

🏝️ Benefits

• An equal-opportunity organization dedicated to a fair and inclusive selection process.

• Applicants of all genders and diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

• Flexible remote work arrangement.