DTP Operator
Bijay Pustak Bhandar Private Limited
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · Full Time
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- Any
- Salary
- INR 15,000 – INR 20,000 / month
- Openings
- 1
- Posted
- 6 ಗಂಟೆಗಳು ಹಿಂದೆ
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- In office
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Job description
About the Role
We are seeking a talented and meticulous DTP Operator to join our book publishing team. The successful candidate will focus on designing pages, typesetting, formatting multilingual texts, preparing artwork, and producing print-ready files for books and educational materials. This role demands proficiency in key design software and the ability to work with multiple languages.
Key Responsibilities
- Layout and typesetting for educational publications such as books, guides, and question banks using PageMaker and InDesign.
- Formatting manuscripts into finished publishing layouts, managing margins, paragraph styles, headings, footers, and indexes.
- Ensuring consistent font style, spacing, alignment, and overall design quality.
- Accurate typing and formatting in English, Hindi, and Bengali, including converting handwritten or scanned manuscripts into typed documents.
- Proofreading and minimizing text errors during typing.
- Designing covers, title pages, advertisements, posters, and promotional material with CorelDRAW and Photoshop.
- Editing images, creating illustrations, charts, labels, and icons with creativity and visual appeal.
- Providing academic content support by understanding chapter frameworks, exercises, diagrams, and subject presentation.
- Formatting mathematical and technical content including equations, formulas, symbols, diagrams, and charts.
- Preparing high-quality print-ready PDFs adhering to press standards, checking page size, margins, bleeds, image resolution, colors, and fonts.
- Liaising efficiently with editors, proofreaders, authors, designers, and printing teams to ensure smooth workflow and timely corrections.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Strong expertise with Adobe PageMaker, Adobe InDesign, CorelDRAW, and Adobe Photoshop.
- Fast and precise typing capabilities with accuracy across multiple languages (English, Hindi, Bengali).
- Excellent creative and design sensibility, along with photo editing skills.
- High attention to detail and ability to maintain formatting accuracy.
- Ability to work under deadlines, particularly during peak publishing seasons.
- Basic understanding of academic publishing, especially related to textbooks and educational content.
- Good teamwork and communication skills.
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Familiarity with equation typing software and Unicode font conversions.
- Experience in Bengali/Hindi publishing and book cover designing.
- Knowledge of printing press workflows and publishing houses, newspapers, magazines, or DTP centers is advantageous.
Additional Information
Salary: INR 15000 to INR 20000 per month.
Industry
Publishing