Desktop Publishing

Responsible To:

Director of Administration

Qualifications:

Qualifications:  To have a call of God to Christian work and God's leading to work with LEI; to participate in daily devotions, have good administrative, computer and interpersonal skills. To be attentive to detail; a team player with the ability to work on a variety of tasks at one time.  Agree to the LEI Statement of Faith and Covenant Commitment.  

Ability to operate Windows computer and printer/scanner.  Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher -- Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Illustrator desirable. 

Educational Requirements:  College/University or the equivalent in experience and training.

This is a self-funded or volunteer position.

 

Summary:

Train under desktop publisher of curriculum and other publications; proofreading, editing, etc. Train/study online to become proficient in InDesign, Photoshop, other software.  Future responsibility for desktop publishing of curriculum and assisting with other publications.

Complete Description:

DESKTOP PUBLISHING

Responsible to:  Desktop Publisher initially, later to Director of Administration

Qualifications:  To have a call of God to Christian work and God's leading to work with LEI; to participate in daily devotions, have good administrative, computer and interpersonal skills. To be attentive to detail; a team player with the ability to work on a variety of tasks at one time.  Agree to the LEI Statement of Faith and Covenant Commitment.

Ability to operate Windows computer and printer/scanner.  Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher -- Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Illustrator desirable. 

Educational Requirements:  College/University or the equivalent in experience and training.

Duties:

A.  Train under desktop publisher.  Learn software and LEI methodology for desktop publishing of curriculum and other materials:

1.   Primers (basic readers)

            a.  Use Windows computer to prepare camera-ready copy of primer manuscripts from hand-written or typed documents.    

            b.  Keep Google Photo albums of illustrations; find or prepare illustrations for primers.

            c.  Correspond with responsible parties for feedback and corrections.  Proof-read and correct drafts of primer manuscripts.

            d.  Prepare final, camera-ready pdfs for responsible parties and for eventual posting on LEI website.

            e.  Keep hard-copy files of preliminary primer materials and library of printed primers.   Keep digital archives and backups.

2.  Other Desktop Publishing:  assist as requested and as time allows with other desktop publishing tasks such as Annual Report, newsletters, books, etc.

B.  Complete the LEI Annual Review each year.

Support: Volunteer or self-supporting position