Print and Digital Typesetting Intern (Summer 2027)

Description

For more than 60 years, Tyndale has helped readers discover the life-giving truths of God’s Word. Today we’re one of the largest independently owned Christian publishers in the world. Though our business has grown, our mission remains the same: to open God’s Word to as many as possible in language they can relate to and understand.

 
Are you passionate about making books and Bibles beautiful and accessible to everyone? Join our team as the Print and Digital Typesetting Intern and play a key role in creating and improving our products. In this role you will participate in the design of print and eBook interiors.
 

For print products, you will partner with Typesetters and Interior Layout and Design Specialists to facilitate the proofreading and interior composition process, helping to create book and Bible interiors that provide a beautiful and seamless reading experience for our customers. You will also help ensure file consistency standards are met to maintain files suitable for reprint and digital development.
 

For digital products, you will translate the print design into a responsive eBook format. You will conform our titles to the latest professional accessibility standards, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), ensuring that our life-changing books are available to the broadest possible audience.

You will benefit from training in the industry-standard technologies for print (Adobe Creative Suite) and digital (EPUB) publication. This broad perspective will develop your versatility across the publishing process, while making a meaningful impact on equity and inclusion. If you are excited about finding creative and effective solutions, and you have a passion for both beauty and logic, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing and applying the aesthetic of a book cover to a book interior, and learn the typesetting skills necessary to prepare interiors
• Apply text corrections and design updates to pages as requested
• Output page proofs and InCopy files in accordance with Editorial proofreading requirements
• Prepare, preflight, and check final print-ready PDF files
• Evaluate digital products against the latest professional standards (WCAG)
• Improve accessibility by adding semantic tagging and image descriptions
• Certify accurate descriptions of accessibility levels and features for discoverability

Requirements

• A love of books, details, and puzzles
• Excellent reading, writing, and communication skills
• Familiarity with HTML
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite (particularly InDesign) and/or EPUB a big plus
• Personal alignment with and adherence to the Bible as God’s Word, and agreement with our Statement of Faith

We want to hear more about you and why you are interested in Tyndale and this role, so we highly recommend including a cover letter.

Tyndale has been repeatedly certified as a Best Christian Workplace. Learn more about us and what we believe at www.tyndale.com/our-mission.

The hiring range for this position is $17.50 hourly. Actual offers will take into consideration the candidate’s education, experience, industry knowledge, technical skills, and other relevant factors. A summary of Tyndale’s comprehensive benefits is: https://www.tyndale.com/careers/.