Description
Arrange text and imagery into clear, compelling layouts for print and digital media. Apply typography, grids, and composition to deliver press-ready and screen-ready pages that meet brand, audience, and production requirements in collaboration with clients and creative teams.
- • Create page concepts, wireframes, and sample layouts using layout principles and typographic best practices.
- • Determine hierarchy, size, and placement of text, images, and graphic elements; select typefaces and styles.
- • Use layout software to compose pages and artboards.
- • Assemble, mark up, and finalize mechanicals and press-ready layouts with bleeds, crops, and specifications.
- • Build charts, tables, and simple graphics consistent with brand and layout standards.
- • Review proofs and refine typography, spacing, and alignment for accuracy and readability.
- • Collaborate with clients, editors, and art directors to define layout direction and requirements.
- • Develop templates, master pages, and grid systems for brochures, magazines, catalogs, and web assets.
- • Flow and format copy; manage text styles, columns, and pagination.
- • Produce rough comps and annotated proofs; incorporate feedback and revisions.
- • Evaluate and prepare images and illustrations; plan placement, cropping, and captions.
- • Provide production notes and specifications for prepress and downstream teams.
- • Generate printed or digital mockups and dummies for stakeholder review.
- • Create static and lightweight animated layout assets for digital and social channels.
- • Organize and maintain asset libraries, templates, and versioned files.
- • Research and adopt new layout tools, fonts, and design techniques.
- • Preflight and export print-ready PDFs; manage color profiles and package files for delivery.
- • Consider audience, accessibility, and platform requirements when structuring layouts.
- • Edit or write brief headlines, captions, and callouts to improve layout flow.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
