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: How to Interview DTP Operator for Book Design Company We have a small publishing company (Physical Children's Books ages 2 - 14 of different sizes) and currently outsource all our design and

@Chiappetta793

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We have a small publishing company (Physical Children's Books ages 2 - 14 of different sizes) and currently outsource all our design and illustration job. We however now want to hire an in-house DTP operator for Page layout and Interior Page designs and for handling the corrections found in proof-reading.

The person will be setting up the text and readymade illustration & pictures on the pages and will prepare print ready PDF for the Offset printing presses. This person won't be creating the Artwork (pictures / Illustrations) himself but will be using our artwork in already created in photoshop and illustrator. We will still outsource the illustration creation job to freelancers and design studios.

Since we are not experts ourselves, we would really appreciate if the community can guide what would be the appropriate hiring process, interview questions and other hiring tips. Should we ask the candidates to design few pages from scratch?

We mainly use InDesign, CorelDraw for Page Layouts.

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@Nimeshi706

There are assessment tests you can use based upon whatever software you have available.

Here are a couple companies offering assessment tests:

www.interviewmocha.com/pre-employment-testing/all-tests https://www.eskill.com/


Just Google "software assessment tests".

These verify overall skill with an application, not creative prowess.

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@Ann6370331

Generally, a DTP operator is not a designer, ie. not responsible for creating the actual artwork. A DTP operator will normally handle pre-press processing after a design is approved. What you probably need is an actual designer who ideally also knows how to prepare items for print production.

In which case you need to request a portfolio from applicants and inquire about their pre-press skills. Ideally show them some samples of past work you have published.

A person with the right portfolio should probably be able to easily revise content and arrange assets across pages.

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