Senior Adobe InDesign Designer Needed to Redesign a 108-Page A5 Financial Planner

We are seeking an expert Adobe InDesign editorial designer to professionally redesign and standardize an existing 108-page financial planner for A-Z Financial Consulting Services. The planner content is already developed and currently exists as a flattened PDF. The main issue is visual inconsistency throughout the planner, including different page sizes, logo treatments, headers, footers, typography, margins, tables, icons, and page styles. We will provide: The complete 108-page planner draft Three approved benchmark pages that establish the required visual standard The official AZFCS logo Existing planner content, worksheets, assessments, tables, and monthly pages Required visual direction The finished planner must reflect a premium, luxury editorial style using: Black, metallic gold, and warm ivory Layered curved headers and footers Elegant serif typography Consistent gold-and-black icons Premium section labels and callout boxes Strong visual hierarchy Professional financial tables and worksheets Consistent branding throughout the entire planner The three provided benchmark pages are the design standard. They are not loose inspiration. All redesigned pages must look like they belong in the same premium planner. Technical requirements The planner must be built in Adobe InDesign with: True A5 portrait size: 148 × 210 mm Double-sided page layout Left-side spiral/coil binding Mirrored inside and outside margins Proper coil-binding gutter 3 mm bleed where required Parent Pages Paragraph and character styles Object and table styles Editable text and tables Linked high-resolution graphics Correct page numbering Print-ready PDF export Packaged Adobe InDesign source files Initial project phase The posted $1,000 budget is for the initial design and template-development phase, not necessarily the full 108-page rebuild. The initial phase will include: One paid test page A complete visual design system Approved InDesign Parent Pages and master templates Typography, color, icon, header, footer, and table standards The first completed page batch Once the visual system and first batch are approved, the remaining planner pages may continue through additional funded milestones. Paid test requirement Before awarding the full project, selected candidates may be asked to complete one paid test page using a complex Cash Flow Budget Worksheet. The test page must demonstrate: Accurate use of the approved benchmark style Strong A5 readability Proper writing space Correct logo usage Premium black-and-gold page architecture Professional InDesign structure Understanding of double-sided coil-bound print design Final deliverables The completed project must include: Adobe InDesign .indd file Adobe InDesign .idml file Packaged InDesign folder All linked images and graphics Editable text, tables, and worksheets Font list and licensing information Print-ready A5 PDF Low-resolution review PDF Commercial usage rights for all approved design elements To apply Please provide: Three relevant samples of planners, workbooks, magazines, annual reports, or books you personally designed in Adobe InDesign Confirmation that you use Parent Pages, paragraph styles, object styles, and table styles A brief explanation of how you prepare a double-sided document for coil binding Confirmation that you can deliver packaged INDD and IDML source files Your estimated timeline for the initial phase Your estimated price for the complete 108-page rebuild after reviewing the planner Your availability for occasional communication during U.S. Eastern Time Please begin your proposal with the words: A5 INDESIGN PLANNER This confirms that you reviewed the complete job description. We are looking for a detail-oriented designer who can follow an established premium visual standard—not someone who will apply a generic template or rebuild the planner in Canva.