What we're looking for

Key Responsibilities

- Perform detailed quality control of STEM journal articles produced through XML and Adobe InDesign workflows.
- Compare source content against the InDesign composition and final PDF to identify content and formatting discrepancies.
- Check the correct sequencing and numbering of figures, tables, equations, references, sections, and other article elements.
- Verify that content has been accurately reflected in the InDesign layout and final PDF.
- Identify missing, duplicated, misplaced, or incorrectly formatted content during the XML-to-InDesign production process.
- Check page composition, including fonts, styles, spacing, alignment, headings, captions, running heads, page numbers, and overall journal layout.
- Check complex tables, equations, multi-column layouts, figures, and other STEM content for composition and formatting errors.
- Identify pagination issues such as inappropriate page breaks, widows/orphans, figure placement, table overflow, excessive white space, and equation alignment.
- Verify that author, editor,



and peer-review corrections have been correctly incorporated into the production files.
- Perform proof checks on first proofs and subsequent corrected proofs.
- Conduct PDF-to-source comparison to ensure that no content has been lost or unintentionally changed during production.
- Check consistency between Pre-editing, copyediting, InDesign, PDF, and online publication outputs, where applicable.
- Work closely with Paginators, XML, Editorial, and Production teams to identify and resolve errors.
- Record errors accurately using defined QC procedures and checklists.
- Recheck corrected files and confirm that all reported errors have been addressed.
- Follow journal-specific style guides, XML guidelines, templates, SOPs, and production specifications.
- Identify recurring errors and provide feedback to the production team to improve quality and reduce rework.
- Meet defined quality, productivity, and turnaround-time targets.

📌 Technical Editor Quality Control-QC (Kilpauk)
🏢 Perfect Digital Media Resources
📍 Kilpauk