Job Description

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.

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