Job Purpose
To accurately typeset and paginate STEM journal articles using Adobe InDesign within an XML-based production workflow, following journal-specific templates, style specifications, and production standards, and to deliver high-quality publication-ready PDF and digital outputs.
- Ensure accurate placement, sequencing, and formatting of figures, tables, equations, references, and other article elements.
- Maintain consistency in fonts, styles, spacing, alignment, headings, captions, running heads, page numbers, and other layout elements.
- Handle complex tables, multi-column layouts, equations, and technical content while maintaining the required page quality.
- Resolve pagination and composition issues, including page breaks, widows/orphans, figure placement, table overflow, equation alignment, and excessive white space.
- Incorporate author, editor, and peer-review corrections accurately in the InDesign production files while maintaining consistency with the XML/source content.
- Prepare first proofs and subsequent corrected proofs according to the production schedule.
- Coordinate closely with Pre-editing, Copyediting, QC, and XML teams to resolve content and workflow issues.
- Follow journal-specific style guides, templates, SOPs, XML guidelines, and production workflows.
- Maintain proper file/version control throughout the production cycle.
- Meet defined productivity, quality, and turnaround-time targets.
