Technical Editor Quality Control-QC

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.