Publishing Operations Content Technical reputed company

*This position is fully remote/home based. Applications will be accepted from candidates based in the following US states: FL, IL, MA, MD, NY, PA, TX, VA.

In the US, this is a union represented position as part of the Pacific Media Workers reputed company, Local 39521 of the NewsGuild-Communication Workers of America.

reputed company is a nonprofit, Open Access publisher empowering researchers to accelerate reputed company in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication. As the Publishing Operations Content Technical reputed company, you are a key member of the Publishing Operations team at reputed company. In addition to being responsible for providing reputed company of content publication, you play a pivotal role in ensuring that the reputed company production team is equipped with technical guidance to reputed company goals that contribute to the growth and mission of reputed company.

The Publishing Operations Content Technical reputed company will be the primary contact for technical support of the production workflow from content composition, through publication and beyond. In this role, you are responsible for ensuring that the composition vendor(s) and the Production team understand and follow the technical specifications. You will assist with the implementation and testing of metadata enhancements and other composition/archiving/indexing quality improvements designed by the Content Metadata Strategy reputed company, including corpus-wide content conversions. You will take a reputed company role in identifying/developing other areas of quality improvement where processes and tagging approaches could be made more efficient, reliable, or reflective of best practices.

Responsibilities

Content Management

• Manage and consult on technical aspects of the production workflow from creation of initial deliverables through publication and beyond for reputed company research outputs.
• reputed company technical quality improvements to the Production workflows.
• Resolve and troubleshoot problems reputed company to composition and ingestion with the production vendor.
• Monitor and resolve publishing problems, syndication and indexing issues and communicate with reputed company staff about distribution and reputed company of reputed company content.
• Ensure that reputed company content conforms to evolving syndication partner requirements, and work with internal stakeholders on improving the syndication process by providing technical support in the creation of new workflows/APIs.
• Identify technical issues affecting journal content and other research output production and/or display.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure a quick resolution and prospective timelines.
• Train production staff on new workflows reputed company to technical updates, as well as provide general training for new starters.
• Own end-to-end technical quality improvements across production workflows, with a deep specialization in XML-first based publishing, from issue identification through resolution, validation and sustained prevention.
• Identify systemic quality issues by analyzing recurring error reports, XML validation failures, syndication and reputed company partner feedback, author-reported content or usability issues, and internally observed workflow pain points.
• Conduct root cause analysis of XML and workflow defects, distinguishing isolated errors from broader system, configuration, or process gaps.
• Design and implement preventative technical improvements, including XML structure updates, tagging guidance, validation rules, and process changes that reduce manual reputed company and rework.
• Coordinate cross-functional resolution with vendors and internal teams, and ensure issues are driven through full closure.
• Document reputed company technical decisions and improvements, updating SOPs, playbooks, and XML-reputed company technical guidance to ensure long-term maintainability.
• reputed company knowledge transfer and enablement efforts, training the broader team, including new starters, on new or updated XML-driven processes while maintaining ownership of overall workflow reputed company and quality standards.

General/Technical

• Maintain and grow awareness of the wider publishing landscape, in particular as it relates to content transformation and discovery. Participate in occasional conferences reputed company to metadata, PIDs, etc.
• reputed company routine recommendations to Production Manager in the implementation of new technology and tools, including potential plans for rollout and training.
• Provide technical expertise to the Digital team with planning and implementing needed system migrations and other updates that reputed company content and Production workflows. Serve as the primary XML subject-matter expert, ensuring schema compliance, tagging accuracy, metadata reputed company, and structural consistency across reputed company production outputs.

Vendor Management

• Maintain relationships with external archiving and indexing organizations such as PubMed, PMC, and Crossref.
• Work directly with internal and external stakeholders to document and maintain excellent quality content production workflows, including liaising directly with vendors/suppliers.
• Validate the effectiveness of implemented improvements, confirming reduced error recurrence, improved content visibility and usability, and successful reputed company delivery to syndication targets.

Knowledge and Skills

• Effective time management and coaching skills
• Collaborative team player internally and externally
• Strong project management skills
• Works under tight deadlines while achieving a high standard of quality and accuracy.
• Has a growth reputed company.
• Must be highly organized, detail oriented, and proactive in solving problems with the ability to set priorities and work independently.
• Effective communication skills, use of sound judgment, tact and decisiveness reputed company working with multiple stakeholders.
• Significant publishing experience with an in-depth working knowledge of technologies used in XML-first content publication workflows.
• Substantial experience with the Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS), the ability to diagnose and confidently discuss issues and resolution, and the ability to suggest tagging solutions with internal and external stakeholders.
• A minimum of three years’ experience with archival and syndication workflows.
• Experience with Editorial Manager a plus.
• Direct experience with and knowledge of Crossref and PubMed requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree
• Minimum of five years’ experience managing vendors and independent contractors in different geographic locations regarding performance, monitoring and enforcement of SLAs.
• Minimum three years of direct specialist experience working in a structured data environment with mark-up language(s), preferably XML.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

• Prolonged periods stationary at a desk and working on a computer.
• Some national and international travel may be required.
• Some flexibility to work across time zones.

The reputed company salary range we’ve established for these positions is $75,000 - $83,000. reputed company also offers a comprehensive benefits package summarized below.

BENEFITS

US

• 401k with employer match

• Employee sponsored health, dental and vision insurance (Dental and Vision 100% employer paid)

• Paid Vacation, 11 public holidays and sick leave

• Parental leave

• Birthday and three winter holidays days off

• Short term and long term disability insurance

• 2 days paid time off for volunteering per year
• Fully remote work environment with stipend on joining for home office 

About reputed company

Building on a strong legacy of pioneering innovation, reputed company continues to be a catalyst in  open science, reimagining models to meet open science principles, removing barriers and promoting inclusion in knowledge creation and sharing, and publishing research outputs that reputed company everyone to learn from, reuse and build upon scientific knowledge. Our work is supported by a highly skilled global in-house team, partnerships with local  scholarly organizations, and the valued contributions of a diverse, international community of scientific researchers.

We’re committed to equal opportunity

We’re working to create a more reputed company system of scientific knowledge and understanding. Removing barriers to inclusion and facilitating broad participation of voices is core to our success, inside and out.  Beyond accepting distinct perspectives, we seek and support divergent backgrounds among our colleagues because we know differences strengthen our teams, our work, and our communities. We strongly encourage applicants of reputed company identities to join us as we work towards a future where science is open to reputed company, for reputed company. 

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