Overview
Production Specialist role at Frontiers. Frontiers is one of the world’s largest and most impactful research publishers dedicated to making peer-reviewed, quality-certified science openly accessible. Our articles have been viewed 4 billion times, reflecting the power of open research.
The Role
Production Specialists are experts in production with several sub-specializations to oversee the final stages of the publishing process, delivering machine-readable online publications. They work with Publishing Managers to ensure high quality and the efficient publishing of articles accepted in peer review.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee the entire production process, ensuring each article is meticulously formatted according to our style guidelines, formats, and policies.
- Review final versions of papers to ensure publication requirements are met.
- Provide ongoing feedback to typesetters to improve processes through root cause analysis.
- Engage with authors to address needs while ensuring publisher policies, industry best practice, and technical requirements are adhered to.
- Publish articles online and in repositories, ensuring discoverability.
- Work towards individual KPIs with managers to support professional development.
- Update Production and Typesetting guidelines to optimize results.
- Responsible for journal publication success – publication speed, quality of final production and publication volume.
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- Ability to manage all phases of the production process (copyediting, formatting, proofing, validating online PDF and XML/HTML formats) or willingness to learn.
- Understanding of the Open Access publishing landscape.
- Excellent written and spoken English communication skills.
- Time management and organizational skills.
- Proactive attitude to problem solving and daily tasks.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Ability to manage large volumes of information and take timely corrective actions to resolve bottlenecks.
- Experience with markup tools (Adobe Acrobat, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, InDesign) and CRM systems such as Salesforce is advantageous.
- Publishing experience is a plus.
The Role Location: Hybrid role based in Warsaw or Madrid; expected in the office 3 days a week with remote work considered for the remaining days.
Benefits & Working Model
Frontiers offers benefits across global locations, including but not limited to:
- 4 additional wellbeing days in addition to annual leave
- Access to learning platforms and dedicated learning & development time
- Wellbeing initiatives including free online yoga classes and employee assistance plan
- Three volunteer days per year
- Additional location-based benefits (e.g., pension plan and private medical care)
How to Apply
Please click the apply button on this page and submit your application in English. If you require accommodations to participate fully in our recruitment experience, contact careers@frontiersin.org for support.
Equal Opportunity
Frontiers actively embraces diversity and is a safe and welcoming workplace. Recruitment is free from discrimination – including race, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or sexual orientation. With employees from more than 50 nations, our diversity creates vibrant teams and challenges us to appreciate multiple perspectives.
Job Details
- Seniority level: Entry level
- Employment type: Full-time
- Job function: Management and Manufacturing
- Industries: Research Services
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