Quality Assurance Specialist (m/f/d)

Job Title: Quality Assurance Specialist (m/f/d)  

Location: Heidelberg or Dordrecht (hybrid, full time)

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Role Responsibilities

Familiarize yourself with all QA tasks, especially with vendor management and reporting

Definition and analysis of reports to improve the planning and production processes of our products.

Develop profound XML and PDF knowledge.

Create quality production criteria for scientific publications. Create and update instructions and guidelines with the focus on automation of services.

Manage own projects which require the cooperation of participants from other departments and ensure the implementation of the changes agreed upon.

Second and third level support for post publication corrections

Supporting and advising our internal Production Colleagues, our Vendors and Publishing on policies and production standards (copyediting, typesetting, printing)

Experience, Skills & Qualifications

Occupational career or study in scientific publishing is an advantage

Very good understanding of print and online publishing metadata and formats, especially XML, HTML and PDF

Very good technical knowledge and the wish to shape processes actively and the readiness to take responsibility

Strong problem solving and organizational, i.e. priority oriented, skills

Experience with MS-office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), LaTeX and PDF

Ability to handle multiple, long running and diverse projects at the same time

Excellent knowledge (business fluent) of English language, further languages beneficial

Excellent intercultural skills required for working in an international team

Experienced Project Manager and work experience in international projects

Note for candidates in the Netherlands: As per our local policy, please be aware that this role will be open only for internal candidates within the first 2 weeks. Afterwards, external applications will be progressed.

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