Production Editor- Digital Solution

Key Accountabilities

1. Liaise with internal and external writers/editors, Team Leader/Scheduler to plan each content and product update cycle. Estimate the size and make-up of the planned report (ie. Number of pages, priority of material, content: new copy, legislation, cases etc.)

2. Negotiate with writer/editor for the appropriate lock-down dates and mail dates and reschedule contents and product in CMT with Team Leader/Scheduler where necessary.

3. Content preparation:

• Define required updates/contents with internal/external writer/editors. (State products: via ASD)
• Request conversion of contents to XML from conversion group if required.
• Receive tagged contents from writers/editors and validate it to ensure compliance to standard DTD using the publishing system.
• Review packages and split them for Tax Day news and Tracker. .
• Legislation Products: Consolidate legal contents ensuring Editors amendments/omissions/insertions are made accurately and keeping with house-styles.
• Check imported data for completeness (legal source material this requires copy holding/proofreading).
• Select/create and update nominated content objects for new and changed content.
• Complete structural mark-up and insert XML links in new and changed content objects as directed.
• Coordinate request of graphic creation from graphic team, if content requires graphic inclusion.
• Initiate request for Guide cards, Transfer binders, Labels etc, following house procedures where update requires it.
• Update legislation using state documents and editorial instructions; write caution/editors notes and history lines providing effective date information; work with editorial to maintain and clean multiple versions legislative material on a routine basis
• Work with Editor/Writer to ensure that all necessary finders (if any) are prepared for an update and are incorporated into relevant products.

4. Print production:

• Compose pages for loose-leaf products, newsletters and books.
• Check composed pages for completeness of content, report number, copyright, heads and feet.
• Generate and check sigchart.
• Generate loose-leaf filing instructions.
• Append filing instructions and include Report Letter as per given by editor.
• QA to ensure accuracy and page sequence including all heads and feets before sending off for 2nd check by Team Leader or Senior Production Editor.
• Check loose-leaf filing instructions.
• Ensuring overall look of pages are satisfactory (graphics, charts, etc.).
• Submit POD files and sigchart for print clearance according to production schedule.
• Check printers proofs where relevant.

5. Electronic and CD production

• Build contents for web using specific tools (Jobrunner).
• QA contents through the staging server (TRN Demo and STG)/TO3.
• Authpub the web product to ensure contents are updated on the TRN live site and IntelliConnect.
• Escalate issue to the internal Electronic Processing team, if Load / Authpub fails.
• Check Document Counts (Doc Counts) to ensure integrity of contents is not compromised.
• QA CD contents on TO3.

6. Electronic Night-time Event-based Processing (Daily)

• Review files in the content management system to ensure compliance to standard DTD package requirement.
• Push contents to electronic platform and ensure the load is successful.
• Review the contents on TRN Demo and STG to ensure integrity is not compromised
• Authpub the contents to TRN live site and IntelliConnect platforms.
• Escalate issues in a timely manner to relevant support groups in the RW, Chicago for a resolution if there are failure with the load or system issues. (TCSG, Perot)

Please share your resume at hemanti.sarkar@mpslimited.com