Production Editor

About the Position
This is a full-time, in-office position in Krakow, suitable for newly graduated. As a Production Editor you will partake in the process of publishing research articles. Through your work you will help to make the world of science more accessible to a large public. MDPI cares about each employee from the first day by providing extensive trainings and tools to develop the full potential.
  

Job Summary
Once accepted for publication, articles must be prepared to company and industry standards in PDF, XML and HTML formats. This work is carried out by a production team, using custom software developed by MDPI. 


Responsibilities:

• Supporting the editorial process for academic research journals with copy-editing.











• Communicating and cooperating with editors to ensure a high-quality and rapid. publication.


• Technical formatting of English scientific manuscripts (Word or LaTeX files).


• Converting Word or LaTeX files to XML files.


• Using customized software to layout scientific manuscripts.


• Converting XML file to a new LaTeX file, ensuring that a new PDF file can be generated in high quality.
  
  
  

Your profile:

• A Bachelor or Master’s degree in any subject.


• Good command of English—at least B2 level.


• General computer literacy and familiarity with Microsoft Office.


• Computer programming skills and familiarity with XTML or XML can be an asset.


• Previous experience in editing can be an advantage.


• Excellent self-organization and attention to detail.


• Willingness to collaborate as part of an international team.
  
  


• Good time management skills.
  
  


• Ability to work independently as well as in teams.
  
  
  

What we offer

• Full-time job with standard working hours (8 hours/day).











• Private medical care (fully covered).


• MultiSport card (partially covered).


• Team buildings activities.


• Trainings and tutor’s guidance.
  
  











• Working in an international environment.
  
  

If you are interested in this position, we look forward to receiving your application. Please submit your CV in English and fill out our questionnaire. We look forward to welcoming you to our Krakow office.

About MDPI
A pioneer in scholarly, open access
publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities since 1996.
Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, MDPI has the mission to foster open
scientific exchange in all forms, across all disciplines.

We operate currently over 400 diverse, peer-reviewed, open-access
journals supported by over 66,000 academic editors. We serve scholars
from around the world to ensure the latest research is openly and
broadly available.

Besides our main publishing business, we develop and maintain digital
platforms and software ranging from scientific exchange platforms to
article databases and search engines, all focused on empowering scholars
and giving them the best possible product and service. As of the end of
2022, we count more than 6700 colleagues in 17 offices across 11
countries.

Initiatives
At MDPI, we develop and maintain
various platforms in order to better serve the scientific community.
Please find below a list of our main platforms:
https://www.mdpi.com/
https://sciprofiles.com/
https://sciforum.net/
https://www.scilit.net/
https://www.preprints.org/
https://encyclopedia.pub/

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