Mandarin Speaking Senior DTP Specialist

Department: Production

Location: Taiwan (Remote), Singapore (Remote), China (Remote), Hong Kong (Remote)

Compensation: $20 – $30 per hour

Employment Type: Contract

What You’ll Do

• Account Management (DTP): Manage DTP requirements for our largest enterprise customers with highly bespoke requirements, requiring in-depth knowledge of the customer and their needs.

• Quality Management: Oversee account level DTP quality, ensure instructions are followed and that quality meets all requirements across all projects.

• Collaboration: Work closely with customer reviewers, project managers, and typesetters to ensure final DTP deliverables meet all the requirements.

• Quality Assurance: Conduct detailed QA checks to ensure the final output is free of errors, adheres to client guidelines, and meets industry standards.

• Communication: Provide clear communication regarding design adjustments, limitations, and timelines with internal teams and clients.

• Troubleshooting: Resolve issues related to fonts, layout, image compatibility, and other design aspects that may arise due to language changes or technical constraints.

• Formatting and Layout: Apply design and formatting to translated content across various languages, ensuring consistency with the source document and client specifications.

• File Preparation: Prepare files for translation by extracting and formatting content in required formats, including InDesign, Illustrator, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and others.

• Localization: Adapt and localize visual elements such as images, graphs, charts, and documents to fit target languages and regional requirements.

• Software Utilization: Use DTP tools such as Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, FrameMaker, QuarkXPress, or other desktop publishing software to produce high-quality localized documents.

• Version Control: Maintain organized records of multiple versions of the same document to ensure accuracy in project delivery.

• File Conversion: Convert between different file formats as required by the project, maintaining fidelity to the original layout.

Key Skills & Qualifications:

• Experience: 5+ years of experience in desktop publishing in an LSP or localization environment.

• Technical Proficiency: Strong expertise in DTP tools such as Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, QuarkXPress, Microsoft Office, and other relevant software.

• Attention to Detail: Keen eye for visual design and layout consistency, ensuring high-quality, error-free output. Being able to spot the smallest differences between source and target.

• Quality Assurance: Experience in creating review workflows, conducting reviews and feedback implementation.

• Quality management: Experience in creating DTP quality frameworks, implementing and tracking against them.

• Feedback Management: Experience in tracking feedback and updating instruction and team training materials post feedback.

• Language Skills: Fluency in Chinese language either simplified or traditional script.

• File Management: Proficiency in handling and organizing multiple file types, formats, and large datasets.

• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work in a team-oriented environment.

• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to troubleshoot issues related to formatting and design.

• Time Management: Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously, meet tight deadlines, and work in a fast-paced environment.

• Education: Degree or certification in Graphic Design, Desktop Publishing, or a related field is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:

International Experience: Previous experience working on projects with multilingual and multicultural elements.

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