Mandarin Speaking Senior DTP Specialist

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, Power Point, 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, Frame Maker, 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.

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.

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