Organization Overview
The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is headquartered in San Francisco and committed to making the worlds scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource. PLoS publishes peer-reviewed, open-access scientific and medical journals that include original research as well as feature articles. Everything PLoS publishes is freely available to be read, downloaded, copied, and distributed.
PLoS has a team of 80, comprising editors, scientists, technologists, and production staff. Our work environment is team-oriented and rich in innovative ideas. PLoS distinguished board of directors is led by a Nobel Prize winner in Medicine. In under six years, we have launched several prominent scientific journals of worldwide impact.
The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is an open-access publisher and advocacy organization with offices in San Francisco, California, and Cambridge, United Kingdom, whose mission is to make scientific and medical literature a public resource.
Lead Production Coordinator:
In this role, you will report to the Online Publishing Manager. You will be responsible for leading the PLoS ONE production team to meet its daily and monthly productivity and quality goals. You will be the primary point of contact for interaction and communications on PLoS ONE with our outsourcing partner and composition vendor. You will develop a good working relationship with these partners to guarantee the smooth flow of manuscripts through production and ensure accurate and timely publication. You will evaluate workflow as needed, especially as volume increases, and recommend improvements in process and procedure.
Responsibilities:
This position requires competency in the following areas including but not limited to:
Serve as PLoS ONE lead and point-of-contact for outsourcing partner and composition vendor(s)
Ensure outsourcing partner is fully trained in required procedures and process
Handle all elevated issues from outsourcing partner and provide appropriate feedback regarding queries or issues in a clear and timely manner to prevent any errors, confusion, or slowdown by the partner
Keep outsourcing partner abreast of all production updates, special job requests and procedural changes in a clear and timely manner
Resolve composition vendor queries that arise with graphic files, Word documents, and XML code
Monitor article status of all stages and report gaps or problems to the composition vendor
Analyze, optimize and report on PLoS ONE production workflows to the Online Publishing Manager
Lead the PLoS ONE production team
Document and communicate new processes or changes to the team
Assign tasks and balance workloads amongst the team
Monitor quality at all stages and provide constructive feedback to the team
Train new members of the team and provide necessary instruction to existing staff as applicable
Perform quality control checks
Troubleshoot source file problems, especially graphic files and tables, that have been elevated and resolve with authors
Troubleshoot issues that have been elevated around format and metadata in article files
Perform efficient quality control on proofs and online articles
Maintain formal corrections data on PLoS ONE
Perform Web QC and work with Web Producer to correct errors.
PLoS offers a creative and casual work environment as well as a full range of comprehensive benefits, including medical; dental and vision; life, LTD and STD coverage and a matching 401k program. If interested, please send a resume and cover letter to: jobs@plos.org and use "Lead Production Coordinator PLoS ONE" as the subject line of your e-mail. Please indicate in your cover letter your earliest available starting date. No phone calls or visits, please. Principals only email from recruiters will be ignored. For more information about PLoS, visit
http://www.plos.org/.
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