Testing and Desktop Publishing Support

4 days ago


Cape Town, South Africa Pearson Full time

As the world’s leading learning company with more than 24,000 employees in 70 countries, we provide content, assessment, and digital services to learners, educational institutions, employers, governments, and other partners globally.

Purpose:
Supports the Design and Digital Development team in various Quality Assurance testing tasks, layout/typesetting and visual design support tasks where required.

Key responsibilities:
Testing
- Responsible for completing technical checks on packaged print files to ensure the files meet Pearson Content Creation Standards, industry standard pre-press requirements and Publishing Services & Asset Management stipulations.
- Communicate test results to Product Development teams and/or external production vendors for remediation.
- Support the Product Development team with the testing of formats / file types in different environments during the content production process (WIP).
- Support internal Product Development teams and external production vendors in the implementation of Pearson Content Creation Standards - print & digital content.
- Support internal and external production teams in technical trouble shooting and problem solving.

Layout / DTP/ Design support
- Ensure that design work and packaged print files created by the Design team and external vendors are in line with and enhances Pearson’s brand, Pearson’s content creation standards, industry, and accessibility standards.
- Manage and make layout changes to series design templates where necessary.
- Mark up any design changes required to external vendors.
- Liaise with and answer any technical layout or design questions from the vendor where appropriate.
- Implement occasional typesetting, cover layout or artwork changes where required.
- Guide appropriate font selection and usage across products and platforms.
- Provide accurate status reports when needed.

Core Competencies
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong communication skills
- Organisational skills
- Problem solver
- Manage multiple tasks
- Quality conscious
- Adaptability to changing environments
- Grasp new technologies or systems with ease

Qualifications and Experience:

- Relevant 3-year degree / diploma Alternatively, proven industry experience relevant to the position
- 6 months - 2 years industry experience
- Practical experience with various production and rendering processes in both print and digital environments.
- Strong layout and typesetting skills

Technical Skills:

- Adobe Creative Cloud. (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat Pro)
- Microsoft (Excel, Word, Planner, Outlook)

Advantageous:

- Jira
- HTML & CSS
- Javascript
- EPub3
- Audio & video recording & editing tools.

Pearson is committed to the principles of Employment Equity and in accordance with our Employment Equity goals and plan, preference will be given to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act and subsequent amendments thereto.

**Job**: PUBLISHING

**Organization**: International

**Schedule**: FULL\_TIME

**Req ID**: 8426


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