Senior Content Management Analyst (STM Publishing)

Location: Gurgaon, India; onsite attendance may be required, including for interviews at a hirify.global office

Company

hirify.global is the organization hiring for this production editorial role.

What you will do

• Lead production editorial workflows for frontlist books and journal content, coordinating manuscripts, peer-review outputs, typesetting, proof corrections, and final publication.
• Coordinate authors, editors, publishing managers, journal teams, editorial boards, peer-review coordinators, and external vendors to ensure timely delivery.
• Prepare cost estimates, manage approved budgets, track vendor payments and freelancer payouts, and support P&L planning and gross-margin calculations.
• Build and manage the vendor and freelancer pool, including copy editors, proofreaders, typesetters, graphic designers, and indexers.
• Maintain style sheets, copy-editing guidelines, production trackers, publication schedules, templates, page budgets, layouts, and visual assets.
• Apply quality control across manuscripts, articles, figures, tables, references, metadata, supplementary content, archiving, and content preservation.

Requirements

• Postgraduate education and at least 8 years of experience, preferably in the STM sector.
• Excellent copyediting and language-editing skills, including knowledge of various referencing styles.
• Experience with project and team management, vendor coordination, and handling multiple priorities.
• Strong written and oral communication and interpersonal skills for working with authors, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Ability to work onsite in Gurgaon, India; onsite participation may be required during the interview process.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of STM print and digital publishing processes.
• Experience with XML/HTML workflows, content management systems, manuscript tracking platforms, metadata management, content structuring, and digital publishing standards.
• Experience with AI-powered editorial and quality-control tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Interview participation must be unaided by AI tools, external prompts, or third-party support.
• Interviews include an in-person component, and virtual backgrounds should be removed.
• Use of AI-generated responses or third-party assistance during interviews may result in disqualification.

Hiring process

• Interviews assess individual skills, experience, communication style, and authenticity.
• Applicants may be required to attend interviews onsite at a hirify.global office.