Production Editor

4 weeks ago


Sydney, Australia Standards Australia Full time

**17th December, 2024**:
**Who are we?**

Standards Australia (SA) is the peak standards development organisation in Australia, with a rich history that dates back to 1922. Currently, we are undergoing a significant transformation and growth phase. In recent years, our workforce has doubled, and we now proudly employ over 300 professionals dedicated to helping shape Australia’s future and fulfilling our mission of empowering communities.

Our organisation brings experts together to create national and international standards that serve as essential guidelines for products and services, ultimately benefiting the Australian community. Our vision is to be a global leader in providing trusted solutions that improve life today and tomorrow.

**About the role**

Support the development of Standards and other types of documents; editing, revising, converting and formatting written material to improve readability for publication, in various formats such as XML, PDF and HTML.

The Production Editor effectively liaises with other stakeholders in the Standards development chain to ensure changes are fit for purpose and the production service levels are maintained.

This role is a 12 month fixed-term contract.

**What you'll do**
- Ensure that content is in line with Standards Australia’s guides, procedures and house style, and that the structure, content, and language of the document are appropriate and meet customer needs
- Check for accurate grammar, spelling and punctuation, ensuring internal consistency of content and format, and accurate referencing and cross-referencing
- Ensure product metadata is accurate to support end users and systems
- Work with publishing tools such as eXtyles and MathType to prepare drafts of technical publications suitable for Committee member drafting and review
- Proofread and quality check work against source documents in all customer formats (e.g. comparing MS Word documents, PDF documents, HTML output, and XML source files), identify deviations, and make relevant corrections
- Use relevant software to transform drafts to XML and end user formats
- Collaborate regularly with your team, external stakeholders and other internal stakeholders to develop high quality documents
- Attend meetings with Committee members or Drafting Leaders (authors) on committees

**About you**
- University degree or other relevant qualification, in an appropriate field
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in technical editing
- Excellent command of written and spoken English
- Advanced in Microsoft Word features especially styles, templates and Equation Editor
- Experience working in a publishing house with electronic publishing
- Experience in eXtyles and Typefi is advantageous
- Experience working with HTML and XML for publishing technology is advantageous
- Experienced in Microsoft Visual Basic, Adobe Acrobat and other components of Adobe InDesign creative suite is advantageous

**Culture & Benefits**

Standards Australia is proud to have been awarded the prestigious Employer of Choice Award for two consecutive years, 2023 and 2024. This recognition highlights our commitment to creating an exceptional workplace and fostering a culture of excellence. Our iCARE values form the basis of all we do - Integrity, Courage, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence.

Standards Australia offers many benefits such as flexibility with working from home, regular team events, additional personal/carer’s leave, frequent recognition and appreciation, and continuous learning and development opportunities. We also provide our staff with access to LinkedIn Learning. Our award-winning People Perks program includes the following great benefits:

- Nine-day fortnight - enjoy every second Friday off
- Growing Family & Parental leave benefits - 16 weeks paid leave for primary carers, plus Superannuation contributions made on unpaid leave; 4 weeks paid leave for secondary carers
- Workiversary rewards - your commitment and loyalty won’t go unrecognised
- Global working - do you have working rights in another country? Enjoy a few weeks of international working every year
- Early access to long service leave - why wait 10 years for long service leave? 5 years sounds a lot better

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