The Article Formatting Specialist will format accepted manuscripts according to journal style guides, manage citations and references, integrate visual assets, and ensure quality assurance before publication.

• Job Location: Remote
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Salary: Not stated

The organisation is an academic publishing entity dedicated to preparing and publishing high-quality manuscripts for global readers and major indexing databases. The company values professionalism, attention to detail, and editorial excellence.

• Manuscript Styling: Format accepted manuscripts according to specific journal style guides (adjusting fonts, headings, spacing, layout, and visual flow).
• Citation & Reference Management: Review, verify, and correct in-text citations and reference lists to ensure absolute consistency with academic referencing styles (e.g., APA 7th edition, Harvard, or MLA).
• Visual Asset Integration: Correctly insert and arrange tables, figures, charts, and images within the article layout, ensuring high resolution, proper alignment, and accurate caption placement.
• Quality Assurance & Proofreading: Proofread formatted articles for layout errors, broken cross-references, text truncation, missing elements, or visual inconsistencies before final publication.
• Metadata & Pagination Management: Apply and verify page numbers, running heads, author affiliations, ORCID iDs, DOIs, and other critical publication metadata.
• Collaborative Troubleshooting: Liaise with the Managing Editor or Line Manager to quickly resolve formatting queries, missing author details, or layout challenges.
• Template Maintenance: Actively maintain internal formatting templates and update them as journal style guidelines evolve.

• Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Publishing, Information Science, or a related field.
• Proven experience in copyediting, desktop publishing, or academic article formatting.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word (styles, templates, page breaks, and section management).
• Familiarity with publishing software (e.g., Adobe InDesign, LaTeX, or PDF editing tools) is a strong advantage.
• Strong working knowledge of academic referencing styles, particularly APA 7.
• Exceptional attention to detail—an eye for spotting double spaces, font mismatches, and broken margins.
• Excellent time-management skills with the ability to meet tight publication deadlines.
• Strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with the editorial team.

How to Apply:
Interested and qualified candidates should Apply here.

Why this job might be a good fit:
This role is suitable for a detail-oriented publishing professional with experience in academic article formatting, strong technical skills in Microsoft Word and referencing styles, and a commitment to producing polished, error-free publications for a global audience.

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