Publishing Analyst

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Publishing Analyst for a Contract assignment with one of our premier Manufacturing clients in West Conshohocken, PA / Remote. Responsibilities :

• The Publishing Analyst will support the Publishing Director and Production Department in planning and managing implementation of all assigned digital content projects from content collection, analysis, creation, and assembly through final product delivery.
• Their focus will be on managing standard translations and publishing, discoverability services, workflows, and content processing. This position is responsible for supporting the overall direction, coordination, execution, and completion of production projects ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments, and goals.
• The Publishing Analyst will work on teams and independently to develop, establish, and maintain standard operating procedures.
• The incumbent will help to oversee content projects to ensure the desired result is achieved, the most efficient resources are used, and the different interests involved are satisfied.
• Responsible for content analysis, project launch, management, and execution, as assigned
• Responsible for leading timely, quality production and curation of any content, third-party content, standard translations, book(s), journal(s), adjunct(s), reference radiograph(s), or other products as assigned from inception to completion
• Coordinate enhancement requests for IT development of applications and software to support publishing operations, product support, and process streamlining. Provide operational objectives, requirements, and data from business standpoint
• Practice and apply critical-thinking and problem-solving skills to each project assigned.
• Define metadata and develop mapping documentation for web and subscription platform management team
• Perform audit of assigned job requests. Ensures all specification information needed is available to produce material or digital files. Correspond with requestor and stakeholders to do so.
• Define and improve content production workflows (including interdepartmentally), with the understanding of system capabilities and any manual efforts.
• Contribute to systems enhancement backlog by studying current practices and recommending modifications and improvements
• Coordinate complex projects and exhibit a proactive approach to identifying new opportunities and operation
• Develop and maintain special initiatives or departmental activities that will aid in increasing productivity, enhancing department workflow, decreasing costs, improving quality or other identifiable benefit
• Define project tasks and resource requirements, and manage project resource allocation
• Develop, lead, and execute project plans
• Manage project budget
• Plan and schedule project timelines
• Track project deliverables using appropriate tools
• Provide leadership to project team
• Perform quality assurance and work with IT operations to automate content validation(s)
• Constantly monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders. Present reports defining project progress, problems and solutions
• Coordinate UAT (user acceptance testing) and enhancements put into production for the publishing platform and content management system(s)
• Document process and train staff on interdepartmental production workflows, publishing platform, and content management system(s)
• Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs
• Steer project evaluations, lessons learned, and assessment of results
• Recommend vendors and obtain competitive quotes by negotiating with approved vendors
• Develop and maintain documentation for job function(s)
• Contribute to annual budget process and supply interim reports as required. Prepare budget worksheets, gathering costs for forecast and budget for assigned product lines
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

• Bachelor's Degree
• 2+ years professional experience
• Proficient in MS Office
• Fluent written and spoken English language skills
• Detail-oriented, analytical, and inquisitive
• 3+ years experience in systems/workflow analysis skills
• 3+ years experience with Content Management Systems (ie. MarkLogic, Alfresco, etc.)
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Proven ability to succeed in a fast-paced, high-volume environment and ability to manage multiple and competing priorities and tight deadlines while ensuring consistent progress on projects
• Proficient in publishing workflows and process improvement
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Proficient in budget management
• Strong business sense
• Competent in troubleshooting technical problems
• Skilled in verbal and written communication
• Proficient in communicating technical subject matter to non-technical audience
• Ability to deal diplomatically with customers and vendors
• Understanding of the concept of granular, data publishing over document-based publishing
• Proficient in XML, MathML, XHTML, CSS, and other ways of identifying content
• Excellent organizational and administrative skills displaying cooperative attitude and flexibility
• Ability to work under tight deadlines
• Strong curiosity about publishing trends