Desktop Publishing Team Lead

The DTP Team Lead is responsible for leading a team of Content Design Specialists who ensure translation projects are delivered according to IQVIAs standards and design requirements. He/she builds and maintains strong relationships within his/her team with Project Managers as well as with internal and external stakeholders and clients. He/she ensures that all jobs allocated to his/her team are completed on time and budget and recommends synergies improvements and experiments as needed. The Content Design Team Lead also shares best practices and findings in his/her team and within Translation Operations. He/she provides the Associate Director with content design effectiveness metrics according to agreed KPIs and frequencies.

Your Responsibilities will include:

Ensure that his/her team checks content in various languages so that it does not contain any design error. Specifically his/her team must track omission inaccuracy inconsistency and visibility errors coming from OCR translation and DTP tasks. It may entail correcting removing adding and formatting portions of content to make the source content ready for translation and the translated content meaningful prior to delivery to customers
Work very closely and effectively with Project Managers to distribute and allocate content design jobs according to requirements and available resources
Manage the assessment of clients expectations or specifications and advise on best practices when appropriate to delight customers
Manage any escalations or issues that may arise regarding content design and work with Project Managers to ensure that the nature and the number of such issues are collected and incorporated in performance metrics and trend analysis
Act as a link between Project Managers and Content Design Specialists as necessary to solve issues quickly and effectively
Be a key contributor to deliver on translation effectiveness commitments to stakeholders and clients
Mentor and help Content Design Specialists as needed and coordinate efforts to onboard and train them as required
Comply with relevant and applicable IQVIA procedures.

Required knowledge skills and abilities:

Minimum of 5 years of experience working as a Team Lead in the Language Services Communication or Business Process Outsourcing industry
Bachelors degree ideally in a design linguistic or business field OR at least 5 years of related experience
Excellent communication verbal/written skills in English is a must
Fluency in at least one additional language is a strong asset
Experience in project management is a strong asset including the ability to meet strict deadlines and manage competing priorities and changing demands
Proven experience working with projects involving large amounts of content is beneficial
Knowledge of software QA QC DTP and/or OCR methodologies tools and processes is beneficial
Experience using CAT tools or content editing tools is beneficial
Experience working in international environments with demonstrated cultural and emotional intelligence
Excellent problem solving and analytical skills including the collection management and presentation of data
Ability to follow instructions/guidelines work independently and on own initiative
Ability to foster personal and professional development of team members as well as contribute to succession planning when needed.

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