Multilingual DTP Specialist — Remote, InDesign & Word

Apertera; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Health Insurance; well‑g

Birthday Off

6 Personal/Sick Days

Learning & Growth Opportunities

Supportive & Collaborative Team

Job summary

Apertera seeks an experienced Desktop Publishing Specialist to turn complex multilingual source files into clean, editable documents for translation. You will prepare Word, PDF, PowerPoint, and InDesign files, reconstruct PDFs in Word, and ensure accurate formatting and client-style compliance.

This role emphasizes expert Word, Acrobat Pro, InDesign, and PowerPoint skills, with attention to typography, cross-references, and layout QA across multilingual projects.

Qualifications

• At least four years of professional DTP experience in translation or localization.
• Expert-level Word skills with complex document structure and troubleshooting.
• Advanced Acrobat Pro and PowerPoint; working knowledge of InDesign.
• Experience reconstructing PDFs to Word with editable content and tables.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage tight deadlines with PMs.

Responsibilities

• Prepare Word, PDF, PowerPoint, and InDesign files for translation, including clean, structured files for CAT tools such as Phrase.
• Reconstruct PDF content in Word with editable text, real tables, styles, numbering, cross-references, TOCs, and section breaks.
• Format translated files considering expansion, multilingual typography, fonts, and client style requirements.
• Perform DTP quality checks against the source for content, tables, figures, headings, and layout.
• Prepare final client-ready files and support project troubleshooting; contribute to templates and macros.

Skills

Desktop Publishing

Microsoft Word

Adobe Acrobat Pro

Adobe InDesign

PowerPoint

PDF to Word reconstruction

Multilingual formatting

Tools

Phrase

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Apertera seeks an experienced Desktop Publishing Specialist to turn complex multilingual source files into clean, editable documents for translation. You will prepare Word, PDF, PowerPoint, and InDesign files, reconstruct PDFs in Word, and ensure accurate formatting and client-style compliance.

This role emphasizes expert Word, Acrobat Pro, InDesign, and PowerPoint skills, with attention to typography, cross-references, and layout QA across multilingual projects.