Overview
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Base pay range
$56,300.00/yr - $73,875.00/yr
Responsibilities
- Publishers work on a document from conception to production and delivery, tracking and managing multiple concurrent deliverables.
- Engage with publishing colleagues to create and refine project documentation into clean, clear, attractive publications, following standard processes and client requirements.
- Apply expert-level formatting in Microsoft Word and advanced PDF development (OCR, optimization, headers/footers) to produce publication-ready documents.
- Ensure in-place processes and quality approaches are used; collaborate with editorial, graphic design, document publishing, production, and technical staff to meet deadlines.
- Manage communication throughout the workflow to coordinate with authors, project team leads, editors, publishers, and designers as needed.
Qualifications
- Experience ushering a document through its development phases from startup to client submittal, coordinating moving pieces for documents that can be thousands of pages and hundreds of megabytes.
- Strong professional communication skills, both verbal and written, with ability to engage publishing colleagues, team leaders, contributing authors, and project managers.
- Expertise formatting in MS Word (and MS Excel/PowerPoint) according to established brand or project styles; proficient use of Word templates, styles, mail merge, macros, section breaks, page layout, cross-references, tracked changes, and troubleshooting.
- Experience with Acrobat or other PDF tools for creating complex PDFs and preparing large documents for publication (bookmarks, blank pages, orientation) and familiarity with OCR and optimization for large multi-volume PDFs.
- Experience with shared workspace platforms (e.g., SharePoint, ProjectWise) and collaboration with editorial, design, and technical staff; strong time-management and workload coordination skills.
- Bachelor’s degree preferred; relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
- Basic understanding of grammatical rules, punctuation, and references; knowledge of accessibility best practices (Section 508, AODA, WCAG, PDF/UA) is a plus.
Employment type & environment
This is a non-exempt, hourly paid position with hybrid work (2 days in office per week if within 50 miles of an office).
Benefits
Health and welfare benefits including medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, 401(k), paid time off, holidays, floating holiday, caregiver leave, and stock purchase eligibility. This section reflects standard Jacobs benefits described in the job posting.
Location
Sacramento, CA (hybrid work arrangement; travel as required by project needs)
EEO & application notes
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you require reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process, please contact Careers Support.