Senior Digital Publishing Specialist

Senior digital-publishing work runs at the strategic intersection of format, platform, and content — leading EPUB-format conversion projects on complex titles, supporting accessibility-compliance work at the program level, managing metadata-program direction, supporting platform-evolution decisions (EPUB version transitions, platform-distribution changes), and mentoring junior specialists. The senior specialist works conversion tools at depth, validation platforms, and the standards frameworks (EPUB 3, WCAG 2.1, ONIX) digital publishing operates under. Format and accessibility quality, metadata program outcomes, and team-development results drive the operating measures.

What distinguishes senior digital-publishing work from junior is the program-direction dimension — senior specialists shape format-and-platform decisions that affect publication quality across the operation, with the depth required to advocate for standards-quality investment against operational time pressures. Variance is wide: at large trade publishers the role works within structured digital teams; at academic or specialty publishers it focuses on the discipline-specific frameworks; at ed-tech the accessibility dimension dominates.

This role fits people who are technically deep on digital-publishing standards, comfortable with senior cross-functional engagement, and patient with the standards-evolution work the discipline involves. EPUB-tools senior training, accessibility credentials (CPACC, IAAP WAS), and ongoing standards-and-platform CE anchor advancement. The trade-off is the niche-specialty employment market and the constant standards-and-platform evolution senior specialists navigate.