Rajiv Kumar

Experienced Publishing Production Specialist with 15+ years of expertise in educational publishing, children’s literature, book production, self-publishing, graphic design, and digital content development. Proven track record of managing end-to-end publishing workflows, from manuscript analysis, sample evaluation, and template development to production, quality assurance, and print and digital distribution. Skilled in coordinating cross-functional publishing processes, optimizing production workflows, and delivering high-quality publications that meet editorial, design, and platform standards across both traditional and self-publishing environments.

Specialized in Children book illustrations, book formatting, typesetting, cover development, print production, eBook conversion, and multi-platform publishing through Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, Lulu, Blurb, and Draft2Digital.

Combines strong technical publishing expertise with creative design skills to produce visually engaging and technically flawless publications across print and digital channels.

Specialized in XML-based multilingual (English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Italian) typesetting and content production workflows for both print and digital publishing environments. Extensive experience in transforming structured XML content into high-quality, professionally designed publications through automated and semi-automated composition systems. Proficient in XML tagging, content structuring, and quality assurance processes to ensure data integrity and publishing accuracy. Skilled in developing and maintaining composition templates, stylesheets, and publishing workflows that support efficient content reuse, localization, and multi-channel delivery. Experienced in generating complex page layouts, managing typography standards, and implementing automated formatting solutions to achieve consistency, scalability, and rapid turnaround across large-volume publishing projects.

Managed the end-to-end XML publishing lifecycle, overseeing manuscript ingestion, XML conversion, content structuring, metadata integration, quality assurance, and output generation for multiple formats such as PDF, EPUB for academic, educational, technical, and trade publications. Specialized in processing complex content, including mathematical equations, scientific notations, tables, figures, references, and multilingual text, ensuring accurate XML tagging and semantic structuring in accordance with publisher requirements and industry standards.