A variable digital publishing application and system is described for generating communications tailored to individual recipients. The digital publishing application allows a user to control, submit and monitor the processing of a job to generate a batch of communications. The job is submitted to a variable information application, which populates templates with variable information to create digital files. The digital files are sent to a data delivery system, which generates the communications using the digital files and delivers the communications to the recipients. Status information is sent throughout the processing of a job to allow a user to monitor the job using the digital publishing application.