Adobe Product Family, Audiovisual, Customer Support/Service, Legal, Mail Processing, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Product Family, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Word, Organizational Skills, Production Systems, Proofreading, Reference Verification, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, Word Processing
Proofreader
Summary: Proofreader with a minimum of five years' legal experience. Shift: Monday - Friday 6:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Cold reads.
- Full reads.
- Ability to read handwritten, word-processed, or printed documents against a mark-up or new master for accuracy of transcription, grammar, sense, and typos.
- Financial printer proofs.
- Defined terms checks.
- Cross-references checks.
- Manual redlining and blacklining.
- Familiarity with Adobe's annotating tool for marking PDFs.
- Creating PDFs using E-copy of proofreading mark-ups.
- Proofreading audio and video transcriptions.
- Assisting when needed in handling and monitoring incoming e-mail requests.
- Following up with Proofreader Workflow Coordinator, as well as requestor, on additional proofreading questions or requests.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Suite 2010 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio).
- Flexibility in covering other Proofreading shifts, as needed.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Team player mentality.
- Ability to work in a collaborative on-site production environment, requiring close team coordination.
- Resourcefulness.
- Thorough knowledge of proofreading procedures, and symbols.
- Ability to work under time constraints.
- Proficiency in the use of the Black's Law Dictionary and citation books.
- Familiarity with current Bluebook formatting guidelines.
- Knowledge of blacklining and cumulative blacklining.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Minimum of five years of proofreading experience at a law firm.
Working Conditions:
Normal office environment with little exposure to excessive noise, dust, temperature, and the like.
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz provides competitive compensation and benefits to its employees ensuring that we attract and retain the most talented individuals. The expected base salary for this role ranges from $75,500 – $77,000. The base salary offer is based on a variety of factors which includes, but is not limited to, qualifications, education, and experience.