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About the Role
Proofreader with a minimum of five years’ legal experience, responsible for ensuring accuracy in various legal documents and transcriptions.
Responsibilities
- Perform cold reads and full reads of documents.
- Read handwritten, word-processed, or printed documents against a mark-up or new master for accuracy, grammar, sense, and typos.
- Conduct financial printer proofs.
- Perform defined terms checks and cross-references checks.
- Execute manual redlining and blacklining.
- Mark up PDFs using Adobe’s annotating tool.
- Create PDFs using E-copy of proofreading mark-ups.
- Proofread audio and video transcriptions.
- Assist in handling and monitoring incoming e-mail requests.
- Follow up with Proofreader Workflow Coordinator and requestors on proofreading questions or requests.
- Demonstrate flexibility in covering other Proofreading shifts as needed.
Requirements
- Ability to work in a collaborative on-site production environment requiring close team coordination.
- Ability to work under time constraints.
Skills
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Team player mentality.
- Resourcefulness.
- Thorough knowledge of proofreading procedures and symbols.
- Proficiency in the use of Black’s Law Dictionary and citation books.
- Familiarity with current Bluebook formatting guidelines.
- Knowledge of blacklining and cumulative blacklining.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Suite 2010 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio).
- Familiarity with Adobe’s annotating tool for marking PDFs.
Location
- On-site
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum of five years of proofreading experience at a law firm.
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Salary/Compensations
- $75,500 – $77,000
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits
About the Company
- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz provides competitive compensation and benefits to its employees, ensuring that we attract and retain the most talented individuals.