Remote Position
Proofreader- Temp
🌍 Remote · United States
💼 Full-time
About the position The Proofreader is responsible for proofreading large, complex assessment projects published both in print form and online, as well as proofreading a steady stream of product reprints, communications, Web content, and other types of content, both printed and electronic.
Responsibilities
- Work with editors to identify and correct errors in written materials.
- Check each job for accuracy, page numbers, correct headers and footers, and correct type styles.
- Proofread long documents with multiple heading levels and many tables, figures, numerical data, and citations and references.
- Apply Chicago style and APA style guidelines and use common proofreader’s marks correctly and efficiently.
- Update Editorial Manager and shared project documents on job status.
Requirements
- MINIMUM BA/BS IN ENGLISH, SOCIAL SCIENCES, OR RELATED.
- MINIMUM THREE YEARS’ EXPERIENCE AS A PROOFREADER, COPY EDITOR, TECHNICAL EDITOR OR SIMILAR.
- EXCELLENT COMMAND OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND STRONG WRITTEN AND VERBAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS.
- EXPERIENCE CENTERED AROUND PROOFREADING AND QUALITY CONTROL OF PRINTED MATERIALS AND, TO A LESSER EXTENT, ELECTRONIC CONTENT.
- EXPERIENCE WITH LONG DOCUMENTS WITH MULTIPLE HEADING LEVELS AND MANY TABLES, FIGURES, AND CITATIONS AND REFERENCES.
- ABILITY TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENTLY HIGH PERFORMANCE ON COMPLEX PUBLISHING PROJECTS WITH MULTIPLE CONCURRENT DELIVERABLES.
- STRONG PROOFREADING SKILLS; USE COMMON PROOFREADER’S MARKS CORRECTLY AND EFFICIENTLY.
- EXPERIENCE WITH MICROSOFT WORD TRACK CHANGES AND ADOBE ACROBAT PDF MARKUP.
- PROFICIENCY WITH MACINTOSH. Apply tot his job