Senior Legal Proofreader — Evening Shift

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; New York (NY); On-site; USD 76,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz seeks a proofreader with at least five years of legal proofreading experience for an on-site role in New York. The position requires meticulous attention to transcription accuracy, familiarity with Bluebook guidelines, and the ability to work with PDFs and mark-ups using Adobe tools.

You will perform cold and full reads, cross-reference checks, and support the Proofreader Workflow Coordinator while meeting tight deadlines in a collaborative production environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of five years proofreading experience at a law firm.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Ability to work in an on-site production environment with close team coordination.
• Familiarity with Black’s Law Dictionary and citation books.
• Knowledge of Bluebook formatting guidelines.

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.

Skills

Proofreading

Bluebook formatting

Adobe Acrobat

Microsoft Word

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Five years proofreading at a law firm

Tools

MS Word 2010

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz seeks a proofreader with at least five years of legal proofreading experience for an on-site role in New York. The position requires meticulous attention to transcription accuracy, familiarity with Bluebook guidelines, and the ability to work with PDFs and mark-ups using Adobe tools.

You will perform cold and full reads, cross-reference checks, and support the Proofreader Workflow Coordinator while meeting tight deadlines in a collaborative production environment.