Proofreader (Temp)-Remote

at  Harbor Freight Tools USA Inc

The Proofreader provides quality control and helps to ensure that all projects are carefully reviewed for typographical errors, mistakes, spelling, grammar, punctuation, appearance, content, and consistency with our corporate branding guidelines and/or recognized style and usage manuals and standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for proofing and marking changes to all marketing and product copy for our retail, catalog and internet efforts
• Review a wide variety of marketing, advertising and promotional materials for omissions, errors, or inconsistencies in grammar, style, usage, format, and branding guidelines
• Read corrected copies or proofs in order to ensure that all necessary corrections have been made
• Ensure documents contain all required disclaimers, footnotes, legal copy
• Develop familiarity with logos, product names, and legal language, and other content/product and corporate brand guidelines
• Consult recognized reference books and style manuals to ensure consistency with rules of grammar, style, and usage
• Additional duties as assigned by manager
• Supervises staff - no Scope
• Financial Scope -
• Organizational Scope – All US locations/Single Category/Region/District/Distribution Center
• Decision Making – Creates policy and resolves problems
• Travel –

REQUIREMENTS

Job Qualifications – Education and Experience

• High School Diploma required, College degree a plus
• 6 months or more of proofreading background gained through education or on-the-job experience
• 3 months or more working in a professional office environment
• This position requires the ability to pass a basic proofreading test
• Excellent Command of the English Language, inclusive of speaking, writing, punctuation, grammar and spelling.
• Task oriented and ability to stay focused.
• Ability to manage time and be self-directed in order to keep multiple tasks on schedule
• Knowledge of best practice proofreading marks
• Must have excellent organizational skills, communication skills both verbal and written, and must be detail oriented
• Ability to multi-task in an environment where multiple projects are occurring at the same time.
• Personal Computing Skills desired, preferably in a Macintosh environment
• Excellent spelling and grammar skills

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

General office environment requiring ability to:

• stand, walk, sit for extended periods of time
• speak and listen to others in person and over the phone
• use keyboard and read from computer screen and reports
• lift up to 15 lbs.

• Responsible for proofing and marking changes to all marketing and product copy for our retail, catalog and internet efforts
• Review a wide variety of marketing, advertising and promotional materials for omissions, errors, or inconsistencies in grammar, style, usage, format, and branding guidelines
• Read corrected copies or proofs in order to ensure that all necessary corrections have been made
• Ensure documents contain all required disclaimers, footnotes, legal copy
• Develop familiarity with logos, product names, and legal language, and other content/product and corporate brand guidelines
• Consult recognized reference books and style manuals to ensure consistency with rules of grammar, style, and usage
• Additional duties as assigned by manager
• Supervises staff - no Scope
• Financial Scope -
• Organizational Scope – All US locations/Single Category/Region/District/Distribution Center
• Decision Making – Creates policy and resolves problems
• Travel