Position: Specialist– Proof Reading
(4+ years of experience)

Job Summary:

Wipfli’s award-winning marketing team is looking for a proofreader who can help ensure our compelling content is error-free. You’ll play a vital role in finalizing our marketing content, including e-books, research reports, ads, campaign assets and more.

If you enjoy the details but also want to proofread genuinely interesting and varied content, this is the role for you. Wipfli serves over 15 different industries with dozens of different services, so you’ll always be learning something new.

Our culture is steeped in curiosity, collaboration and creativity. We are more than 3,000 designers, analysts, developers, accountants, litigators, cybersecurity guardians, management gurus, marketing innovators and tech accelerators who are helping businesses and nonprofits change the world. We dig to find unique solutions to help our clients achieve their biggest goals.

We are looking for someone who is eternally curious, a fantastic proofreader and a champion for our brand.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Proofread content for grammar, spelling, formatting and style (this includes everything from fixing typos to double-checking links are correct to making sure headlines are in sentence case)
• Liaise with the content piece’s writer/editor to work out any issues that need attention and finalize the content
• Complete projects by the requested production deadline
• Stay up to date on AP Stylebook standards and changes, as well as on evolving trends in American English language and grammar
• Stay up to date on Wipfli’s editorial style guide and how to write/edit in Wipfli’s voice, etc. to help ensure we deliver materials that are on-brand and on-voice
• Act as a brand ambassador, helping to coach Wipfli associates as necessary on the Wipfli brand and style guide
• Exemplify our firm’s core values when working with all stakeholders

Required Qualifications and Skillset:

• At least two years of experience as a proofreader
• Expertise in AP Stylebook standards
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Microsoft Word) and Adobe Acrobat
• Native-level fluency in American English
• A bachelor’s degree in English Language & Literature, Journalism, Communications or similar major

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in B2B marketing
• Experience with project management systems and content/file management systems

Skills & Abilities:

• Accurate, persistent and dependable
• Exceptionally detail-oriented
• Thoroughly understands American English grammar
• Can adapt to changing standards and trends in language (we are descriptivists at Wipfli, not prescriptivists)
• Is able to meet deadlines and coordinate multiple projects/tasks simultaneously
• Has excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Demonstrates knowledge of and are able to effectively share best practices with the marketing team around language, grammar, the brand, etc.
• Demonstrates commitment to personal professional development
• Works with internal stakeholders