Proofreader

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About The Role
We are seeking a highly meticulous and detail-oriented Proofreader to temporarily join our creative team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for checking different types of digital assets, ensuring 100% accuracy, clarity, and consistency across various formats and channels. This role is essential for delivering flawless final assets under strict deadlines.

Our ideal candidate is a grammar guru who enjoys working on a variety of projects, is passionate about hunting down typos and ensuring clarity, and works fast and flexibly to get the job done. They can stay humble while pushing the work forward in an environment that encourages expression, inclusivity, and collaboration.

• Ideally able to work Pacific Standard time***

Responsibilities

• Proofreading & Quality Assurance (QA): Conduct final, comprehensive proofreading across all creative assets, including web copy, social media posts, email campaigns, presentations, and video scripts.
• Accuracy & Grammar: Scrutinize documents for errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, syntax, and formatting.
• Style & Consistency: Verify adherence to the client's established brand guidelines, tone of voice, style guides, and specific terminology lists.
• Fact-Checking: Conduct basic fact-checking to ensure all claims, numbers, statistics, and references are accurate and correctly cited (where applicable).
• Version Control: Work closely with Copywriters and Project Managers to manage multiple rounds of revisions and ensure the final approved version is the one released.
• Deadline Management: Prioritize workload effectively to meet tight production schedules and delivery deadlines.
• Team Player: Foster an environment that focuses on knowledge sharing and group participation

About You
The essentials:

• {A list of required soft/hard skills needed for the role}
• Experience: At least 3 years of professional experience as a Proofreader, Copy Editor, or similar role, preferably within an agency or high-volume creative environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Exceptional mastery of English grammar, syntax, punctuation, and style rules. Ability to discern differences between various types of English (e.g. American English versus Canadian English)
• Attention to Detail: Demonstrated ability to spot minute errors and inconsistencies that automated tools often miss.
• Software Skills: Proficiency with Google tools such as Gmail, Docs, and Slides, and collaboration tools (e.g., Slack).
• Process Knowledge: Familiarity with creative workflows and version control processes.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to clearly explain suggested corrections and style decisions.
• Experience working with Tech and Social Platforms industries.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards and SEO best practices related to content.

Not a Must, But a Plus

• Experience working in a remote or distributed team environment.

At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.
Monks is committed to ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. We are committed to treating people with disabilities in a way that allows them to maintain their dignity and independence. We believe in integration, and we are committed to meeting the needs of people with disabilities in a timely manner. We will do so by removing and preventing barriers to accessibility and by meeting our accessibility requirements under local accessibility laws.
This role is subject to our Return to Office (RTO) policy. If you reside within a commutable distance of one of our office locations, you will be expected to work from the office a set number of days per week. The specific details, including the number of required office days, will be in accordance with the company's then-current RTO policy, which is subject to change from time to time.
Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate's sex or any other protected status.
Salary Range$2—$5 CAD

About Monks
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry's best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world's trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek's Fastest Growing lists , ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger's Programmatic Power Players list every year In addition to being named Adweek's first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year , won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek's Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.