Proofreader- Maverick Studios

WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT HERE

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Grammar Guardian: Review customer-facing content for spelling, punctuation, grammar, syntax, clarity, consistency, and style. Catch the mistakes others might miss and ensure every piece of content is polished and professional.
• Brand Protector: Safeguard the voice, tone, terminology, formatting, and standards of six iconic brands, helping every asset feel consistent and on-brand across channels and customer touchpoints.
• Offer & Detail Detective: Validate offers, pricing, product names, SKUs, imagery, timelines, disclaimers, legal language, links, calls-to-action, and other critical details against approved source materials. If something doesn’t add up, you’ll find it.
• Quality Checkpoint: Serve as a critical review point throughout the project lifecycle. Confirm requested changes have been implemented accurately before stakeholder review, production, deployment, or launch.
• Output Confirmer: Make sure final copy and content align with approved designs, data, briefs, and client-provided inputs across print and digital deliverables.
• Digital Experience Reviewer: Evaluate websites, mobile applications, emails, landing pages, banners, and digital campaigns for content accuracy, visual consistency, functionality, accessibility, and production readiness. Great experiences don’t happen by accident, and neither does great QA.
• Risk Spotter: Identify, document, and communicate issues before they affect customers, brand standards, compliance, timelines, or campaign delivery. Partner with teams to resolve concerns before they become costly mistakes.
• Process Builder: Help improve proofreading checklists, documentation, workflows, style guides, and quality standards that make Maverick Studios smarter, more consistent, and more scalable.
• Deadline Defender: Manage multiple reviews and shifting priorities without compromising accuracy or attention to detail.
• Collaborative Quality Champion: Build trusted partnerships across Creative, Production, Operations, Client Relations, and Brand teams. Provide clear, constructive feedback that helps elevate the work and strengthen the customer experience.
• Experience : 3+ years of proofreading, copyediting, content review, digital quality assurance, content operations, or related experience in an agency, in-house creative studio, marketing, publishing, print, or digital production environment. Retail, foodservice, or merchandising experience is a plus.
• Language Expertise: Exceptional command of grammar, spelling, punctuation, syntax, style, and language usage, including familiarity with AP, Chicago, or comparable editorial conventions.
• Proofing Skills: Experience with on-screen/PDF proofing and, when applicable, hard-copy review methods. Ability to compare outputs against approved source materials and identify subtle inconsistencies.
• Channel Awareness: Experience reviewing customer-facing content across digital and traditional marketing channels, including web, mobile, email, social, display, print, signage, POP, or related formats.
• Digital Acumen: Ability to review digital experiences for content, visual, functional, and accessibility concerns and communicate issues clearly to Creative, Product, and Production partners.
• Brand Fluency: Ability to work across multiple brands and quickly shift between brand voice, terminology, formatting, and campaign requirements.
• Detail-Obsessed Mindset: You catch the small things others may miss, from misplaced punctuation and pricing discrepancies to incorrect SKUs, disclaimers, links, versioning, and timeline details.
• Organizational Wizardry: Strong prioritization, workload management, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple reviews and shifting deadlines while maintaining accuracy.
• Communication Superpowers: A clear, proactive communicator who provides constructive feedback and coordinates effectively with creatives, project teams, production partners, and marketing stakeholders.
• Collaborative Spirit: A dependable, approachable, and accountable team partner who works well across disciplines, personalities, and brands.
• Bonus Points For: A background in graphic design, print production, publishing, merchandising, or an in-house marketing environment.

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