Document Formatting Specialist

7 days ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Latham & Watkins LLP Full time

About Latham & Watkins:
Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation, and collaboration.

About the Role:
The Global Document Production Specialist is an integral part of Latham’s Global Document Services (GLODOCS) team. This role will be responsible for performing a variety of core document support duties such as creating, editing, and otherwise manipulating legal documents and other work product for attorneys and staff, while completing various projects in Word (e g., converting and formatting documents, generating tables of contents (“TOC”), and automating cross-references). This role will be located in our Manchester office. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Please also note, the schedule for this role will be Sunday - Thursday from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM GMT

Responsibilities & Qualifications:
Other key responsibilities include:

- Completing various projects in Excel (e.g., creating new workbooks/sheets, formatting cells/tables/rows/columns, and using simple formulas)
- Utilizing Acrobat Professional to compress.pdf files, create searchable and non-searchable.pdfs, and crop pages as needed
- Proofreading documents when necessary
- Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

We’d love to hear from you if you:

- Possess the ability to learn new software and procedures
- Demonstrate well-developed and professional interpersonal skills; including the ability to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels of the firm

And have:

- A high school diploma or an equivalent
- Microsoft certifications in Word, Excel Core and PowerPoint, preferably
- Related experience working as a document specialist at a professional services organization

Benefits & Additional Information:

- Health insurance as well as group income protection and life assurance
- A pension plan
- Wellness programs
- Employee discounts
- And more

Additionally, we have a range of diversity programming including Global Affinity Groups. These groups provide a firmwide platform to share experiences and advice as well as an opportunity to participate in a supportive network with common interests to help make life at the firm even better.

Latham & Watkins is committed to diversity, equal opportunity, sustainability, and pro bono legal services. We draw from a remarkable wealth of talent to create one of the world's leading law firms, and advance these commitments through the work of our Global Citizenship department. Our lawyers, paralegals, and professional staff worldwide comprise a rich mixture of different races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, cultures, and primary languages. Our diversity makes us who we are.

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