Composition Assistant

Location: 
Dania Beach, FL
Location: 
Philadelphia, PA

Scribe is currently seeking to hire 5 Composition Assistants, in our Philadelphia and Dania offices. This is an entry level position intended to lead to other positions at Scribe. Initially, the employee will be responsible for data conversion, document scanning, data entry and project-related administrative work. Employee also will be responsible for naming, tracking and transferring electronic files, and for adhering to our production management system. Once these skills are attained, additional responsibilities (and compensation) will follow.

Duties: 
  • Composition (applying structure to documents)
  • Simple HTML-tagging
  • Data Conversion
  • OCR and image scanning
  • Data Entry
  • Copyediting
  • Typesetting
  • XML

Training will be provided for all of the above.

Qualifications: 

Candidates must be focused, highly organized, able to work independently, pay attention to detail, and manage time. It is necessary that they demonstrate a thorough mastery of the English language (grammar, syntax, vocabulary), be able to type accurately and possess good knowledge of a word processor (e.g., Microsoft WORD) and a computer operating system (e.g., Windows XP). Knowledge of a second language is preferred.