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Sarah Howard
Document Production Specialist · Law Firm Word Processing
Columbus, OH · (614) 555-3936 · sarah.howard@email.com · linkedin.com/in/sarahhoward
Profile
Word processing specialist with 10 years in law firm and insurance document services, producing 80–120 documents a week at 90 WPM. Owns the firm's Word template library and cut rework on long agreements 30% with standard styles.
Experience
Senior Document Production Specialist
2020 – Present
Scioto Kessler LLP, Columbus, OH
- Format contracts, briefs and loan documents for 60 attorneys, turning 80–120 jobs a week.
- Build tables of contents, cross-references and automatic numbering in 200-page agreements.
- Maintain the firm's Word template and style library used on 5,000+ documents a year.
- Cut rework on long agreements 30% by converting old manual formatting to standard styles.
- Run redlines in Litera Compare and convert and Bates-stamp exhibits in Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Word Processing Specialist
2016 – 2020
Buckeye Mutual Insurance Group, Columbus, OH
- Typed policy endorsements, claim letters and underwriting reports from drafts and dictation.
- Merged 3,000+ renewal letters a month from policy data using Word mail merge and Excel.
- Proofread outgoing documents for spelling, numbers and policy terms before release.
- Kept 24-hour turnaround on 95% of requests in the shared document production queue.
Typist
2014 – 2016
Buckeye Mutual Insurance Group, Columbus, OH
- Transcribed recorded claim statements and adjuster notes at 85 WPM with 98% accuracy.
- Scanned, named and filed finished documents in the claims imaging system.
Certifications
Microsoft Office Specialist: Word Expert
Microsoft
Microsoft Office Specialist: PowerPoint Associate
Microsoft
Document Skills
Advanced Word formatting
90 WPM typing
Styles & templates
Redlining & comparison
Mail merge
Transcription
Proofreading
Software
Microsoft WordAdobe Acrobat ProLitera CompareiManage WorkMicrosoft PowerPoint
Education
High School Diploma
2012
Whetstone High School
Certificate in Office Administration
2014
Columbus State Community College
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Skills to list
- Microsoft Word
- Document Formatting
- Transcription
- Mail Merge
- Proofreading
- Template Design
- Dictation Software
- File Conversion
Software and tools
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Excel
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Google Workspace software
- Microsoft Access
- Adobe Acrobat
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- FileMaker Pro
- Microsoft Word
Duties to describe on a word processor resume
- Filed and stored completed documents on computer hard drive or disk, or maintained a computer filing system to store, retrieve, update, and delete documents.
- Transmitted work electronically to other locations.
- Performed other clerical duties, such as answering telephone, sorting and distributing mail, running errands or sending faxes.
- Checked completed work for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and format.
- Printed and made copies of work.
- Searched for specific sets of stored, typed characters to make changes.
Titles along the way
- Word Processor
- Word Processing Specialist
- Document Production Lead
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