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Proofreading Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 21+ proofreading jobs at companies offering 4-day weeks and compressed weeks—for a better work-life balance. 6 new this week. Hiring companies include Geotab, Opal Group, and AWIN.

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4-day weeks 5
compressed weeks 7
summer Fridays 3
flexible hours 2
best places to work 2

Updated August 26, 2026

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Marketing Coordinator

NEW

Opal Group · Remote · USA

66 · GoodSummer Fridays$1,100/moPro · early access

Marketing Coordinator

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Opal Group · Remote · USA

66 · GoodSummer Fridays$1,100/moPro · early access

Proposal Manager

1mo

Khan Academy · Remote · USA

63 · GoodSummer Fridays$97k – $121k

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Proposal Manager

1mo

Geotab · Remote · Canada

61 · GoodFlexible Hours

Proposal Specialist

1mo

Geotab · Remote · Canada

61 · GoodFlexible Hours

Experienced Immigration Paralegal

NEW

12h

Oguz Law · Hybrid · Walnut Creek, USA

70 · GreatHalf Day FridaysPro · early access

Marketing Co-ordinator, Proms Publications

BBC · Hybrid · London, UK

80 · GreatCompressed Work Week£26k – £34k

Content Executive

27d

Reflect Digital · Hybrid · Maidstone, England, UK

91 · Excellent4 Day Work Week£24k – £28k

Copywriter

1mo

This is Beyond · Hybrid · London, UK

86 · Excellent4 Day Work Week

Communications Executive

1mo

AWIN · Hybrid · Iași or London

85 · Excellent4 Day Work Week

Digital Associate, Paid Media

28d

Authentic · Onsite

83 · Great4 Day Work Week$54k

Media Relations Coordinator

15d

D'Youville University · Onsite · Buffalo, USA

77 · Great4 Day Work Week$40k – $45k

Curriculum Coordinator

Arizona State University · Hybrid · Phoenix, AZ, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week$49k – $60k

Office Assistant I/II

City of Palmdale · Onsite · Palmdale, CA, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$48k – $67k

Senior Administrative Assistant

City of Upland · Onsite · Upland, CA, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$60k – $76k

Student Marketing Assistant

20d

University of Manchester · Hybrid · Manchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed Work Week

Senior CRM Marketing Officer

20d

CDP · Hybrid · London, UK

67 · GoodGenerous PTO£32k – £40k

Global Content Graduated Internship

11d

Celonis · Onsite · Madrid, Spain

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Paralegal/Legal Administrative Assistant

12d

Experian · Hybrid · Costa Mesa, CA, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$64k – $111k

Managing Editor – Editor III – ILR Review

18d

Cornell University · Hybrid · Ithaca, NY, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week$74k – $86k

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Proofreading on this page include Geotab, Opal Group, and AWIN. Proofreading roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Proofreading is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Proofreading roles span the full seniority range — we list 21 open roles requiring Proofreading across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Proofreading hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Proofreading roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Proofreading candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Proofreading on current listings.