I’ve worked at about 5 or 6 companies over the years I’ve been in the industry – some big, some small.

Some of them actively QC’ed work by having someone physically check what you’ve done for quality before it went out, some of them kinda relied on you to know what you were doing, and trusted you to have an eye for detail.

However, the company I’ve just joined not only like to have someone check your work (which I’m absolutely fine with – although the timelines don’t always slow for this), but also have an actual checklist – a PDF with boxes you have to tick at each proofing round, to check that all colours and fonts are correct, file naming conventions have been followed, files stored correctly on the server, etc.

Has anyone else have to do this?

To me, they are more of an indication that people need more guidance, and more effort needs to be put into training. A checklist, to my mind, is an exercise in ass-covering – they themselves don’t actually improve output.

Thoughts?