Editor

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Edit consumer health content tailored to audience needs, encompassing symptoms, diagnoses, treatments, and daily life.

• Create cohesive content experiences across various platforms including web, newsletters, social media, video, and audio.

• Incorporate DROPS and MedFluencers appropriately into the consumer audience journey.

• Simplify complex medical information into clear, accessible, and actionable guidance while maintaining accuracy and nuance.

• Weave in patient perspectives and lived experiences alongside clinical expertise.

• Supervise freelance writers and expert contributors by providing briefs, feedback, and upholding quality standards.

• Oversee medical review processes, fact-checking, sourcing, and revisions.

• Evaluate and refresh existing content to enhance coverage, address gaps, and connect readers to actionable next steps.

• Propose, assign, and occasionally draft consumer health content.

• Collaborate on editorial strategies and monthly initiatives with social, newsletter, video, and audio teams.

• Leverage audience research, search insights, and performance metrics to guide assignments and boost engagement.

• Organize assignments, deadlines, and production costs using shared planning tools and workflows.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in digital editorial roles, ideally in consumer health, wellness, or service journalism.

• Proficient editing and writing capabilities.

• Capacity to convey complex health topics in a manner that is understandable and relevant to a general audience.

• Experience in assigning and editing freelance writers while managing multiple deadlines.

• Strong editorial judgment and a thorough approach to medical accuracy, sourcing, and fact-checking.

• Compassionate approach to reporting on health conditions, treatment options, and patient experiences.

• Knowledge of digital audience development strategies, including search, newsletters, social media distribution, and content performance metrics.

• Ability to utilize audience insights and analytics to enhance content quality.

• Excellent organizational and collaborative skills.

• Enthusiasm for working across various formats including written, video, audio, and social media.

• Familiarity with content management systems and editorial planning tools.

• Interest in emerging technologies and responsible applications of AI in editorial processes.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

• No obligation to purchase equipment as a condition of employment.

• No documentation needed before an offer is made within the Paylocity system.