Senior Medical Editor

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

📋 Description

• Execute medical editing, copyediting, proofreading, and fact-checking for both digital and print pharmaceutical advertising materials, as well as internal and external presentations and corporate communications.

• Edit for clarity of language, consistency, brand messaging accuracy, balance, tone, cohesiveness, flow, organization, style, grammar, spelling, typographical errors, and formatting.

• Verify facts in materials to ensure comprehensive and precise support for claims.

• Engage in the development and content review processes throughout all phases of projects.

• Assess content for spelling, grammar, clarity, fulfillment of creative briefs, adherence to client and AMA style, and accurate referencing.

• Follow up with Creative, Copywriters, and Account teams on content revisions.

• Collaborate with Creative, Account, Project Management, and other team members to prioritize projects and ensure timely completion.

• Independently address project-detail inquiries with Account and/or Project Management.

• Represent the department in internal kickoff and status meetings.

• Ensure that materials adhere to client-specific medical, regulatory, and legal standards.

• Create and maintain style guides for clients and brands.

• Provide training and mentorship to junior team members as necessary.

• Lead or co-lead team initiatives and develop best-practice and process documentation.

• Notify Editorial Directors of any editorial process or quality concerns and work together to resolve issues.

• Show a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

• Carry out other assigned duties.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent education along with professional experience) is required.

• A minimum of 5 years of editing experience in the healthcare and/or pharmaceutical sector is necessary.

• At least 1 year of experience in the advertising and/or marketing field is preferred.

• Comprehensive knowledge of AMA (10th edition) style and familiarity with AP style is essential.

• Experience with medical, regulatory, and legal reviews is required.

• Understanding of FDA requirements for drug promotion is necessary.

• Ability to comprehend medical and scientific terminology is required.

• Highly detail-oriented, thorough, and accurate.

• Demonstrated experience managing rapidly changing priorities and deadlines in high-pressure environments.

• Capability to take ownership, be accountable, and work independently.

• Digitally proficient with outstanding verbal, written, organizational, and time-management skills.

• Proficiency in editing and working with Microsoft Office suite as well as Adobe Acrobat Professional.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salaries and benefits.

• Equal Opportunity Employer.

• Reasonable accommodations during the hiring process for qualified applicants with disabilities.