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Job Order:

5566

Staff Representative:

Tim Jadwin

Position:

Senior Editor

Location:

New York

Company Summary:

A healthcare advertising company.

Description:


Position Summary
Senior editors review concepts, manuscripts, layouts, disk printouts, and bluelines.

Principal Responsibilities
  • Reading for clarity, grammar, and spelling
  • Proofreading
  • Fact checking claims
  • Conforming text to FDA regulations, American Medical Association style, and client style
  • Senior editors should be a resource for editors, assistant editors, and proofreaders regarding general editorial matters (eg, consulting on issues of FDA regulations, style, and usage)
  • Senior editors should lead by example
Account Responsibility
  • Senior editors should be able to comprehend technical/scientific articles, and they should understand the reading level of the intended audience
  • Senior editors are responsible for creating and maintaining a style/claims sheet for each of their products
Required Competencies
  • Proficiency in Word for Windows (PC)
  • Flexible, creative problem solving
  • Ability to deal with many varied personalities
  • Ability to meet extremely tight deadlines (without compromising accuracy)
  • Ability to juggle several projects at once
  • In general, senior editors should be proactive, organized, and professional.
Qualifications
  • Required:
    • Bachelor’s Degree
    • Proven strong copyediting and proofreading skills
    • Knowledge of AMA style and FDA regulations
    • Ability to self-manage
    • Comfort with client contact
  • Preferred:
    • Interest in managing other editorial staff


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