Job Order: 5676
Staff Representative: Tim Jadwin
Position: Editor
Location: New York
Company Summary:
Our client develops strong e-strategies and creative work that realize unique opportunities with patients and health-care professionals.
Description:
We are currently seeking an Editor who will perform primary editorial functions for one product and serve as editorial team member on other products.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Editing with particular attention paid to researching and referencing pieces in an efficient, editorially savvy manner.
- Researching, assembling, editing, and proofreading intelligent, accurate, brand-appropriate pieces for a variety of materials for consumers, patients, physicians and other healthcare professionals ensuring editorial integrity at every stage.
- Working closely with other team members to resolve content, referencing, and scheduling issues and to ensure accuracy, clarity, readability, and appeal of materials.
- Collaborating on projects to assist in researching, writing, and/or assembling pieces.
- Incorporating comments and changes in subsequent rounds in a timely and intelligent manner.
- Regularly screening medical journals and online resources to research trends in the appropriate areas.
- Comfortable with online search methodology, proofing Web pages, checking copy against site outlines, verifying links and navigation elements.
- Experience in medical copy editing/writing in a pharmaceutical advertising agency, in-house agency, interactive company, or medical publishing company
- Demonstrated strong conceptual abilities and writing skills
- Ability to research, understand, and process healthcare information
- Working knowledge of AMA style essential
- Organization, wiring skills, attention to detail, and the ability to handle numerous assignments at once
- Strong interest in science/research, organizational end of editing/writing process
- Solid knowledge of brand science and marketing goals
- Thoroughly understands assigned brands: indication, therapeutic implications, competition
- Able to work independently, but also team oriented
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
