Medical Editor

BGB Group; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare communications agency in Toronto is seeking a Medical Editor responsible for ensuring the editorial integrity of marketing materials. This role involves editing, fact-checking, and maintaining style guides, while working collaboratively with the Editorial team. Ideal candidates should hold a relevant Bachelor's degree and possess strong editing skills, with 2-3 years of experience in medical education or pharmaceutical advertising.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in medical education or relevant experience.
• Familiarity with AMA style and FDA rules.
• Skilled in editing and fact-checking.

Responsibilities

• Edit jobs for content, grammar, and style compliance.
• Fact-check content for accuracy.
• Maintain comprehensive style guides for accounts.

Skills

Attention to detail

Grammar proficiency

Fact-checking

Editing software skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in English or Life Sciences

Tools

ProofHQ

Adobe Acrobat Pro

Microsoft Word

Job description

BGB Group

Medical Editor

Our Agency

BGB Group is a healthcare communications agency that offers a wide range of services, including traditional pharmaceutical advertising, promotional medical education, payer marketing, and consulting services. Known for excellence and professionalism, we’re hired as strategic and creative partners by our biopharmaceutical clients to drive category/brand awareness and growth.

Position Overview

The Medical Editor is responsible for the editorial integrity and factual accuracy of all marketing materials we develop and produce. This position ensures all pieces are grammatically and factually flawless and that they comply with AMA style, client style, and FDA rules and regulations. The Medical Editor contributes the fullest extent of their knowledge and understanding toward maintaining the highest levels of quality control. This position reports to the Associate Editorial Supervisor or Editorial Supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Edits initial round of jobs for all assigned accounts for content as well as for AMA style, client style, FDA rules and regulations, grammar, spelling, and consistency within the piece and among related pieces within a campaign
• Fact-checks initial round of jobs and subsequent rounds as necessary (has the requisite scientific literacy to ensure copy accurately represents the source from which it was taken)
• Ensures the quality and consistency of formatting and clarity of visual presentation
• Performs all editorial reviews (ie, initial full edit through release), including copyedits, word-for-words, fact-checks, and check changes at designated times in the job life cycle
• Creates and maintains comprehensive style guides for all assigned accounts
• Represents the Editorial team at hotsheet and kickoff meetings for all assigned accounts; participates in the development of timelines when appropriate
• Establishes solid working relationships with all internal brand team and department members
• Provides backup to other members of the Editorial team
• Accurately tracks time spent on each job and enters in time-tracking system, and submits timesheets by their weekly deadline
• Keeps their supervisor abreast of workload/workflow and status of assigned accounts as needed
• Follows through with editors who assist them on their work to ensure consistent editorial quality. This may include tracking of individual job deadlines and review of jobs on which they are Editor of Record
• Promotes collaborative approach among team members by taking the initiative in establishing and maintaining the flow of communications
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (eg, English or Life Sciences) is required
• 2-3 years of experience in medical education preferred, or relevant experience in pharmaceutical advertising, medical publishing, or medical communication
• Familiarity with AMA style and knowledgeable of FDA rules and regulations
• Proficient in basic grammar and spelling rules
• Knowledge of all proofing and editing terminology
• Skilled in editing digitally using software (eg, ProofHQ, Adobe Acrobat Pro markup tools, and Microsoft Word track changes)
• Ability to ensure scientific accuracy by fact-checking all relevant copy
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritize tasks
• Ability to work independently
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), Adobe and Adobe-style PDF mark-ups, Zoom, and proofreading software such as InformaIT Content Compare
  
  

BGB Group is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status or any category or class of person protected by law.