Freelance Medical Editor

Klick; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The Medical Editor at The Klick Group supports scientific accuracy, clarity, and regulatory compliance across healthcare communications for healthcare professionals and patient audiences. The role reviews scientific content, data, references, and marketing materials while partnering with Medical Strategy, Creative, Project Management, and Client Services.

You will focus on editorial quality, efficient review cycles, version consistency, and preparing materials for client medical/legal/regulatory

Qualifications

• University degree in life sciences and 1+ years in editing scientific content.
• Line editing, copyediting, and proofreading of scientific/healthcare content.
• Experience building and quality-checking references and annotations.
• Experience supporting review workflows with change tracking and version control.
• Experience reviewing data in tables/figures and ensuring accuracy.
• Comfort using AI in daily work.
• Knowledge of EFPIA/ABPI promotional guidelines.
• Experience with Veeva Vault or SharePoint for content reviews.
• Editing digital/omnichannel content with readability and accessibility.
• Agency or in-house medical communications across multiple brands.

Responsibilities

• Edit, proofread, and fact-check HCP and patient-facing content for scientific accuracy, clarity, readability, and consistency using internal commenting software.
• Verify claims, data, citations, tables, and figures against primary literature, guidelines, and client-approved references while ensuring regulatory requirements are followed.
• Partner with Medical Strategy, Creative, Project Management, and Client Services to support efficient medical/legal/regulatory review cycles.
• Prepare and submit review-ready materials, including annotated references, change logs, and supporting documentation, through client review systems such as Veeva Vault.
• Maintain version control, editorial quality, style guides, terminology, and citation conventions as assets progress through stages.

Skills

Line editing

Copyediting

Proofreading

References quality-checking

Change tracking

Version control

Deliverables prep

Data review (tables/figures)

AI in workflows

Regulatory guidelines (EFPIA/ABPI)

Veeva Vault

SharePoint

Digital/omni-channel editing

Medical communications across brands

Education

University degree in life sciences

Tools

Veeva Vault

SharePoint

Job description

The Klick Group—comprising Klick Health (including Oxford PharmaGenesis, Klick Katalyst, and btwelve), Klick Media, Klick Applied Sciences (including Klick Labs), and Klick Consulting—is an ecosystem dedicated help life sciences brands achieve their full potential through best-in-class marketing and advertising, media, medical affairs and communications, market access, real-world evidence, and technology and analytics consulting — powered by 500+ in-house medical experts and award-winning data science and AI capabilities. Founded in 1997, we have offices in Toronto, New York, Oxford, London, Cambridge, Cardiff, Melbourne, Philadelphia, Saratoga Springs, São Paulo, and Singapore. One of the most-awarded health agencies on the planet, Klick is consistently recognised for its people-first culture as a Great Place to Work, Best Workplace for Women, Best Workplace for Inclusion, Most Admired Corporate Culture, and FORTUNE Best Workplace in Advertising. Klick also recently made history as Cannes Lions Healthcare Agency of the Year, Healthcare Network of the Year, and Independent Agency of the Year – Health.

About our Medical Craft

As the single largest medical team integrated across a single agency, the Medical team uncovers scientific truth through our broad expertise in science and regulatory, medical strategy, medical communications, and value, access and reimbursement. The Medical team assumes responsibility for understanding the clinical aspects in depth to discover unique offerings and believes in the importance of shaping the brand-building process as early as possible: forming the scientific narrative, the language included in the label, and identifying where the brand plays in the buying process.

Job Description

The Medical Editor supports scientific accuracy, clarity, and regulatory compliance across healthcare communications for healthcare professional and patient audiences. The role reviews scientific content, data, references, and marketing materials while partnering with Medical Strategy, Creative, Project Management, and Client Services. The work focuses on editorial quality, efficient review cycles, version consistency, and preparing materials for client medical/legal/regulatory review.

What You’ll Do

• Edit, proofread, and fact-check healthcare professional and patient-facing content for scientific accuracy, clarity, readability, and consistency using internal commenting software.
• Verify claims, scientific data, citations, tables, and figures against primary literature, guidelines, and client-approved reference packages while ensuring applicable regulatory requirements are followed.
• Partner with Medical Strategy, Creative, Project Management, and Client Services to support efficient medical/legal/regulatory review cycles across concurrent deliverables.
• Prepare and submit review-ready materials, including annotated references, change logs, and supporting documentation, through client review systems such as Veeva Vault.
• Maintain version control, editorial quality, style guides, terminology, core claims, and citation conventions as marketing assets progress through creative and build stages.

Qualifications

Required:

• University degree in life sciences plus 1+ years of experience editing scientific information in professional deliverables.
• Demonstrated line editing, copyediting, and proofreading experience across scientific, healthcare professional, or patient-facing content.
• Experience building and quality-checking references and annotations to verify evidence-based scientific claims against source materials.
• Experience supporting review workflows through documented change tracking, version control, and preparation of final deliverables.
• Experience reviewing scientific data in tables and figures and correcting accuracy or consistency issues within and across materials.
• Comfort and enthusiasm for using AI as a regular part of how work gets done.
• Working knowledge of promotional guidance such as EFPIA or ABPI and its application to healthcare communications.
• Experience using document-control or review platforms such as Veeva Vault or SharePoint to support content review workflows.
• Experience editing digital or omnichannel deliverables, including web, email/CRM, or social content, with readability and accessibility considerations.
• Agency or in-house medical communications experience supporting multiple brands, indications, or concurrent project timelines.

Additional Information

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Klick is consciously creating a culture where everyone can thrive and grow in their careers. We believe that our best work comes from our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented communities to apply, including Black people, Indigenous peoples, and other people of color, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities. We're also committed to developing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. Should you require any accommodation, please contact us at [email protected] and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs and ensure you have a positive experience.