Medical Editor

Inizio Engage XD; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare communications agency in Manchester is seeking a Medical Editor to ensure editorial quality and scientific accuracy in project deliverables. The successful candidate will collaborate across departments, manage editorial tasks, and maintain compliance with industry regulations. This role requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and a minimum of one year of editing experience in the medical sector. The position offers a competitive compensation package, including 25 days of annual leave and private medical insurance.

Benefits

Great compensation package

25 days' annual leave plus public holidays

Private Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Pension Scheme

Group Income Protection

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year experience editing in the medical communications or healthcare sector.
• Ability to perform editorial tasks such as copy edits, proof reviews and quality checks.
• Experience in fact checking is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Complete editorial tasks ensuring linguistic accuracy and clarity.
• Fact check and ensure scientific claims are substantiated.
• Manage workload and confirm timelines with team.

Skills

Editing in medical communications

Proficiency in MS Word

Excellent written English

Attention to detail

Knowledge of UK pharmaceutical regulations

Education

Bachelor's degree in life science, English, journalism or relevant subject

Tools

Adobe

PowerPoint

Job description

The role of a Medical Editor is to ensure the highest degree of editorial quality, scientific accuracy and consistency in all project deliverables, provide Editorial assistance across departments where required, and support Product Quality & Compliance in driving excellence across the business.

As part of this centralised team, you will include both ad-hoc editorial requests and ownership of deliverables for dedicated accounts, including pharma representative training, presentations for healthcare professionals, patient support materials, digital assets, films, and congress booths to name a few.

You will report into the Senior Medical Editor.

What You'll Do

Editorial Services

• Complete all editorial tasks to an excellent standard:
  • Copy edit: ensure linguistic accuracy, consistency and clarity following project briefs; work to/update style guides in light of any client/team preferences, including styling references and layout formatting where required
  • Proof review: cross-check work across different outputs, contexts and formats, collaborating with studio to ensure content is correct
  • Quality check: review copy for spelling, grammar, punctuation and overall sense
  • Fact check:verify scientific claims are substantiated within manuscripts, and that references are cited/marked up
• Work with account teams to guarantee a wider understanding of the therapy/industry area and account is reflected in our quality process; provide a true 'value' for clients dates wherever possible
• Begin to provide healthcare compliance support to team members; provide dedicated reviews and offer guidance around regulations and other codes where relevant
• Represent the Editorial team outside of your account work; build relationships with teams across the business, providing account support

Time Management

• Communicate with team members (and wider company) to manage workload – confirm timelines and scope to ensure project expectations are kept up to date
• Promote the need to obtain clear briefs and scope of work from both clients and colleagues; start to build relationships with freelance
• You will monitor your own capacity, planningaround multiple delivery requirements and conflicting deadlines
• Respond to excess workload, work with Operations to book and allocate freelance resource
• Assist our teams in monitoring time on job; notify the team of scope creep; strengthen understanding in budget and timescales
• Understand and use platforms and internal systems (e.g. Smartsheet)

What do you need to have …

• Experience editing in the medical communications, pharmaceutical or healthcare sector (minimum 1 year)
• Proficiency in multiple software including MS Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe
• Excellent written English, including knowledge of UK and US nuances
• Be able to perform editorial tasks such as copy edits, proof reviews and quality checking; experience in fact checking is beneficial
• Experience working across several accounts/projects whilst maintaining meticulous attention to detail
• Knowledge of UK pharmaceutical regulations (such as the ABPI Code) and working within a communications agency would be advantageous
• Bachelor's degree in life science, English, journalism or other relevant subject is a bonus

Just a few of our benefits...

• Great compensation package
• 25 days' annual leave plus public holidays, company closure over Christmas plus a personal day
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Pension Scheme
• Group Income Protection

A bit about us ….

Engage XD is an unusually shaped communications group that creates experiences that inspire lasting change. We partner with clients to provide employee engagement, learning and training solutions, scientific engagement and capability building, all underpinned by applied behavioural science. We engage internal and external audiences through the creation and delivery of live and virtual experiences, film, digital, and immersive content.

Our family of brands is made up of: Emota, Forty1 and Nazarѐ.

We believe in our values: We empower everyone | We rise to the challenge | We work as one | We ask what if | We do the right thing, and we will ask you how your personal values align to ours.

This is a hybrid remote/in-office role.

Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role, but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others.

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