Copy Editor - Molecule Creative Services

Avantor; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Avantor is seeking a Copy Editor for the Molecule Creative Services team. The role serves as the final quality checkpoint for written content and creative assets, ensuring grammatical accuracy and brand consistency across channels.

You will collaborate with writers, designers and project managers to polish materials before release. Key responsibilities include enforcing style guidelines, reviewing layouts with designers, and delivering high-quality editorial work under tight deadlines in a

Qualifications

• 3+ years of proofreading, copy editing or editorial experience in-house or agency.
• Bachelor's degree preferred; other backgrounds with editing expertise considered.
• Experience in healthcare, life sciences or biopharmaceutical industries preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform final quality check for all written content and assets to ensure brand voice and editorial standards are followed.
• Correct spelling, grammar, punctuation and syntax; enforce internal and external style guides (AP/AMA/Miriam-Webster).
• Ensure consistency in dates, names, terminology, and formatting across channels.
• Collaborate with writers, designers and project managers to deliver polished outputs on schedule.
• Provide constructive feedback and manage workload to meet deadlines.

Skills

Proofreading

Copy editing

Editorial experience

Attention to detail

Grammar and mechanics

Communication

Collaboration

Style guide enforcement

Content quality review

Project/workload management

Education

Bachelor's degree in English/Journalism/Communications

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Adobe Workfront

Acrobat

Job description

Copy Editor - Molecule Creative Services

The Opportunity: Implements operational marketing communications goals, supporting brand messaging, content development processes, and audience engagement strategies. Contributes to implementing new marketing communication frameworks, campaign execution methodologies, content standards, or operational plans that will have a limited impact on the achievement of department results. Manages smaller marketing communications projects and/or processes, such as overseeing content analytics, supporting audience segmentation efforts, and refining cross-channel messaging distribution strategies. Problems and issues are typically recurring but varied, requiring the analysis of a variety of factors such as audience behavior insights, campaign performance metrics, and evolving digital communication trends. Communicates with parties within and outside of the marketing communications discipline and may have responsibilities for engaging with external stakeholders, including customers, vendors, and media partners. Supports collaboration across teams to ensure brand consistency, optimize messaging workflows, and refine promotional effectiveness based on data-driven evaluations.

The Copy Editor on the Creative Services team acts as the final quality check for all written content and creative assets, ensuring brand consistency, grammatical accuracy and clarity.

This person is a detail-oriented individual responsible for reviewing and refining various forms of creative content to ensure all final materials are polished and error-free before release. This role involves a high degree of collaboration with writers, designers and project managers, as well as cooperation with internal and external business partners, to maintain to maintain the company's brand voice and uphold high editorial standards across multiple channels.

How you will thrive and create an impact

• Quality assurance: Perform a final review of all creative outputs, including marketing materials, web pages, social media posts, email campaigns, presentations and other deliverables. Reviews are performed in Workfront, Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint, Adobe and other programs as needed.


• Grammar and mechanics: Correct and verify spelling, grammar, punctuation and syntax.


• Style guide enforcement: Ensure strict adherence to the company's internal style guide and brand voice, as well as external style guides (e.g., AP, American Chemical Society or Miriam-Webster), as needed.


• Consistency: Review all written content for consistency in dates, names, terminology, formatting and overall style.


• Layout review: Assess visual layouts and typography, sometimes with designers, to ensure text and design elements are correctly aligned and formatted.


• Feedback and collaboration: Provide clear, constructive feedback to creative team members throughout the production process.


• Workflow management: Manage and prioritize the workload to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.


• Collaboration: Engage with Molecule writers, designers, project managers and the digital marketing team to deliver integrated creative solutions when necessary, ensuring content and design are developed holistically and aligned to project goals.


• Communication: Respond in Workfront, Teams and Outlook within reasonable and expected timeframes to keep projects on time. Attend weekly/regular team meetings, town halls, one-on-ones and project-specific meetings (such as kickoffs).

What we're looking for

• A minimum of 3+ years of professional proofreading, copy editing or editorial experience, preferably in an in-house creative team or agency setting.


• Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Communications, Marketing or related field preferred. (Other educational backgrounds with professional editing/proofreading expertise considered.)


• Experience within healthcare, life sciences or biopharmaceutical industries required.


• Experience in an agency or corporate marketing communications environment preferred.


• Portfolio of work demonstrating various examples of writing and editing proficiency required.


• Exceptional attention to detail and a keen eye for catching errors that others may miss.


• Strong command of the English language, including grammar, spelling and punctuation.


• In-depth knowledge of standard style guides and the ability to learn and enforce style.


• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including non-Native English speakers and across time zones.


• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Workfront and Acrobat.


• Familiarity with compliance and regulatory requirements in healthcare and life sciences communications.


• Ability to adapt quickly to shifting priorities and deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines.


• Problem-solving mindset with the ability to work independently under limited supervision.


• Strong knowledge of AP and/or AMA Style.


• Experience and interest in new technology, such as applying AI tools for problem solving and workload efficiency, is a plus.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Why Avantor

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.

The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.

We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world.

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