Medical Editor

Omnicom Health; New Hope (Bucks County); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a detail-oriented Medical Editor to enhance healthcare communication. This hybrid role combines in-office collaboration with remote flexibility, allowing you to contribute to impactful marketing campaigns that connect healthcare providers and patients. With a focus on quality and accuracy, you'll manage multiple projects, ensuring adherence to style guidelines while collaborating with various departments. If you have a passion for medical topics and a knack for editing, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of editorial experience in a healthcare or marketing agency.
• Strong communication skills with a focus on detail and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Copyedit and fact-check materials for consistency and quality.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure high-quality content and adherence to guidelines.

Skills

Copyediting

Fact-checking

Proofreading

Styling

Layout Review

Time Management

Researching

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in English

Bachelor’s degree in Communications

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Outlook

Adobe Acrobat

Workfront

Job description

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Company Description

Title: Medical Editor

Company Description

We are healthcare connectors. We communicate to healthcare providers about the value of life-changing therapies. In turn, we inform and impact patient treatment decisions, helping patients live longer, fuller lives. We do this through the development and delivery of data-driven, multichannel marketing (MCM) campaigns. This helps our clients connect with healthcare professionals. And it helps healthcare professionals connect with their patients.

Overview

BioPharm is looking for a qualified individual to fill the position of Medical Editor. The position will be a hybrid role with a requirement to work from our New Hope office Tuesday-Thursday, with Monday and Friday being remote days. The candidate should have 2+ years of editorial experience; industry background and/or marketing agency experience is preferred. A Medical Editor is responsible for ensuring that pharmaceutical brand and marketing campaigns maintain a high level of quality regarding content, organization, clarity, accuracy, format, style, and consistency. The candidate should be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously and have experience with copyediting, fact-checking, proofreading, styling, and layout review.

Responsibilities

Aligns to varying clients and performs daily Medical Editor tasks for each, including but not limited to:

• Copyedit and fact check materials to ensure consistency and conformance with established grammar, punctuation, and spelling rules and adherence to AMA, client, and house style guidelines
• Proofread layout materials to ensure that they match approved copy exactly and that the format, organization, alignment, and spacing of copy and graphics are consistent
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure an overall high level of quality regarding content, organization, clarity, accuracy, format, style, and consistency; meet established timelines
• Edit the following types of materials: print newsletters, emails, websites, banner ads, videos
• Identify copyrighted material that requires permission for reproduction; process permission request when required
• Attend client status, legal/medical/regulatory reviews, and other job-related meetings
• Incorporate client changes and collaborate with writers and other team members to address legal/medical/regulatory review feedback
• Create and maintain brand style guides
  
  

Editorial Core Competencies

• Communicates Effectively, including active listening and taking direction
• Manages Complexity, ie, ability to recognize when to ask questions
• Resourcefulness, particularly with knowledge application and problem-solving
• Customer Focus, mainly by learning how to anticipate customer needs
• Ensures Accountability, by following through and taking responsibility
  
  

Qualifications And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Communications, or other relevant study
• 2+ years professional editorial experience
• Industry or agency experience a plus
• Articulate oral and written communication skills
• Some knowledge of AMA Manual of Style
• Good working knowledge of English grammar and usage
• Curiosity/interest in medical topics essential
• Strong skills in time management, prioritizing, organizing, researching, and problem solving, with attention to detail and ability to adhere to deadlines
• Proficiency with standard software: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook; Adobe Acrobat; Workfront experience a plus
  
  

The range below represents the low and high end of the base salary someone in this role may earn as an employee of an Omnicom Health Group company in the United States. Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to professional and academic experience, training, associated responsibilities, and other business and organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package for employees. Salary decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each hire.

• $50,500 - $65,500
  
  

Omnicom Health is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing

• Industries

  Marketing Services

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