Remote Scientific Editor — Manuscripts & Presentations

Mount Sinai; United States; À distance; USD 65 000 - 90 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Mount Sinai seeks a Per Diem Scientific Editor to provide editorial, formatting, and presentation support for manuscripts, abstracts, and other scholarly materials for the Program Director. The role ensures adherence to journal, sponsor, and institutional formatting, style, grammar, references, and overall quality, without authorship claims.

The editor will develop, edit, and maintain professional PowerPoint presentations and manage references with EndNote (and other tools).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Journalism, Life Sciences, Public Health, Biomedical Sciences, or related field; or equivalent experience. Master’s degree highly preferred.
• Minimum of three (3) years editing scientific, medical, academic, or scholarly documents.
• Expert knowledge of EndNote, including reference library management, citation formatting, journal style conversions, and troubleshooting.
• Experience using other citation management platforms such as Zotero, Mendeley, or RefWorks.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Experience supporting manuscript preparation within an academic medical Program, research institution, scientific society, or publishing organization.
• Familiarity with journal submission systems and publication requirements.
• Expertise in English grammar, spelling, punctuation, and scientific writing conventions.
• Advanced knowledge of scholarly publication standards and manuscript formatting requirements.
• Expertise in reference management and bibliography formatting.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Responsabilités

• Edit scientific manuscripts, abstracts, review articles, correspondence, and related documents authored by or prepared for the Program Director.
• Format manuscripts according to journal-specific submission requirements.
• Review and format tables, figures, legends, appendices, and supplementary materials.
• Perform proofreading and spellcheck reviews to identify grammatical, typographical, punctuation, and formatting errors.
• Manage, organize, and format references using EndNote and other citation management software.
• Convert references to journal-specific citation styles and formatting requirements.
• Verify consistency, completeness, and accuracy of citations and reference lists.
• Create, edit, format, and maintain PowerPoint presentations for the Program Director.
• Apply institutional branding standards and presentation best practices.
• Assist in preparing presentations for scientific conferences, invited lectures, board meetings, donor presentations, and leadership briefings delivered by the Program Director.
• Maintain confidentiality of unpublished research data, manuscripts, presentations, and proprietary information.

Connaissances

Editorial editing

Proofreading

Attention to detail

Communication

Formation

Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Journalism, Life Sciences, Public Health, Biomedical Sciences, or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Outils

EndNote

Zotero

Mendeley

RefWorks

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Description du poste

Mount Sinai seeks a Per Diem Scientific Editor to provide editorial, formatting, and presentation support for manuscripts, abstracts, and other scholarly materials for the Program Director. The role ensures adherence to journal, sponsor, and institutional formatting, style, grammar, references, and overall quality, without authorship claims.

The editor will develop, edit, and maintain professional PowerPoint presentations and manage references with EndNote (and other tools).