Scientific Editor & Publications Lead

Ziff Davis, LLC; Florida; Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

PRIME Education, a property of Everyday Health Group, seeks a Scientific Editor who will apply independent judgment to copyedit and coordinate freelance editors, ensuring accuracy and consistency across educational and marketing materials. The role leads PRIME’s annual Compendium development and oversees translations with internal/external teams.

The editor will maintain PRIME’s publication website, coordinate multidepartment workflows, and proactively improve editorial processes to meet

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in English or a related field
• Work experience in scientific/medical editing and project coordination
• Highly adaptable, results-driven, and motivated self-starter
• Excellent command of the written English language, including all aspects of style, grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and spelling
• Keen attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, and ability to multi-task and balance several deadlines/production deliverables simultaneously to deliver materials on time or ahead of deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal and English communication skills, both written and verbal
• Familiarity with scientific and medical terminology, abbreviations, and AMA, APA style guides
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including PowerPoint , Word, and Excel

Responsibilities

• Through hands-on copyediting and effective coordination of external freelance copyeditors, ensure quality, accuracy, grammatical correctness, clarity, appropriate style, and consistency of company materials within or ahead of deadlines
• Direct development and publication of PRIME’s annual Compendium, including leading an inter-departmental steering committee
• Independently maintain an accurate and up-to-date publication website for PRIME through real-time tracking of PRIME’s presentations and publications
• Coordinate on-time translation of PRIME materials into different languages as specified in grant proposals and internal directives, including leveraging internal translation tools, contracting, sending/receiving materials, quality control, communication, follow-up, and handling invoices
• Accurately and promptly track and send appropriate materials to marketing copywriter as needed to meet deadlines required for marketing campaigns
• Coordinate formatting of scientific posters through external freelance designer to meet conference deadlines
• Cultivate productive interdepartmental communication and workflows to facilitate effective , on-time delivery of educational materials, surveys, tools, scientific posters, concept art, etc.
• Proactively identify opportunities for improvement in material workflows , working collaboratively within and between departments to develop and implement effective solutions

Skills

Copyediting

Project coordination

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in English or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Translation tools

Job description

PRIME Education, a property of Everyday Health Group, seeks a Scientific Editor who will apply independent judgment to copyedit and coordinate freelance editors, ensuring accuracy and consistency across educational and marketing materials. The role leads PRIME’s annual Compendium development and oversees translations with internal/external teams.

The editor will maintain PRIME’s publication website, coordinate multidepartment workflows, and proactively improve editorial processes to meet