Senior Editor

Calcium+Company; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Calcium+Company is seeking a Senior Editor to manage dedicated and secondary brand editing across print and digital materials. The role includes leading proofreading, maintaining brand style, and ensuring accuracy before publication, with support across the department as workload peaks.

The Senior Editor will monitor FDA-related regulations, perform literature checks, and help ensure high-quality deliveries while collaborating with cross-functional teams and external clients.

Qualifications

• Excellent proofreading and editing; acts as quality-control steward.
• 3+ years in healthcare advertising or related field.
• BA/BS in English/Communications/Advertising, or life sciences.
• Strong knowledge of AMA 10/11 style.
• Familiar with FDA labeling and medical advertising.
• Ability to apply style requirements to tactics.
• Willing to cover multiple brands when needed.
• Experience with Veeva or similar routing is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Performs editing/proofreading on dedicated and secondary brands.
• Fact checks materials versus reference material to ensure accuracy.
• Maintains the style guide for each brand they are primarily responsible for.
• Assists in the procurement of permissions where needed.
• Performs literature searches (PubMed) to support sourcing/referencing.
• Stays up to date on FDA regulations impacting the industry and brands.
• Provides guidance related to processes to ensure quality control.
• Contributes to estimating and timeline-generation to ensure adequate QA time.

Skills

Proofreading

Editing

Healthcare advertising

AMA style

FDA labeling

Style guidelines

Brand knowledge

Flexibility

Coverage of other brands

Education

BA/BS in English/Communications/Advertising or Life Sciences

Tools

Veeva

Job description

SENIOR EDITOR

Editorial Department

Reports to: SVP, Director of Editorial

Job Summary

The Senior Editor is responsible for taking on accounts both as a dedicated and a secondary brand editor. The dedicated editor for an account is the keeper of all things editorial, acting as the lead editor and proofreader on all print and digital tactics, including websites, interactive visual aids, emails, microsites, print ads, brochures, direct mailers, and conference materials. In the role of secondary editor, the Senior Editor performs second reads at critical junctures (prior to med-legal review, prior to going to print or pushing a digital project live) on other editors’ brands to ensure error-free deliverables. In addition, the Senior Editor offers support to the rest of the department when availability permits and during peaks in department workload. Additionally, the Senior Editor embodies the Calcium core values of commitment, integrity, and respect, both in their work and in their relationships with their co-workers and external clients.

Key Job Responsibilities (Duties may include, but are not limited to all or some of the following)

• Performs editing/proofreading on dedicated and secondary brands
• Fact checks materials versus the reference material to ensure accuracy
• Maintains the style guide for each brand they are primarily responsible for
• Assists in the procurement of permissions where needed
• Performs literature searches (using databases such as PubMed) to support the Copy department with sourcing/referencing
• Stays up to date on information (such as FDA regulations) that impacts our industry as well as their brands
• Provides guidance related to processes that help ensure quality control
• Contributes to the estimating and timeline-generation process to ensure the department has adequate time to perform all quality-control steps

Job Qualifications (Skills/Requirements)

• Excellent proofreading and editing skills, with an intrinsic passion for being the quality-control steward for assigned brands
• 3+ years of experience in healthcare advertising or a related industry (medical communications, publishing) in a related role
• BA in English/Communications/Advertising, or a BS in a life sciences field (biology, chemistry, etc)
• Strong knowledge of AMA 10/11 style
• Familiarity with FDA requirements for labeling and medical advertising
• Ability to apply style requirements to tactics and ensure consistency between tactics
• Experience both with electronic file-routing systems and with submissions programs (such as Veeva) is helpful
• Ability to develop a strong knowledge of brands outside of their own and provide coverage on other accounts as needed
• BELS certification (not required, but helpful)
• Goes above and beyond the job description and has the willingness to be flexible for the team, agency, and ultimately the work

For U.S. Job Seekers, it is the policy of Calcium+Companyto provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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