Senior Medical Editor

Clutch; United States; On-site; Part time

Job summary

Clutch, a staffing agency, is seeking a Senior Medical Editor to ensure compliance and accuracy in pharmaceutical advertising materials. The role involves managing editorial tasks for multiple brands, performing thorough edits, and ensuring adherence to regulations, while collaborating closely with copywriters and project managers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as an editor, preferably in pharmaceutical advertising.
• Proficient in AMA style and understanding of medical terminology.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Review direct-to-consumer and professional advertising materials for medical accuracy.
• Perform substantive editing to enhance scientific quality and readability.
• Manage editorial requirements for multiple brands efficiently.

Skills

Editing

Medical terminology

Compliance with FDA regulations

Proofreading

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Writing, Communications, or similar

Tools

Adobe Acrobat

Microsoft Word

Job description

This range is provided by Clutch. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$35.00/hr - $45.00/hr

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Freelance/Contract

Hourly Rate: $35-45/hour

Clutch Creative is a rapidly growing staffing agency. We support our clients by identifying unreachable talent that helps their businesses grow.

Our candidates work with us because they know we have the best opportunities available to them and will help them navigate their next career move.

We care, we're honest, and we hustle—that's what makes us Clutch.

Clutch is looking for an experienced Senior Medical Editor for a client of ours.

Responsibilities:

• Review direct-to-consumer and direct-to-professional pharmaceutical advertising materials at various stages to ensure medical accuracy, adherence to FDA regulations, AMA style, and specific brand style guidelines.
• Perform substantive editing to enhance the scientific quality, flow, readability, and logical construction of documents.
• Ensure full editorial compliance with all FDA regulations.
• Efficiently and effectively manage the editorial requirements for 3-5 brands, including high-science and data-heavy projects.
• Fact-check references and claims rigorously against official medical reference documents.
• Utilize excellent proofreading skills and provide support to proofreaders as needed.
• Create necessary supporting documents for references and claims, such as reference binders.
• Maintain core claims documents, medical reference libraries, and style guides for assigned brands, ensuring all reference documents are updated and current.
• Collaborate closely with copywriters and project managers to ensure all work is edited and proofread at appropriate stages within the project lifecycle.
• Ensure proper storage of work on the server for easy team accessibility.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of relevant experience as an editor, preferably within an highly organized advertising agency with a focus on pharmaceutical or healthcare clients.
• Proficient in AMA (American Medical Association) editorial style.
• Thorough understanding of medical and pharmaceutical terminology.
• Demonstrated expertise in English-language rules, including grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with copywriters and team members, as well as independently and according to schedule.
• Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Writing, Communications, or a similar field; or relevant comparable industry experience.
• Must be computer literate and proficient in marking up changes using Adobe Acrobat tools and Microsoft Word.
• ELS (Editor in the Life Sciences) certification is optimal but not mandatory.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Writing/Editing

• Industries

  Advertising Services, Marketing Services, and Writing and Editing

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