Senior Medical Editor - RID00196

Red Nucleus; Yardley (Bucks County); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Nucleus in Yardley, PA is seeking a Senior Medical Editor to serve as a primary editorial and QA resource across scientific, medical, and learning deliverables for life sciences clients.

You will collaborate with medical writers, instructional designers, and project teams to ensure content is accurate, compliant with AMA style, and aligned with client standards while managing multiple projects in a fast-paced agency setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years as a medical editor or quality assurance editor in an agency or pharmaceutical setting.
• Experience editing scientific, medical, and device content in AMA-style guided by client standards.

Responsibilities

• Perform substantive copyediting and proofreading reviews of scientific, medical, and learning deliverables.
• Ensure consistency, accuracy, and adherence to AMA style and client style guides.
• Review references and manage formatting; fact-check sources as needed.
• Evaluate learning objectives and visuals for accuracy and educational alignment.
• Conduct QA reviews of digital and print deliverables for content integrity and compliance.
• Collaborate with writers, instructional designers, PMs, artists, developers, and client services.
• Provide editorial guidance and contribute to process improvements and onboarding.
• Complete assignments accurately within timelines while managing multiple priorities.

Skills

Editing expertise

AMA style knowledge

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in English or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

About Red Nucleus

Our purpose is advancing knowledge to improve lives. We succeed by being the premier provider of strategic learning and development, scientific advisory services, and medical communications solutions for the life sciences industry.

Within our L&D team, we work with life sciences companies of all sizes, from those bringing their first product to market to the largest multinational firms. This role will primarily service clients in the oncology space, supporting sales reps, HCPs, MSLs, and other commercial roles.

About This Role

Senior Medical Editor serves as a key editorial and quality assurance resource for a wide range of scientific, medical, and learning deliverables. This individual will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure content is accurate, clear, compliant, consistent, and aligned with client and industry standards. This role requires advanced editing expertise, strong attention to detail, sound scientific understanding, and the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced agency environment.

Specifically, this role will:

• Perform substantive copyediting and proofreading reviews of scientific, medical, and learning deliverables, including e-learning storyboards, workshop materials, virtual learning programs, assessments, job aids, and sales support materials


• Ensure consistency, accuracy, and adherence to AMA style, client style guides, and established editorial standards


• Review and format references and citations; fact-check content and supporting source materials as needed


• Evaluate learning objectives, assessments, visuals, and interactive elements for accuracy, completeness, and alignment with educational goals


• Conduct quality assurance reviews of digital and print deliverables to ensure content integrity, functionality, and compliance with project specifications


• Collaborate closely with medical writers, instructional designers, project managers, artists, developers, and client services teams throughout the development process


• Provide editorial guidance, contribute to editorial process improvements, and support onboarding and training of editorial team members as needed


• Complete assignments accurately and within established timelines while managing multiple priorities across projects

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in English, journalism, communications, life sciences, or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred


• Minimum 5 years of experience as a medical editor, senior editor, or quality assurance/editorial professional in an agency or pharmaceutical communications environment


• Experience editing scientific, medical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and/or medical device content


• Experience reviewing references, fact-checking content, and applying AMA style and client-specific style guidelines


• Experience supporting digital learning, training, scientific communications, or medical education deliverables is preferred


• Expert knowledge of English grammar, punctuation, spelling, clinical statistics, and presentation of medical/scientific research results


• Strong working knowledge of the AMA Manual of Style


• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to identify issues related to content, formatting, consistency, references, and quality


• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat, and other editorial tools


• Outstanding organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and changing priorities


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams


• Knowledge of life sciences, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and/or medical device industries preferred


• Experience with adult learning principles, instructional design, literature review tools, and highly regulated healthcare environments is a plus

Red Nucleus is an equal opportunity employer. If you're interested in joining the Red Nucleus family, please submit your resume, cover letter, and salary requirements.

Learn more about Red Nucleus at www.red-nucleus.com.