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Senior Medical Editor
Location
Illinois
Posted
3 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Medical Editor
Citrus Health Group
• Edit for flow and structure, copyedit, and style all forms of deliverables for medical affairs, commercial, patient and payor communications, and publications teams. • Proofread Creative poster layouts against poster templates and congress guidelines, annotate amends for Creative, and/or incorporate text changes into layout. • Conduct pre- and post-Creative review for all Creative assets at defined stages of the project lifecycle. • Propose adjustments to content layout and design elements, for appropriateness and consistency with client brief and style. • Collaborate with Medical & Scientific Services team to verify accuracy and completeness of content via fact check of data points and close review of reference lists. • Develop and maintain style guidelines for your assigned clients that meet with client standards and expectations; align with client corporate and brand style guidelines, agency style guidelines, American Medical Association (AMA) Manual of Style, and all Citrus editorial, publication, and ethical procedures. • Serve as subject-matter expert regarding client and agency style, AMA style, structure, grammar, usage, and congress and journal standards. • Identify project areas that may require expertise from other team members and elicit input as appropriate. • Assist colleagues with editorial problem-solving, troubleshooting, and brainstorming. • Attend product status meetings to keep abreast of upcoming or in-progress editorial projects, and to track congress status. • Apply project management techniques to planning and scheduling work, in partnership with Account, Project Management, and Creative colleagues; obtain comprehensive project briefs, querying as necessary for clarity and understanding of requirements, due dates, and budget constraints; safeguard scope of delivery, timelines, and resourcing; communicate progress, risks, and dependencies. • Proactively collaborate with Creative, Account, and Project Management partners throughout the project lifecycle to manage schedules, communicate revised requirements, and ensure quality and timeliness of delivery. • Intake and delivery for all Editorial project requests; communicate project briefs and timeline expectations; liaise with Creative partners to prioritize and plan for delivery. • Provide mentorship, guidance, and support to junior editors and to all Citrus colleagues on the editorial process. • Review editor’s work and provide positive, supportive, and constructive feedback. • Identify training needs and work with colleagues to develop and deliver training.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 5-7+ years of progressive professional medical or science editing experience
- The following active credentials are considered a plus: Editor in the Life Sciences (ELS), Certified Medical Publication Professional (ISMPP CMPP™)
- Strong familiarity with MS Office Suite (especially Word, PowerPoint, and Excel), Adobe Creative Suite (especially Acrobat), EndNote, GraphPad Prism, and medical literature databases (eg, PubMed)
- Strong familiarity with the following is considered a plus: Veeva annotations; Google analytics, SEO strategies; copyright requirements and familiarity with requesting and purchasing figure/table use permissions
- Experience in mock journal and congress submissions and in collating a list of requirements needed for submission
- Experience in submitting abstracts to congresses and manuscripts to journals
- Ability to prioritize projects, collaborate on team projects, and coordinate and execute multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment to serve many therapeutic teams and meet project goals
- Ability to acquire relevant information from a variety of sources (eg, published style manuals, journal guidelines, and literature searches) and maintain accurate records of sources
- Excellent knowledge of grammar, usage, and medical writing style guidelines (such as the AMA Manual of Style)
- Familiarity with general scientific and medical concepts and ability to grasp more complex scientific and medical applications
- Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team
- Effective attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to identify key issues and creatively and strategically overcome challenges
- Ability to think analytically and to effectively plan, prioritize, and execute assigned tasks
- Expert verbal and written communication skills
- High level of integrity, confidentiality, and accountability.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible working hours
- Paid time off
- Remote work options
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