Medical Editor

Education: Ph.D./M. Pharm/Pharm D or any other Medical degree: BAMS/BHMS/MMBS/BDS/MD

Experience: 4+ years

Position Requirements:

• 4+ years’ experience in editing, including experience with an online Health, Wellness, News and/or Lifestyle brand
• Acumen to deliver consistently high-quality editorial in multiple formats to capture and maintain the interest of physicians and reflect a high standard of literacy and accuracy
• Editing of individual stories to verify accuracy and reflect good news judgment in a fast paced news environment
• Good organizational ability, good verbal communication skills, attention to detail and the capacity to work effectively under pressure
• Experience creating interactive content and working in a CMS
• Ability to work both independently with minimal supervision and collaboratively as various projects required
• A sophisticated understanding of medicine in general and the medical specialty in detail
• High productivity evidenced in ability to meet daily digital and print deadlines, solve editorial problems rapidly, and perform tasks on schedule to meet embargoes

Role & Responsibilities:

• Assigning and editing high-quality, engaging, and medically-accurate content, particularly in the areas of
• Psychology, Neurology, Allergy, Infectious Diseases, HIV, Dermatology, Rheumatology, Oncology,
• Gastroenterology, Gynecology or Cardiology
• Edit articles to verify accuracy, rewriting as needed as well as evaluating and integrating perspectives from editorial reviewers
• Managing the editorial workflow from start to finish
• Work with freelancers as needed
• Managing multiple projects while meeting tight deadlines
• Analyze traffic metrics and audience engagement as part of strategic editorial planning
• Providing new approaches for sometimes dry or difficult content for professional and consumer audiences
• Collaborating on strategic content with other departments, e.g. SEO Team, Medical Reviewers, Photo Editors, Content Editors, and Strategists as needed
• Review key specialty journals and medical news outlets
• Monitor competing information sources
• Edit relevant daily content for web
• Collaborate with web editors, graphics, art to enhance online content with value-added information such as graphics, photos, video, audio, original source documents, etc.
• Approve articles and subject lines for newsletters
• Collaborate on social media initiatives developed for specialty