Medical Editor

Pay Rate: $50/hr W2 without benefits 

Jot Title: Editor III

Location: Remote is fine if no on-site

Contract: 6 Months with possible extension

**What are the top 3-5 skills, experience or education required for this position:

1. Experienced medical editing

2. Fact checking of medical materials

3. Communications skills: able to work independently as needed

4. Proactive about seeking out work when presented with downtime

5. Flexible: looking for people who are available during daytime (Pacific time zone) hours

Job functions/responsibilities:

• Edit and proofread copy for assigned and other brands as needed

• Fact check annotated copy using provided references, ensuring acceptable sources are used

• Collaborate and communicate with Editorial Director and team members to maintain quality and meet goals

• Prioritize and manage workload, meetings, and various tasks to ensure all deliverables are met with excellence; ability to handle multiple jobs and prioritize as needed

• Thoroughly understand assigned brands and product categories

• Demonstrate a drive to ensure adherence to client and brand guidelines

• Contribute ideas/feedback for improving process and minimizing error

• Offer guidance and training to junior team members and freelancers to ensure integrity of editorial process

• Proactively offer and provide help to others to ensure all work moves through the department efficiently

• Create/maintain brand style guides and bibliographies in a timely manner

• Understand and execute AMA style and varying editorial styles per brand needs

Qualifications:

• Any College degree

• 3 to 5 years medical editing and fact checking experience in a pharma ad agency/medical education environment (agency experience preferred)

• Demonstrated ability to work independently with a motivated, self-starting attitude

• Ability to creatively adapt to changing deadlines, providing recommendations as needed

• Knowledge of current AMA style and FDA guidelines governing pharmaceutical products/devices

• Solid ability to use MS Office (including Outlook, Teams, and Word), Adobe Acrobat, and/or ProofHQ