Title: Senior Medical Editor
Location: ABV1 - Mettawa, IL - Hybrid schedule, 3 days in office with flexibility
Contract: 1 year with 3-month evaluation of performance
Job Responsibilities
- Proofreads and edits pharmaceutical marketing, health education, and corporate materials for spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors; format/style inconsistencies; and sense and clarity
- Aligns projects with brand standards and corporate style
- Ensures projects comply with applicable industry and FDA regulations
- Verifies Medical/Regulatory/Legal feedback has been properly implemented
- Notates and communicates any edits and content queries in a clear, concise manner
- Fact checks medical claims against published sources and creates annotated reference documents
- Assists with project submissions using Veeva Vault PromoMats platform
- Collaborates with cross-functional colleagues to deliver targeted, high-quality work
- Attends kickoff, status, and other job-related meetings
- Provides editorial leadership for assigned accounts, taking ownership and overseeing projects from concept to completion
Required Skills/Capabilities
- Exceptional medical proofreading and editing skills, including content referencing
- Command of AMA 11th edition style
- Experience fact checking and annotating medical claims
- Experience submitting projects via Veeva Vault PromoMats a definite plus
- Familiarity with FDA regulations for promotion of prescription drugs
- Fluency in review of digital/interactive/tablet and print tactics targeted toward a variety of audiences, including medical professional, consumer, and corporate
- Relentless attention to detail, but able to look at a project, or series of projects, holistically
- Ability to review for language (spelling, grammar, consistency) and design (colors, formatting,
- spacing, line wraps, etc.)
- Strong time management skills; able to work quickly without sacrificing accuracy
- Proactive and able to prioritize, research, and problem-solve without guidance
- Approachable demeanor; positive attitude; collaborative, diplomatic communication style
- Proficient in Adobe Acrobat Professional and Microsoft Word
- 3-5 years of pharmaceutical advertising editing experience
What are the top 3-5 skills, experience or education required for this position:
1. Meticulous editing and proofreading skills
2. Pharma experience; familiarity with industry standards
3. Proficiency in 11th edition AMA style, including referencing
4. Proficiency in Adobe Acrobat annotation tools
5. Ability to manage multiple deadlines; work well under pressure
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