KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Serve as lead copy editor on multiple brands and backup on other brands

- Copyedit, fact-check, and proofread a variety of promotional and educational materials directed at physicians, other healthcare professionals, and patients from manuscript stage through print or digital production

- Work closely with Account Services, copywriters, art directors, and other team members to ensure that print and digital materials are of the highest quality in terms of accuracy, utility, clarity, readability, and appeal

- Enforce PEP editorial standards using approved resources

- Create and maintain custom editorial style guides for assigned brands

- Flag possible compliance issues as they arise

- Keep current on industry practices and regulatory requirements that affect medical content and copy

- Manage freelance editors

Must Haves:

- Educational background: bachelor's or master's degree

- 3+ years- experience in an editorial capacity at a pharmaceutical company or healthcare communications agency or in a related life science field

- Candidates should be fluent in English who can understand the American accent and can answer appropriately

- Resumes should have AMA style experience and Acrobat mentioned in them else they will get rejected by the US

- Core competencies: attention to detail, flexibility, teamwork, thoroughness

- Excellent spelling and grammar

- Excellent communication skills

- Computer program skills: MS Office Suite (particularly PowerPoint, Word, Excel), Adobe Acrobat

- Ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary team

- Familiarity with the AMA Manual of Style, Dorland's Medical Dictionary, and medical/pharma terminology

Must have Soft Skills:

- Manages time effectively

- Demonstrates solid, professional work ethic

- Actively integrates with brand teams across assignments

- Develops and demonstrates in-depth knowledge and continually maintains/strengthens understanding of brands and scientific therapeutic backgrounds

- Provides effective editorial and proofreading input and maintains editorial quality control on an ongoing basis

- Exercises sound judgment

- Uses excellent interpersonal and listening skills

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