Job Title: Medical Editor (Remote)
Location: Kenilworth, New Jersey
Type: Remote
Location: Kenilworth, New Jersey
Type: Remote
Are you looking to supplement your income with another flexible job? A Fortune 500 big pharma client of ours is seeking an experienced Medical Editor for an Ongoing, Part-Time opportunity - this will be fully remote. Qualified candidates must have experience with Veeva Vault, Med Legal, Reg, and AMA style.
Medical Editor Responsibilities:
Medical Editor Qualifications:
Job ID: 318970SS
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Medical Editor Responsibilities:
- Determine work assignments and prioritization
- Correctly interpret and implement client revisions to editorial deliverables
- Provide Associate Studio Manager with appropriate feedback on team performance and needs
- Proactively look for operational opportunities for improvement
- Responsible for overall editorial style consistency
- Review client feedback and mark up documents in PDF format as needed
- Fact-check pieces with references (eg, monographs) as directed
- Provide proofreading support
- Update online proofreading tracking tool to facilitate proofreading process
- Serve as Editorial liaison to other departments for special initiatives/projects
- Maintain knowledge of brands and corporate/regulatory guidelines. Keep abreast of trends/developments in editorial style, usage, medical writing, and publishing.
- Understand and ensure appropriate use of job management systems and tools; provide input for system upgrades, as needed
- Actively participate in job/resource management—use appropriate departmental systems technology to track progress and help ensure that jobs/resources move quickly and efficiently through the process
- Collaborate with clients/stakeholders across sites (internal/external) to help the team meet business objectives
- Approach the position with conviction that Editorial plays a key role in Merck’s success—show initiative, challenge the status quo, continually seek ways to operate more effectively, and take ownership in every resource reviewed
- Actively participate in job/resource management—use appropriate departmental systems technology to track progress and help ensure that jobs/resources move quickly and efficiently through the process while remaining compliant with corporate and regulatory policies and procedures
- Provide guidance on copyright issues, including author/publisher permissions
Medical Editor Qualifications:
- Strong editorial/proofreading skills (test required) and effective writing skills
- Proficient in AMA style
- Proficient with Adobe Acrobat and Veeva Vault
- Ability to work independently and within a team structure
- Capable of working in multidisciplinary teams.
- Command of medical/legal system and regulatory guidelines
- Bachelor's degree in arts or sciences required; degree in English, journalism, or communication preferred
- Minimum 5 years general editorial experience, with at least 2 years in medical, pharmaceutical, or advertising industry preferred
Job ID: 318970SS
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