Medical Copy Editor

HIRING FOR THE WORLD'S SECOND LARGEST ADVERITSING AGENCY. 

ROLE: MEDICAL COPY EDITOR

LOCATION: BANGALORE/CHENNAI/HYDERABAD/GURGAON

WORK MODULE: HYBRID ( 2WFO-3WFH) WORKING HOURS: 6PM-3AM

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

• Experience (3-5 years) copyediting in a pharmaceutical advertising agency, in-house agency, or medical publishing company preferred. Will consider candidates with medical copyediting experience in other fields, but who are new to the pharma agency environment.

• Working knowledge of AMA Manual of Style, 11th edition desirable

• The desire to work with a diverse group of teams, projects, and clients

• A love for learning, teaching, and mentoring • The ability to easily adopt to different processes and cultures 

• Articulate oral and written communication skills essential

• Curiosity/interest in medical topics essential • Organization and attention to detail essential

RESPONSIBILTIES:

• Lead copyeditor on one brand, and/or back up on a variety of brands 

• Copy edit, fact-check, and proofread a variety of promotional and educational materials for physicians, other healthcare professionals, and patients from manuscript 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 

• Work with internal teams on timing of quality control of projects, including copyediting, styling, fact-checking, proofreading 

• Work closely with writers on content and referencing 

• Work closely with account team on content and scheduling 

• Help copywriters and account team with research and article retrieval 

• Create and maintain a brand style guide

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