Hybrid (Basking Ridge, NJ) or Fully Remote
At Formedics, we’re revolutionizing healthcare communication through cutting-edge technology and dynamic platforms. Our flagship properties include Physician’s Weekly, the largest point-of-care (POC) network, and Figure1, the leading app for healthcare professional (HCP) learning and collaboration. With our recent acquisition of AMC Media Group, we now manage a diverse portfolio of 25 digital properties alongside 12 prominent medical society partnerships. Our AI/ML technology enables unrivaled targeting and impact for pharmaceutical and life science brands, shaping the future of healthcare engagement.
We’re looking to add a Medical Proofreader/Copy Editor to our team. This new role will manage the quality and accuracy of multi-platform materials and collaborate with editorial, creative, digital, and projects teams to maintain high editorial standards, ensuring that all materials are error-free and follow exacting standards of delivery. This position is fully remote, with the option to work from our NJ-based office, if needed. Come join our close-knit and growing team of talent!
In this role, you will:
- Focus on editing, copyediting, and proofreading materials at multiple stages, and consult with editors, project managers, and production on clarity, sense, consistency, and accuracy of printed, online, and e-newsletter content.
- Manage projects and workflows including estimate of turn times, prioritization, assignment of resources, and coordination of approvals to meet multiple, competing deadlines.
- Collaborate across multiple departments and be a proactive team player – working to heighten the quality of all relationships, workflows, and deliverables.
- Bring extensive experience editing in AMA style (11th edition), AP, and APA.
- Work with various platforms and markup tools including Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Suite and Google Suite; knowledge of InCopy and InDesign is helpful.
- Understand principles of design, page layout, typography, and text formatting.
- Maintain consistently high standards on complex and varied projects with multiple, concurrent deliverables, working within the style of each brand and project.
- Provide fact-checking as needed.
- Update and maintain house and brand-specific style guides, as needed.
- Delegate and manage assignments of outside support staff when necessary.
- Have exceptional written and verbal communication skills and proven success meeting deadlines.
We’d love to hear from you if you:
- Hold a 4-year bachelor’s degree and minimum 4 years’ experience as a copy editor, proofreader, or technical writer, with at least half spent in health care, medical, or pharmacy communications.
- Embrace autonomy and exhibit a high degree of accountability and organization.
- Understand email and social media marketing campaigns.
- Have a solid understanding of, and experience in, multi-channel marketing.
- Welcome feedback, clarify any impediments, and make suggestions and adjustments.
- Feel comfortable working broadly or going deep depending on the context and problem at hand.
- Are interested in a small but growing entrepreneurial company that interacts with giants of the medical industry to produce fast-moving, authoritative, and quality products.