Associate Medical Editor

The Associate Medical Editor at DDB Health supports the quality and factual accuracy of all assigned materials, collaborating with various departments from project initiation to final production. This role involves working on both print and digital jobs, including visual aids, journal ads, interactive panels, and iPad applications. Key responsibilities include performing sense & spell reads, first and second reads, fact-checking, and correction checks. The editor will ensure materials meet high standards of accuracy, utility, clarity, readability, and appeal, while proactively managing project timelines and maintaining brand style guides.

Must Have

• Support overall quality and factual accuracy of assigned materials
• Work with other editors and departments (Copy/Art/Account/Project Management)
• Perform sense & spell reads, first and second reads, fact-checking, and correction checks
• Ensure materials meet FDA requirements and client style
• Resolve content/referencing issues
• Communicate project issues and brainstorm solutions with project management
• Review project timelines and hotsheets for editorial steps
• Maintain comprehensive style guides for assigned brands
• Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism, Communications, or a related field

Good to Have

• Health or science courses
• Knowledge of AMA Style, 11th Ed
• Knowledge of Adobe Acrobat markups/commenting for electronic reviews
• Curiosity/interest in medical topics

Perks & Benefits

• Flexible hybrid working environment
• Friday afternoons free of meetings
• Summer Fridays

At DDB Health, we believe health can’t wait. The pace of healthcare is accelerating—and we love it. That is why at DDB Health, we DARE TO DO BOLDLY. We believe there’s nothing more important than health, and we need to stay a step ahead in order to achieve it. Our agency of courageous, curious, generous and gritty people is committed to solving the toughest health challenges. Through our omnichannel creative approach, we inspire our customers to take bold action that advances health.

Inclusivity:

We, at DDB Health, are an inclusive home. We believe that every voice matters, and we aim to reflect the world around us. Together, we can boldly tackle every health communication challenge with diverse thought and enhanced perspective.

Flexibility (new):

At DDBH we have a flexible hybrid working environment with employees able to split their time between the Soho headquarters and their home office, Friday afternoons free of meetings, Summer Fridays, and other perks and arrangements that enable our people to do their best work. We strive to be our boldest and best no matter where we are each doing our work – either with our clients, from home, or from the office.

DDB Health is a global network of healthcare communications companies dedicated to helping clients use creativity—and creative technology—as a force for good health. Through deep insight into customers, channels, and behavior, DDB Health creates meaningful change on behalf of important healthcare brands.

Overview: The Associate Medical Editor’s primary responsibility is to support the overall quality and factual accuracy of all assigned materials by working in concert with other editors and departments across DDBHealth (especially Copy/Art/Account/Project Management) from project initiation through final production.

Materials will include both print and digital jobs, such as core visual aids/eDetails and journal ads, as well as interactive conference panels and iPad applications.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a support editor on assigned brand(s) and provide backup for other editors as necessary
• Gain familiarity with the therapeutic area, drug profile, primary reference material/data, indication, core claims, and client particulars for assigned brand(s)
• Attend all brand status meetings and any other relevant or required team meetings
• Perform sense & spell reads (sense/spell/grammar reads without back up), first and second reads (styling per AMA and/or client style, proofreading of references, proofreading approved ISI, checking that the piece meets FDA reqs, etc), fact-checking (annotations of claims vs references), and correction checks/toggles of materials
• Work closely and professionally with other editors, as well as account executives, copywriters, art directors, and other team members, to ensure materials are of the highest quality in terms of accuracy, utility, clarity, readability, and appeal; help resolve any content/referencing issues
• Work proactively with project management to communicate any issues on projects and brainstorm solutions
• Regularly review project timelines and hotsheets to ensure editorial steps are included, and anticipate and communicate any potential editorial conflicts or issues that might impact timing
• Work with other editors to maintain a comprehensive style guide for each assigned brand
• Assist fellow editors with their brands by reviewing any overflow work when possible
• Model core values of Dream, Dare, Care
• Participate in department trainings and new initiatives

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism, Communications, or a related field (or equivalent experience); health or science courses a plus
• Knowledge of AMA Style, 11th Ed preferred
• Ability to analyze abstract data from high-science support material and ensure its accuracy in the current assignment
• Knowledge of Adobe Acrobat markups/commenting for electronic reviews preferred
• Skills in organization and attention to detail
• Curiosity/interest in medical topics desirable

The range below represents the low and high end of the base salary someone in this role may earn as an employee of an Omnicom Health Group company in the United States. Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to professional and academic experience, training, associated responsibilities, and other business and organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package for employees. Salary decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each hire.

• $43,000 - $54,590

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