Associate Scientific Content Editor

Description

Medscape, a division of WebMD, develops and hosts physician portals and related mobile applications that make it easier for physicians and healthcare professionals to access clinical reference sources, stay abreast of the latest clinical information, learn about new treatment options, earn continuing medical education credits and communicate with peers.

WebMD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, color, religion, sex, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, medical condition, disability, veterans status, or any other basis protected by law.

• Initiate production documents to include project features by adding appropriate sections and removing unnecessary ones
• Develop and format PowerPoint slide decks that supplement live and online educational content
• Generate tables and figures in PowerPoint from text-based educational content
• Provide instruction to graphics editors to create complicated figure recreations and illustrations
• Select images from our image database to augment educational content
• Identify the need to and obtain permission from copyright holders to republish images
• Perform quality control checks throughout the content development process to ensure completeness and consistency with product standards and requirements
• Facilitate hand-off of material from editorial to web producers and manage the staging review process
• Become familiar with house style guide/AMA style guide and editorial processes and procedures
• Develop the ability to ensure consistency and correctness in spelling, punctuation, grammar, syntax, and usage per AMA and Medscape house style; applying judicious substantive and clinical edits, as well as offering suggestions for improving clarity, format, and flow (all while upholding the author's voice) for all online and live educational activity content
• Develop the ability to revise scientific language for usage, flow, and clarity, as well as ensuring facts, data, and scientific units have been used consistently
• Formatting reference citations according to modified AMA style
• Providing insight and guidance to other team members on editorial style, policies, and best practices
• Maintaining friendly and productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders by clearly articulating with an effective communication style
• Conveying edits and queries using a respectful tone and concise format
• Continuously identifying opportunities for process improvement
• Completing other responsibilities, as assigned

• Someone highly skilled in using all features of PowerPoint and Microsoft Word
• An effective communicator, both verbally and in writing
• Someone with strong team-building and interpersonal skills, and a cultural awareness to build relationships with internationally recognized medical experts and colleagues
• Someone who takes satisfaction in the accuracy and consistency of their work
• A self-motivated, positive, critical thinker, with a willingness to accept varied assignments
• Comfortable in a highly deadline-driven environment, and able to pivot quickly between tasks and adapt to rapidly shifting priorities
• A team player who enjoys working collaboratively with members of other teams and departments, but works just as well independently
• A technologically savvy individual who can easily pick up new software to use Medscape and WebMD applications and content development tools
• Willing to work overtime, as needed

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in English or medical/science field, or related years of equivalent experience
• Above average expertise using PowerPoint masters, applying animations, and formatting slides according to pre-specified template
• Efficient capabilities for developing and editing Word documents and performing image searches
• 1 to 2 years of editorial experience preferred, ideally in a medical communications agency, pharmaceutical company, or pharmaceutical advertising agency, and preferably Web-based
• Experience with print permissions and copyright requirements preferred
• Understanding of and familiarity with AMA style a plus
• Strong problem-solving skills to independently and quickly deal with unforeseen issues to ensure that timelines are consistently met
• Excellent computer skills that include working on shared networks and cloud-based systems, and a high degree of proficiency using Microsoft Office suite required; web-based data and document sharing sites and authoring tools (SharePoint Online, ReadCube, Accent Library) and project management applications a plus
• Experience with continuing medical education materials a plus