Job Title: Editor Location: Remote Duration: 6 Months Working hours: Pacific time
Top 3-5 Skills: 1. Experienced medical editing 2. Fact checking of medical materials 3. Communications skills: able to work independently as needed 4. Proactive about seeking out work when presented with downtime 5. Flexible: looking for people who are available during daytime (Pacific time zone) hours
Job functions/responsibilities: • Edit and proofread copy for assigned and other brands as needed • Fact check annotated copy using provided references, ensuring acceptable sources are used • Collaborate and communicate with Editorial Director and team members to maintain quality and meet goals • Prioritize and manage workload, meetings, and various tasks to ensure all deliverables are met with excellence; ability to handle multiple jobs and prioritize as needed • Thoroughly understand assigned brands and product categories • Demonstrate a drive to ensure adherence to client and brand guidelines • Contribute ideas/feedback for improving process and minimizing error • Offer guidance and training to junior team members and freelancers to ensure integrity of editorial process • Proactively offer and provide help to others to ensure all work moves through the department efficiently • Create/maintain brand style guides and bibliographies in a timely manner • Understand and execute AMA style and varying editorial styles per brand needs
Qualifications: • Any College degree • 3 to 5 years medical editing and fact checking experience in a pharma ad agency/medical education environment (agency experience preferred) • Demonstrated ability to work independently with a motivated, self-starting attitude • Ability to creatively adapt to changing deadlines, providing recommendations as needed • Knowledge of current AMA style and FDA guidelines governing pharmaceutical products/devices • Solid ability to use MS Office (including Outlook, Teams, and Word), Adobe Acrobat, and/or ProofHQ
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About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation. At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $50.00/hr.
