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Senior Medical Editor - Temp

Role: Freelance Medical Editor [Remote]

MedThink, a Fingerpaint company, offers extensive medical communications through 2 distinct divisions: MedThink SciCom, which harnesses deep scientific knowledge and extensive industry experience to develop solutions for medical affairs, medical communications, and publication groups, and MedThink Communications, which provides healthcare communications and marketing services to commercial teams that leverage performance-driven medical education to enhance HCP beliefs and understanding.

Moving Minds. Moving Markets. Moving Medicine.

Objectives of This Role:

At MedThink SciCom (www.MedThinkSciCom.com), we seek talented freelance medical editors to assist in ensuring that our medical communication materials (journal manuscripts, medical conference presentations, etc) are developed with a high level of quality regarding content, organization, clarity, accuracy, format, style, and consistency. A qualified freelance medical editor is skilled in and performs all levels of editing, including copyediting, substantive editing, fact-checking, proofreading, styling, and layout review. This is a remote, work-from-home opportunity for qualified candidates.

Responsibilities:

Copyedit materials to ensure consistency and conformance with established grammar, punctuation, and spelling rules and adherence to American Medical Association (AMA), client, and house style guidelines
Substantively edit complex medical and scientific documents and collaborate with colleagues to ensure that the materials are factually accurate
Proofread layout materials to ensure that they match approved copy exactly and that the format, organization, alignment, and spacing of copy and graphics are consistent and adhere to established standards
Edit the following types of materials: manuscripts for submission to peer-reviewed medical/scientific journals; abstracts, posters, slide decks, and handouts for presentation at scientific meetings; disease education materials; scientific platforms; digital content (eg, websites, animations, interactive PDFs); medical information letters; sales training materials; white papers; etc

Requirements:

Education:

Bachelor’s degree (minimum), preferably in English, communications, journalism, or health sciences field

Experience:

>1 year of professional medical/science editing experience, including fact-checking
Healthcare communications agency experience (freelance or full-time role) is strongly preferred
Strong medical editing skills, including substantive editing, fact-checking, researching, and referencing skills, and knowledge of AMA Manual of Style, 11th edition
Thorough understanding of grammar rules and comprehension of medical, pharmaceutical, and scientific terminology
Strong skills in time management, prioritizing, organizing, researching, and problem-solving, with attention to detail and ability to adhere to deadlines
Proficiency with standard software: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook; Adobe Acrobat

Application Process:
Candidates who meet the qualifications for this role will be asked to take a standardized medical editing assessment to demonstrate proficiency level.

Fingerpaint provides equal employment [and affirmative action] opportunities to all applicants and employees. We are proud to recruit qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or citizenship status.

Don’t meet every single requirement? That’s okay! Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Fingerpaint, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles! Our team of qualified recruiters can match you with the right opportunity.

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