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Virgo Health · 1 day ago

Senior Medical Editor

New York, New York, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$85K/yr - $110K/yr

3+ years exp

Virgo Health works for pharmaceutical, biotech, and device companies to inform and educate healthcare professionals about the latest developments in clinical research and therapeutic approaches. The senior medical editor assists in the development and delivery of high-quality medical education materials, ensuring adherence to editorial standards and managing the editorial process.

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Responsibilities

Copyedits, styles, and proofreads all materials, including slide decks, scripts, and communications

Fact-checks materials

Owns the detail of daily work on the brand: primarily responsible for creating and maintaining style/claim sheets for their brands and communications reporting (ie, timelines)

Prepares materials and references for medical-legal review; manages upload of files and tagging/linking in Veeva Vault

Ensures all written communication produced aligns with Virgo quality and house style/client style (as appropriate)

Acquires figure/table permissions and maintains permissions tracker

Ensures adequate therapy area knowledge to actively interrogate copy and assist team in identifying errors

Sets up and ensures maintenance of appropriate filing systems and databases and delivers specific training as appropriate

Ensures adherence to editorial SOPs and proactively recommends improvements to teams (share best practice)

Undertakes specific writing projects, eg, development of biographies, and where appropriate incorporates basic client/author comments (under the direction of a medical writer)

Undertakes advanced literature and broader internet searches to support medical writers and liaises with external services as required to initiate more complex searches

Provides on-site meeting support as appropriate

Assists account teams in compiling the results to program evaluations completed at live programs

Builds professional relationships with external suppliers (eg design, digital, printers), provides full briefs, and deals with any issues arising relating to specific aspects of projects

Liaises with other external contacts (eg, obtains materials and permissions) and ensures documented approval

Role models professional and positive qualities within the organization

Is an integral member of the team, contributes to meetings, flags priorities, helps drive deadlines, and chases comments

Demonstrates significant knowledge of agency procedures, issues faced, and contributes to problem resolution

Develops timetables in conjunction with Account and Creative teams

Thorough knowledge of AMA style and FDA regulations

Demonstrates in-depth knowledge in multiple therapy areas

Keeps updated on Good Publication Practice (GPP) and other regulatory bodies that have an impact on client business

Keeps updated on new developments within the medical education industry

Estimates editorial hours for input into budgets

Plans workload and proactively highlights resource gaps and recommends solutions

Manages and coordinates materials through studio to print-ready stage, including consideration of style, layout, design, color, formatting, compliance, and proofreading

Works within agreed deadlines and budgeted hours to complete projects

Manages additional support (freelance) that may be brought in on the brands

Qualification

Copy-editingVeeva VaultAMA styleFDA regulationsEnglish language skillsAttention to detailOrganization skillsCoaching skillsMultitaskingPlanningCommunication skills