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Virgo Health · 5 months ago

Principal Editor

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

Virgo Health is a company that works with pharmaceutical, biotech, and device companies to educate healthcare professionals on clinical research and therapeutic developments. The Principal Editor will assist in the development and delivery of high-quality medical education materials, ensuring adherence to editorial standards and managing the editorial process effectively.

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Responsibilities

Owns the agency process

Demonstrates and applies extensive knowledge of assigned brands including key brand issues and copy strategy

Proven skills across all medical editorial functions including substantive editing, copyediting, proofreading, and fact-checking

Strengthens and maintains the editorial process; actively implements SOPs, communicates, ensures, and enforces adherence to flawless standards of quality

Plans workload, forecasts and plans resourcing for editorial work, and proactively highlights resource gaps and recommends solutions

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

Negotiates with internal teams to strategize on timeline and editorial concerns

Undertakes specific writing projects, eg, development of biographies, where appropriate incorporate 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 broader team, contributes to meetings, flags priorities, helps drive deadlines, and chases comments driving flow of content from scientific based on timelines from client services to editorial

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

Conveys credibility and maintains positive, professional image both internally and externally

Demonstrates in-depth knowledge in multiple therapy areas

Keeps updated on all major style guides, maintains and improves the Virgo house style guide as well as all brand-specific style guides

Maintains an excellent understanding of major style guides and our clients’ brand-specific style guides

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

Medical editingAMA styleProject managementVeeva Vault experienceCopy-editing skillsCoaching skillsCommunicationAttention to detailOrganizational skillsTeam player

Required