OmniaMed Communications
Editorial Assistant - entry-level medical writing role
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We're looking for an Editorial Assistant
Join the medical writing team at a busy midsize medical communications agency. This is an entry-level role designed to provide an introduction to medcomms life. You'll be working as part of the medical writing team, who play a central role in developing, reviewing, and organising medical content for digital platforms and client campaigns.
The Editorial Assistant role is a 6-month fixed-term position in the first instance, with the possibility of a permanent post thereafter subject to individual performance and the needs of the business.
Job responsibilities
- Copyedit and proofread a variety of medical communications materials, ensuring they are clear, accurate, consistent and appropriate for their intended audience
- Draft content for different scientific and marketing materials, with support and guidance from more experienced team members
- Fact-check scientific and medical content, identify appropriate supporting references and help build reference packs
- Check graphs, figures and other visual content for accuracy, and recreate figures where needed
- Contribute to creative and conceptual development, including educational meeting themes, titles and visual approaches
- Ensure projects meet internal quality standards and processes
- Coordinate and consolidate feedback from colleagues, healthcare professionals, clients and other project stakeholders
- Manage competing editorial priorities across multiple projects, working with the wider team to meet deadlines
- Edit and format presentation materials, including PowerPoint decks, and carry out technical checks before delivery
- Support the submission of materials through relevant digital approval systems
- Develop a strong working knowledge of the therapy areas you support, including the clinical landscape, evidence base and relevant experts
- Apply this knowledge to day-to-day project work and provide useful, evidence-based input to colleagues and clients
- Build and maintain a good understanding of the ABPI Code of Practice and its practical application to medical communications projects
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- Degree in a life science or healthcare subject
- Demonstrable knowledge of key rules regarding spelling and grammar
- Excellent eye for detail and meticulous editing skills
- Finely tuned communication skills: precise, empathetic and tactful
- Thorough, methodical and organised approach to work
- Good IT skills (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Proven ability to handle and synthesise complex information
- Calm, flexible, collaborative and transparent nature
- High threshold for quality; gains satisfaction from producing the best work possible
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