Medical Editor

Full time

New York

Haymarket Media, Inc. is seeking a Medical Editor to join a dynamic, science-minded team of grammar nerds, otherwise known as Haymarket’s Medical Communications Group. The Medical Editor will be responsible for overseeing the development of compelling news and long form reporting for a website focused on the research and practice of dermatology for a clinical audience. The Medical Editor will publish daily content in a variety of formats (eg, text, video, audio). This position is located in our New York office, with a hybrid schedule that allows for in-office collaboration with the team on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and remote work on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays.

Job Overview:

The Medical Editor will manage the development of high quality, accurate, and engaging content for an audience of dermatology health care providers (physicians, nurses, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and others). Examples of the content types that this role will be responsible for developing include news, feature articles, slideshows, polls, videos, quizzes, and podcasts. The Medical Editor must have a familiarity with producing and editing medical content for a clinical audience. They will also be responsible for assessing the audience’s engagement in published content by using analytical tools and conducting outreach, and using that information to tailor editorial offerings to better meet the audience’s needs.

Responsibilities:

• Managing a team of freelance medical journalists for news and feature content creation
• Independently creating feature content (eg, disease overviews, clinician interviews, podcast episodes)
• Editing and fact-checking duties, including formatting, ensuring reference accuracy, adherence to AMA style, tagging, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to adhere to workflows to meet timelines and priorities
• Posting articles to WordPress
• Collaborating with external teams to ensure content is available for daily email newsletters and sponsored product newsletters
• Ensuring SEO through consistent use of best publishing practices and monitoring growth and performance using analytics tools (Google Analytics)
• Providing real-time coverage of major medical meetings
• Overseeing and maintaining editorial budgets

Skills and Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in English/Journalism/Communications or Biological Sciences; advanced degree and clinical experience desirable; experience in/exposure to rheumatology, endocrinology, dermatology or other medical specialties preferred
• 4 years’ experience in medical publishing/communications/advertising, with excellent ability to edit and fact check medical content, including proficiency with AMA style
• Proficient at maintaining a robust volume of content and a steady daily flow of article publication
• Excellent reading comprehension, listening and analytical skills, and oral and written communication skills
• A successful record of handling multiple simultaneous projects and adhering to deadlines
• Experience as a strong team player who can work independently and cross-functionally within an organization and follow through on all assigned tasks
• Knowledge of SEO best practices, social media, and other digital promotional strategies
• Understanding of the needs of medical professional audiences, or demonstrated ability to identify the needs of a highly specialized audience; experience in content targeted to an audience of health care specialists

What We Offer:

• A competitive compensation package
• The salary range for this position is $70,000–$75,000. Compensation will be commensurate with experience, skill level, functional and/or industry knowledge, education level, certifications, as well as other qualifications.
• Paid annual vacation, holiday and sick time off
• Comprehensive health plans including medical, dental and vision
• Competitive 401(k) investment options and generous company matching program
• Life insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Employee referral awards
• Tuition reimbursement
• Training opportunities through industry-recognized programs
• A creative and passionate workplace and a fun, collaborative team environment
• Three Week “Work from Anywhere” benefit, to ensure work life balance

About Haymarket:

Haymarket has its heart and soul in publishing and media. Since the company was founded half a century ago, Haymarket has always prided itself on being a highly creative business, with an unrelenting focus on the quality of the products and the people. The philosophy has always been quite simple: only by having the highest quality individuals can you produce the highest quality products, combining the best in content, design, production and customer services. Globalization is opening up the world further and provides many opportunities for growth. Haymarket has offices around the world and many of the titles are now truly global brands. Haymarket serves a broad spread of business markets, from marketing to medicine to technology along with exhibitions and live events. Predicting the shape of the business in 3, 5, or 10 years is almost impossible; and the unpredictability is part of the appeal. Haymarket aims to be the perfect company to work with or for – we have the processes and attitude that ensure quality and consistency, and an entrepreneurial spirit that makes every day rewarding.

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