Senior Medical Editor

Who We Are:

At VML, we are a beacon of innovation and growth in an ever-evolving world. Our heritage is built upon a century of combined expertise, where creativity meets technology, and diverse perspectives ignite inspiration. With the merger of VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson, we have forged a new path as a growth partner that is part creative agency, part consultancy, and part technology powerhouse. 

Our global family now encompasses over 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 64 markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences.  Our expertise spans the entire customer journey, offering deep insights in communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology. We deliver end-to-end solutions that result in revolutionary work. 

About VML Health:  

VML HEALTH is a global healthcare agency that partners with healthcare clients across a broad definition of health, from high science to wellness and everything in between. It operates fluidly within the VML agency, as a core group of health specialists (a ‘vertical’) that has the benefit of autonomy in management, but with support of non-health expertise.  

At the heart of health is the story of life – all the highs and lows, ambitions, and possibilities. But facing a health challenge can suddenly pull people away from these stories, knocking them off course. 

Our purpose is to bridge this gap, bringing people closer to life and all its meaning. We gain a deeper understanding of Healthcare Professionals’ and patients’ needs, behaviors and lived experiences through what we call ‘radical empathy’. 

VML Health creates connected brands that get to the heart, bringing people closer to the lives they want to live.  Get to the heart. Connect for life. 

Who we are looking for: 

VML Health is seeking a Senior Editor (SE) who will be heavily involved in the day-to-day movement of projects, with involvement from manuscript to final release. An SE will work on assigned accounts without need for daily supervision; demonstrate leadership qualities; be detail-oriented, with a thorough knowledge of assigned account; apply client style, FDA regulations, and AMA requirements to each piece to help ensure the accuracy and integrity of all jobs that move through the agency; mentor junior staff; and act as a training resource for editors.

What you’ll do:

• The Senior Editor contributes to the evolution of a project, with input from manuscript to final release, and helps ensure adherence to departmental processes
• Works on assigned accounts without need for daily supervision, demonstrates leadership qualities, mentors junior staff, and acts as a training resource
• Creates and oversees implementation of editorial style specific to each account
• Demonstrates familiarity with FDA regulations and expertise in AMA style, grammar, spelling, clarity, usage, punctuation, and individual client style to help ensure the accuracy and integrity of all jobs that move through the agency
• Copyedits and fact-checks
• Collaborates with all members of account team, including account executives, copywriters, and art directors, to help ensure adherence to departmental processes, and editorial and client guidelines
• Acts as a training resource for junior editors
• Maintains comprehensive style manuals

What you’ll need:

• 3+ years of experience in medical/pharmaceutical copyediting in an advertising agency or pharmaceutical company.
• Detail-oriented, with superior organizational skills and good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent command of language, with strong client/product knowledge and familiarity with FDA regulations regarding Rx drug advertising. 
• Well-organized and able to work calmly and efficiently under pressure
• Flexibility to work late/weekends when required
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat
• Expertise in Workfront
• Comfortable with learning new technologies

What we offer: 

• Passionate, driven people | We champion a culture of people that do extraordinary work.
• Consciously cultivated culture | We aim to embody the behaviors to build an inclusive community that is in it together, bringing both positivity and active listening i