Senior Editor

Working at Real Chemistry and in the healthcare industry isn’t just a job for us. We got into this field for different reasons, but we all stay for the same reason – to uncover insights, make meaningful connections, infuse creativity, and improve the patient experience by transforming healthcare through AI and ideas.

Real Chemistry creates the world around modern therapies with over 2,000 talented professionals, and for the last 20+ years has, carved out its space at the intersection between healthcare, marketing and communications, data & AI, and the people at the heart of it all. We work with the top 30 pharma and biotech companies and are built for uncommon collaboration—we believe we are best together, bring together experts from a wide range of disciplines collaborate without barriers under a single, unified mission: to transform what healthcare is to what it should be. This one-of-a-kind model allows us to work in a way that better reflects how people experience healthcare—all with the intent to transform healthcare from what it is to what it should be. But we can’t do it alone – you in?

Position Summary: The Senior Editor maintains quality control of agency deliverables during all stages and is a liaison for the Editorial Department to other colleagues to own and reinforce established standard operating procedures. Grows professional relationships with internal brand team members and works collaboratively to ensure best practices. Performs all functions necessary to keep workflow running smoothly and able to maintain a good level of quality control even with crunched timelines.

Functional Responsibilities

• Establishes solid working relationships internally and with internal brand team accounts to which they are assigned; proactively and collaboratively engages with Copy, Medical, Account, Art/Studio, and Project Management teams to provide support

• Is the lead editor for 1 or more accounts

• Raises a red flag with brand teams and/or senior managers when timelines are too tight, additional resources are needed, or when there is a disruption to normal workflow, among other concerns

• Maintains oversight for their own jobs to complete them on schedule whether by managing their own time or delegating promptly and responsibly to other resources

• Supports and reinforces team and agency initiatives established by senior managers

• Participates in team meetings and contributes to fostering a team mentality

• Practices a positive “can do” attitude at all times

• Mentors and trains new and/or junior employees and freelancers

Day-to-Day

• Maintains editorial quality control of agency deliverables during all stages

• Ensures adherence to AMA and client style to speed review process and minimize errors and corrections

• Edits copy to ensure use of correct grammar and punctuation, accuracy, consistency, and clarity, and adherence to team/client comments

• Fact-checks appropriate jobs and has the ability to comprehend scientific content and medical data to ensure accurate supports of all claims made by agency or its clients

• Maintains style sheet for assigned account(s) as a reference for use by Editorial

• Ensures that each piece conforms to FDA regulations to minimize client medical/legal comments and avoid regulatory action

• Attends and actively participates in all status, start-up, kick-off, and regroup meetings of brands for which they are Primary Editor

• Enters and submits time in Open Air accurately, thoroughly, and on time

• Achieves and maintains fluency in new software programs and apps maintained by Real Chemistry Experience (RCX) in Okta and helps mentor and train others

• Creates and maintains comprehensive style guides for assigned accounts

• Flexibility to work beyond normal business hours when necessary

Qualifications (preferred)

• Bachelor’s degree or higher desirable

• 2+ years’ experience in medical advertising, medical publishing, and/or medical education, with 0+ years’ experience in medical advertising

• Expected to be 95%+ billable

• Advertising, marketing, business, English, or related degree preferred

• Ability to interact with diverse internal population (eg, account, creatives, project management)

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (ie, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and some Excel) and Adobe, and familiarity with digital routing/commenting platforms, spell-check/autocompare programs

• Ability to comprehend scientific content and data to ensure accuracy of all claims made by agency or its clients