Associate Editor - Medical Communications

An independent medical communications agency is seeking a talented Associate Editor to join their rapidly growing team. This is a fantastic role for a recent graduate with a science background and an interest in writing and communications to join a close-knit, supportive medical education agency where you can get involved in all the different functions and learn the ropes of medical communications.

Ideally someone will have worked in a publishing or healthcare agency in an editorial capacity and have some experience of compliance management.

The agency:

• Independent medical communications agency specialising in brand led medical education programmes and meetings
• Flat structure, sociable, good work life balance, collaborative, friendly and caring management
• Staff work with quite a lot more autonomy than in most agencies
• Everyone has outstanding understanding of how pharmaceutical marketing works, so they are tuned into customers and clients

The assistant editor's job:

• Provide editorial and compliance support
• Ensure accurate editing of materials through the editing process
• Edit slides including formatting text, figures, graphs and animations on Powerpoint
• Critique documents to improve format, use of English, grammar and style
• Create job bags and project manage the compliance process
• Work in close conjunction with the programme (client service) teams
• Ensure adherence to project spec and budget
• Advise on future pressure points to identify need for extra resource
• Is confident to brief and feedback to freelancers

The ideal associate editor:

• Will have a life science degree
• Work experience in a medical communications/ healthcare communications agency or scientific publisher
• Experience referencing scientific materials
• Experienced with PowerPoint, preferably with hands on experience of Zinc and other compliance software (desired)

This is an exceptional opportunity to join a growing, family feel medical communications agency where you will be introduced to all aspects of agency life. Anyone wishing to start a career in editorial services or medical communications, get in touch!