Real Chemistry
Editor
Full Time
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Remote, Remote, United States of America
75,000 - 105,000 (Yearly)
Added 5 hours, 27 minutes ago
Summary
LOCATION
Hybrid work model with offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Manchester (UK), and London (UK).
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree preferred, 0-2 years of experience in medical advertising or related fields, proficiency in Microsoft Office and Adobe, strong communication skills, and ability to comprehend scientific content.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Maintain editorial quality control, ensure adherence to style guidelines, edit copy for accuracy and clarity, fact-check scientific content, mentor junior employees, and support team initiatives.
INDUSTRY
Healthcare Marketing and Communications
SHORT DESCRIPTION
The Editor will oversee quality control of agency deliverables, collaborate with internal teams, and enhance the patient experience through effective communication and process adherence in the healthcare sector.
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 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
- May be assigned as lead editor for 1 or more accounts—commensurate with prior experience
- 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; may have more senior staff overseeing their efforts until knowledge and understanding of the basic processes are achieved
- 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
- When ready, 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 learns to comprehend scientific content and medical data to ensure accurate support of all claims made by agency or its clients
- If applicable, maintains style sheet for assigned account(s) as a reference for use by Editorial
- Learns about and ensures that each piece conforms to FDA regulations to minimize client medical/legal comments and avoid regulatory action
- If applicable, attends and actively participates in 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
- If applicable, 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
- 0-2 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
Required Competencies
Must demonstrate:
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, as well as a high level of emotional intelligence
- A professional demeanor and communications with all superiors, colleagues, and peers in written, visual, and verbal interactions regardless of circumstances
- Ability to work proactively and/or independently
- A positive “can-do” attitude with both the internal team and other disciplines
- Ability to understand and follow agency and account procedures
- Good understanding of digital tools and platforms and able to help train others, as needed
- Responsible for helping to mentor and train all personnel at lower levels
- Capacity to assume higher-level responsibilities in the absence of a senior staff member
Aspirational guidance:
- Leadership Skills
- Motivating others: creates a climate in which people want to do their best; can motivate colleagues and team or project members; can assess each person’s strengths and use them to the benefit of the department/company; can delegate tasks and decisions to others constructively; empowers others; invites input from each person and shares ownership and visibility
- Managing vision and purpose: communicates a compelling and inspired vision or sense of core purpose; talks beyond today; talks about possibilities; is optimistic; creates mileposts and symbols to rally support behind the vision; makes the vision sharable by everyone
- Demonstrates a high level of emotional intelligence and is able to effectively deal with conflict management: committed to demonstrating a positive disposition regardless of circumstances to lead by example and maintain morale within the department and agency
- Business Skills
- Decision quality: makes good decisions (without considering how much time it takes) based upon a mixture of analysis, experience, and judgment
- Dealing with ambiguity: can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; doesn’t get upset when things are up in the air; can easily shift focus and move on to other projects when a job is suddenly put on hold, but mindful of what needs to be completed if the same job is reactivated; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty
- Creativity: comes up with new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and valuable in brainstorming settings
- Business acumen: knows how businesses work; knowledgeable about current and future policies, practices, trends, technology, and information affecting his/her business and organization; knows the competition; is aware of how strategies and tactics work in the marketplace
- Operating and Organizational Skills
- Planning: accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects; sets objectives and goals; breaks down work into the process steps; develops schedules and task/people assignments; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks; measures performance against goals; evaluates results
- Drive for results: can be counted on to exceed goals; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; is very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results
- Organizational agility: knowledgeable about how organizations work; knows how to get things done both through formal channels and the informal network; understands the origin and reasoning behind key policies, practices, and procedures; understands the culture of organizations
- Interpersonal Skills
- Interpersonal savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people—up, down, and sideways, inside and outside of the organization; builds appropriate rapport as well as constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably
Pay Range: $75,000-$105,000
This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on job-related, non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to work experience, skills, certifications, and geographical location. The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.
This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on job-related, non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to work experience, skills, certifications, and geographical location. The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.
Real Chemistry is proud to be Great Place to Work® certified; check out what our people shared about our culture and workplace on our Great Places to Work Profile
here
.
Working with HART: Since the pandemic, we have adapted to how our people told us they want to work. We have offices in cities with many employees and clients – New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Manchester, UK and London, UK – that serve as hubs where and when they need us, and we encourage employees who live less than a 45-minute commute of a Real Chemistry office to go in at least two days per week. Outside of these offices, we have regions, where people work remotely but come together quarterly for collaboration, culture and learning opportunities. We call this our Hybrid and Regional Teams approach. Real Chemistry believes we are best together – and our workplace strategy fosters connection and collaboration in person – but also supports flexibility for our people.
Real Chemistry offers a comprehensive benefit program and perks, including options for medical, dental, and vision plans, a generous 401k match, flexible PTO, and entitlement to a five-week sabbatical program after 5 years of service. Other perks include student loan debt contributions, mental wellness coaching and support, and access to more than 13,000 online classes with LinkedIn Learning. Additional benefits for those just starting or continuing with their family building journey include access to enhanced fertility support, Bright Horizons family support programs, as well as expanded paid leave for new parents including personalized coaching support through Your 4th Trimester ®. Learn more about our great benefits and perks at:
www.realchemistrybenefits.com
Real Chemistry is an Equal Opportunity employer. We continually strive to build and sustain an inclusive and equitable work environment where our employees feel empowered to leverage all they bring from their personal lived experience and professional expertise, to make our team the best in the industry. We encourage motivated and qualified applicants to apply without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, ethnic or national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Real Chemistry operates. Should you require accommodations throughout the interview process please let your recruiter know.
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