Freelance Medical Editor (West Coast)

Responsibilities

• • Edit copy and ensure regulatory compliance for branded and unbranded marketing/promotional materials geared towards healthcare professional (HCP) and patient use across digital and print channels

  • Fact check and proof existing copy to adapt for new channels and audiences

  • Provide medical, regulatory, and legal expertise in order to ensure consistency and accuracy within FDA guidelines, internal style guidelines, and brand standards

  • Copyedit promotional materials for grammar, punctuation, spelling, style, flow, and consistency

  • Validate references to ensure they are current and meet reference criteria

  • Collaborate with project manager, account manager, designer, copywriter, and other freelance editors as needed

  • Manage own brand alignment and assist other editors as needed

  • Manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, english, journalism, or life sciences plus at least 3+ years of experience editing pharmaceutical promotional materials within an agency environment

• Knowledge of current AMA style; experience with medical/regulatory/legal reviews and familiarity with FDA requirements for drug promotion preferred

• Proactive, works well independently, and able to perform literature searches and understand scientific journal articles/medically related literature

• Experience anchoring/linking in Veeva is a plus

• Experience working across a range of therapeutic areas and product launches is a plus

• MUST be able to work West Coast hours (PST)