Editor

What You'll Do

Style Guide Owner. Develops and maintains brand style guide, socializing it to the rest of the team.

• Creates brand style guide using established practices
• Updates on an ongoing basis per client and regulatory feedback on projects
• Socializes style guide and solicits feedback from teammates
• Ensures deliverables adhere to style guide

Editorial Authority. Reviews brand materials and other projects for correctness, factuality, sense, credibility, decorum, compliance, and style.

• Checks files to ensure correctness, factuality, sense, credibility, decorum, compliance, and adherence to the brand style guide
• Demonstrates a mastery of different types of reviews (e.g. cold reads, word-for-words, check changes, fact checks) and understands when to employ various levels of editorial rigor
• Displays an understanding of promotional regulations, audience, purpose, and client goals and objectives
• Adheres to best practices and standard operating procedures
• Identifies efficiencies when editing and training colleagues
• Advises brand team, copywriters, and other colleagues on editorial topics
• Encourages colleagues to follow established SOPs, while remaining flexible to client and/or business needs
• Onboards new team members to the brand and practices, and advocates adherence to them
• Understands spheres of authority and agency-of-record (AOR) team RACI

Communication. Writes and speaks comprehensibly with colleagues and select client personnel.

• Maintains a professional tone and helpful demeanor in internal, and if necessary, external interactions
• Provides clear, actionable feedback during editorial reviews
• Deals with challenges proactively and positively; values suggestions and constructive feedback
• Uses official communication channels as intended: Outlook, Teams, Egnyte, Workfront, etc.

About You

• Attention to detail: Can locate and identify errors in documents and files at a rigorous level; excellent eye for consistency; deep knowledge of the English language; fluent in AMA style with the ability to find answers to stylistic questions; adept at secondary research; comfortable working at the computer on complicated documents for long periods while maintaining focus and rigor
• Executive functioning: Is an integral and proactive member of the team; can be counted on to think through project complications collegially and own editorial workstreams in an integrated manner; works with project managers when deadlines conflict to achieve efficiency and proper resourcing; can handle multiple deadlines while maintaining focus to execute individual projects with excellence
• Diligence, dependability, and honesty: Adheres to processes necessary to achieve excellence; knows how to push back when quality is being threatened; evaluates materials honestly and constructively; accepts responsibility for mistakes and works to rectify them
• Time management: Uses time effectively and efficiently; concentrates efforts on top priorities and seeks assistance when necessary; accurately estimates length and difficulty of tasks; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required, preferably in English
• Proofreading or editing experience required; must be computer literate
• Experience fact-checking annotations to ensure they accurately support claims and follow established style
• 2 to 4 years of experience proofreading and/or editing in a fast-paced pharmaceutical agency or similar environment
• Proficiency in the use of MS Office, specifically Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Proficiency in internet and other secondary research tools; AMA style, Dorland's, and PubMed preferred
• Familiarity with digital routing preferred
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision as part of a cross-functional team