Job Description
Our pharma client is seeking a Copy Editor (Medical) to join their team for the next 6 months, 40 hours/week. AbbVie is looking for 2 daytime editors for the upcoming summer rush. *Flexibility is key, as things tend to ebb and flow in this business.*
We Are Looking For The Following Skills - Experienced medical editing
- Fact checking of medical materials
- Communications skills: able to work independently as needed
- Proactive about seeking out work when presented with downtime
- Flexible: looking for people who are available during daytime (Pacific time zone) hours
Responsibilities - Edit and proofread copy for assigned and other brands as needed
- Fact check annotated copy using provided references, ensuring acceptable sources are used
- Collaborate and communicate with Editorial Director and team members to maintain quality and meet goals
- Prioritize and manage workload, meetings, and various tasks to ensure all deliverables are met with excellence; ability to handle multiple jobs and prioritize as needed
- Thoroughly understand assigned brands and product categories
- Demonstrate a drive to ensure adherence to client and brand guidelines
- Contribute ideas/feedback for improving process and minimizing error
- Offer guidance and training to junior team members and freelancers to ensure integrity of editorial process
- Proactively offer and provide help to others to ensure all work moves through the department efficiently
- Create/maintain brand style guides and bibliographies in a timely manner
- Understand and execute AMA style and varying editorial styles per brand needs
Qualifications - Any College degree
- 3+ years medical editing and fact checking experience in a pharma ad agency/medical education environment (agency experience preferred)
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with a motivated, self-starting attitude
- Ability to creatively adapt to changing deadlines, providing recommendations as needed
- Knowledge of current AMA style and FDA guidelines governing pharmaceutical products/devices
- Solid ability to use MS Office (including Outlook, Teams, and Word), Adobe Acrobat, and/or ProofHQ
In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data, including medical data.
Benefits Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.
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ashley.sella@jobalert.creativecircle.com
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Ashley Sella - Senior Recruiter, National Delivery
For this position, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa.
Creative Circle will consider for Employment in the City of Los Angeles qualified Applicants with Criminal Histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring (Ban the Box) Ordinance.
This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 07/08/2024 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.
Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Creative Circle will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact your Recruiter (the person you'll be interviewing with) or a member of our Human Resources team to make arrangements. United Healthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Creative Circle.
Job Tags
Holiday work, Contract work, Summer work, Freelance, Local area, Flexible hours,