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Copy Editor

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Qualifications:

BA degree in English, Literature, or Communications preferred., 3-5 years of experience in a medical education, communications, or publishing company., Proficiency in AMA Manual of Style and Microsoft Office tools., Acute attention to detail and ability to meet aggressive deadlines..

Key responsabilities:

  • Copyedit various medical and scientific materials to ensure accuracy and adherence to CEA standards.
  • Collaborate with team members to prioritize workload and meet deadlines.
  • Provide recommendations for improving clarity in communication and document findings from research.
  • Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization to resolve issues and ensure high-quality materials.

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Job description

Job Title: Copyeditor 

Reports to: Editorial Director 

Location: Homebased, USA 

Job Status: Full-time, Exempt


Summary:

Clinical Education Alliance (CEA) is a global leader in providing innovative and impactful healthcare education, insights and communications, empowering healthcare professionals with the tools and resources they need to stay current and improve patient outcomes. CEA sets the standard for professional development with its commitment to scientific rigor, innovative formats, sophisticated marketing to drive healthcare professional awareness, and engagement techniques grounded in adult learning principles. With its expansive reach across the healthcare team, CEA drives healthcare excellence across the care continuum.


The Copyeditor plays a pivotal role in ensuring accuracy, consistency, and on-time delivery of content. The primary task of this role is copyediting faculty-developed or CEA staff–developed content following the CEA/AMA style guide and consists of identifying and correcting spelling mistakes, typos, grammatical errors, and inconsistencies. The Copyeditor also reviews content for flow, medical terminology accuracy, requirements for other teams, design elements in tables and figures, and other elements specific to different activity models. The Copyeditor may be called upon to support additional tasks of the company, as requested by the Editorial Director or Copy Manager.


Responsible for:

    Copyedit various medical-/scientific-focused materials: manuscripts/modules for online posting, PowerPoint slidesets, grants, conference materials, print and digital content, marketing materials, outcomes reports, etc

    Copyedit content to ensure it meets the CEA standards and style guide

    Exhibit flexibility in level of copyediting to adjust for intended audience (eg, patient-focused materials, supporters, different therapeutic areas) and deliverable type (eg, slidesets, modules, commentaries, marketing emails)

    Provide recommendations to improve clarity in communication

    Obtain a working knowledge of specific terminology among different therapeutic areas by researching the literature, respected associations, or AMA Manual of Style or by collaborating with Scientific Directors and document the findings

    Follow good publishing practices

    Work closely with Editorial Director, Copy Manager, Program Directors, Scientific Directors to prioritize workload to ensure all deadlines are met

    Use available resources to verify faculty information 

    Proactively identify and resolve issues with appropriate team members

    Communicate easily and effectively across all levels of the organization

    Work closely with Scientific Directors, Program Directors, Designers, Grants team, Production team, and other team members to ensure materials are of the highest quality in terms of accuracy, clarity, and readability

    Provide suggested updates to the CEA style guide


CEA Core Values 

Innovation – Creating, Leading Edge, Unique  

    Seeks to understand new ideas and how they tactically apply to the role

    Requires supervision support


Passion – Driven, Focused  

    Seeks to understand the role and how it fits into the mission


Integrity – Credibility, Fairness, Quality, Accuracy, Trustworthiness  

    Takes responsibility for tasks assigned and seeks to complete them to the best of one's ability in the allotted hours and records in NetSuite

    Demonstrates an ability to understand the project goals and seeks to align tasks to complete

    Accepts feedback and takes ownership to adapt work efforts to changing priorities

    Communicates information effectively with manager and shared team members to complete tasks


Team – Alliance of thoughtful people driven by our core values  

    Develops working relationships with the team to help support the team


Job Performance Measurements This position will be measured on:

    Achieve identified efficiency ratio: % of Hours Required to Complete Activities vs % of Hours assigned for those Activities. Goal = 100%; Minimum threshold: 90% of Target

    Achieve identified on-time delivery %: % of Activities the employee is assigned that are delivered on or before

the “to CMT” date in Mission Control. Goal = 100%; Minimum threshold: Greater than 85%.

    Grant turnaround time within identified # of days: Goal = 3 days or less; Minimum threshold: Greater than 90%.


Job Requirements:

    BA degree in English, Literature, or Communications preferred

    3-5 years of experience in a medical education, communications, or publishing company

    Proficiency in AMA Manual of Style and the ability to incorporate company-specific and activity-specific style requirements

    Acute attention to detail

    Ability to meet aggressive deadlines without sacrificing quality of work

    Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams, Adobe Acrobat, Outlook

    Experience in online routing systems a plus

    Experience in content management systems a plus


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Experience

Spoken language(s):
English
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Other Skills

  • Time Management
  • Teamwork
  • Physical Flexibility
  • Communication

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