Apply
CATEGORY:Healthcare
DESCRIPTION:
Senior Editor
Hybrid!
Work for a growing company that is a great leader in the healthcare association industry.
Responsibilities:
- Extensive project management experience to plan and produce meeting publications for our association clients.
- In this role, you will work with national healthcare associations to oversee the planning, editorial production, and creation of newspapers, magazines, and other publications for medical professionals attending healthcare events.
- Collaborate with the companies digital team to create cohesive content strategies across all media.
Essential Functions:
- The successful candidate must be highly organized with strong project management skills and the ability to create and manage efficient editorial workflows.
- Exceptional writing skills are a must, and medical writing experience is preferred.
- The job requires deep collaboration with our association clients and internal departments, including our design, digital, sales, and business development teams.
- Travel required during association events.
Qualifications:
- Self-starter with the ability to write and edit on deadline while also managing the editorial deadlines of freelance and staff medical writers.
- Minimum of seven years of editorial project management experience, sound editorial judgment, and a working knowledge of AP style.
- Experience in digital publishing platforms like Wordpress is a plus.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, or related field.
- Seven years’ experience as a print editor, medical writer, or equivalent experience. Role requires experience in print journalism.
- Exceptional writing skills with sound editorial judgment and working knowledge of AP style; medical writing experience preferred.
- A sharp eye for editing.
- Computing skills, including Mac, MS Office, Adobe Creative Cloud.
- Strong organization and time management skills.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Advanced oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to manage the work of self and others.
- Ability to work on a team and independently.
- Ability to travel four to six times per year in the spring and fall months.
- Ability to work evenings and weekends during association events.
- A genuine interest in healthcare topics, both clinical and research-based.
- Ability to manipulate and edit photos digitally
- Experience using Wordpress or similar digital publishing platforms.
- Familiarity with Google Analytics and other tools to measure performance.
- Experience posting articles across a variety of social media channels like Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.
- Basic knowledge of HTML and related web authoring tools.
- Knowledge of SEO best practices.
For immediate consideration: please email your resume to janine.bedora@spencerreedgroup.com
SRG/EOE
Executive Search/Direct Hire Opportunities
