Medical Editor

Citrus Health Group

Medical Editor ensuring accurate, compliant scientific communications for Citrus Health Group’s healthcare commercialization agency. Editing medical deliverables, managing editorial quality assurance, and coordinating publication processes.

Posted 8/19/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in medical and scientific editing, with strong proficiency in proofreading, copyediting, and formatting deliverables. Capable of collaborating across teams while maintaining high standards of quality assurance and adherence to style guidelines.

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Medical Editing ExperienceMS Office Suite ProficiencyAdobe Creative Suite FamiliarityAttention to DetailExcellent Communication Skills

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Hard Skills

ProofreadingCopyeditingFormattingMedical Writing Style GuidelinesMock Journal SubmissionsAbstract SubmissionLiterature SearchesProject CoordinationQuality AssuranceStyle Manual Familiarity

Soft Skills

CollaborationAnalytical ThinkingProblem-SolvingTime ManagementCreativity

Tools & Technologies

EndNoteGraphPad PrismPubMedMS WordMS PowerPointMS ExcelAdobe Acrobat

Industry Keywords

Medical AffairsScientific CommunicationsClient Style GuidelinesCongress GuidelinesEthical Standards

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support the Editorial Services team and service client accounts
Partner with Medical & Scientific Services, Project Management, Account Services, and Creative Services teams
Provide quality assurance throughout project lifecycles
Proofread, copyedit, style, and format client deliverables including Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, creative layouts, and digital or multimedia content
Edit deliverables for medical affairs, commercial, payer and patient communications, and publications teams
Conduct pre- and post-Creative review for Creative assets
Proofread Creative poster layouts against templates and congress guidelines, annotate amendments, and incorporate text changes into layouts
Assist in developing and maintaining client style guidelines aligned with client, corporate, brand, agency, AMA, publication, and ethical standards
Identify areas requiring expertise from other team members and elicit input
Assist colleagues with editorial problem-solving, troubleshooting, and brainstorming
Coordinate editorial tools and processes, project intake, article ordering and tracking, bibliographies, reference libraries, congress calendars, and standards
Collaborate with senior-level editors on project briefs, requirements, due dates, budgets, scope, timelines, resourcing, progress, risks, and dependencies
Adopt, implement, and maintain new processes and technologies

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree
2-3 years of progressive professional medical or science editing experience
Strong familiarity with MS Office Suite, especially Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
Strong familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite, especially Acrobat
Strong familiarity with EndNote, GraphPad Prism, and medical literature databases such as PubMed
Experience in mock journal and congress submissions and collating submission requirements
Experience submitting abstracts to congresses and manuscripts to journals
Ability to prioritize projects, collaborate on team projects, and coordinate and execute multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
Ability to acquire relevant information from published style manuals, journal guidelines, and literature searches and maintain accurate source records
Excellent knowledge of grammar, usage, and medical writing style guidelines such as the AMA Manual of Style
Familiarity with general scientific and medical concepts and ability to grasp complex scientific and medical applications
Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team
Attention to detail and accuracy
Ability to identify key issues and creatively and strategically overcome challenges
Ability to think analytically and effectively plan, prioritize, and execute assigned tasks
Expert verbal and written communication skills
High level of integrity, confidentiality, and accountability

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equal employment opportunity employer
Inclusive and collaborative culture