Medical Editor – Medical Communications

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Medical Editor providing editorial services for pharmaceutical marketing materials. Ensuring accuracy and compliance in submissions while collaborating with various teams.

Posted 5/14/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $54,400 - $81,600 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for leading the editorial work for assigned accounts
Perform medical editing, fact checking, and preparing submissions of pharmaceutical marketing materials
Copy edit each project for correct spelling, grammar, consistency,
Perform fact checking and clean reads, including unbranded claims
Review client and medical/legal/regulatory (MLR) changes in context
Assume lead editing responsibilities on one or more accounts
Work collaboratively with assigned account team(s) to identify and suggest efficiencies

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in related field (e.g., Communications, English, Life Science, Regulatory)
Minimum of 3 years editing experience in the medical communication, pharmaceutical and/or healthcare industry
At least 1 year of experience in the advertising and/or pharmaceutical marketing industry preferred
At least 1 year of experience editing publications (manuscripts, posters, etc) preferred
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat
Familiarity with scientific search engines including PubMed and Google Scholar
Strong proficiency in American Medical Association (AMA) Style (11th edition)
Familiarity with Medical Legal Regulatory (MLR) requirements and client submission platforms (e.g., Veeva)
High degree of autonomy and team- and detail-oriented
Strong written and verbal skills; mastery of English grammar
Ability to prioritize deadline-sensitive projects and juggle competing priorities

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement savings benefits
Life insurance
Disability benefits
Parental leave
Paid time off for sick leave and vacation

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Hard Skills & Tools

medical editingfact checkingcopy editingediting publicationsAmerican Medical Association (AMA) Stylepharmaceutical marketingmedical communicationregulatory requirementsscientific search enginesdetail-oriented

Soft Skills

strong written skillsstrong verbal skillsteam-orientedautonomyability to prioritizejuggling competing priorities