Senior Medical Editor

Senior Medical EditorMRM is part of the Omnicom Precision Marketing activation practice. This practice integrates CRM platform expertise, journey management, and first-party data capabilities with creative excellence and performance capabilities, enabling Omnicom to deliver intelligent activation across the full funnel with data-driven decisioning at scale to help clients move faster and deliver more connected customer experiences.MRM is a modern relationship marketing agency dedicated to building enduring brand relationships. MRM's specialized capabilities drive relationship lifetime value and span CRM, Customer Experience, and Commerce with data and martech at the core. MRM operates in a borderless, integrated way to enable greater collaboration, creativity, and true speed to market. For more information, please visit Senior Medical Editor is responsible for the accurate and timely editing of all assigned jobs/projects for health brands. Workload permitting, this editorial position assists fellow editors with projects than those individually assigned. The Senior Medical Editor also works closely with the Director of Medical Editing to facilitate workload coverage during product launches, label updates, and other high-level brand events. As their brands' subject matter expert, the Senior Medical Editor should excel at making confident decisions for the best interests of their teams.Responsibilities:Acts as primary editor for 1 or more larger, more complex health brands (or portfolio), as well as support for the department as a whole as neededServes as lead editor during high-level brand events, including product launches and label updatesEdits print and digital health brand tactics, as well as internal agency materials, reviewing for sense, spell, grammar, brand style, readability, consistency, and context within each job and all related jobs, providing clear, concise, and thorough comments and mark-upsEnsures that copy makes sense at all stages (manuscript, layout, mechanical, final reads, builds)Fact checks data using provided references, annotations, and general science and math competencyUses own knowledge and experience to confirm brand style decisionsAttends status, hot sheet, and kick-off meetings for assigned brands as needed; offers solutions for day-to-day challenges (ie timelines, process)Creates and updates style guides for all assigned brandsDevelops good relationships within their specific brands and other departments and works as subject matter expert with their brand teamPrioritizes projects efficiently and completes the work in an accurate and timely mannerOperates within agency processes and procedures and demonstrates proficiency with internal workflow systemRecognizes problems and provides practical solutions to supervisor and/or team members that demonstrate common sense and editorial practicalityArranges for back-up coverage when unavailable or out of the officeConfirms deadlines and alerts team members of potential difficult deadlinesRemains flexible and focused in an environment of changing circumstancesAs opportunities arise, assist in the training and guidance of Associate Medical Editors and Medical Editors with all aspects of editorial decision-makingAs opportunities arise, directly manage resources as assignedRequirements:Minimum of a bachelor's degree in English or related fieldStrong command of the English language; excellent writing skillsMinimum of 4 years of experience in a healthcare agency or related industryExperience verifying data via primary, annotated referencesUtilizes proper spelling, grammar, and punctuationStrong experience verifying data via primary, annotated references to check facts, charts, and chart dataPossesses a thorough knowledge of latest edition of the AMA Style Guide and has a familiarity with FDA regulations for promotional piecesExperience with digital documents and routing systems is alsoThis role will be based in New York City. The salary range for this position is $95,000 to $110,000.Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom's corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we're focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you.