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Science Research Writer position at St. Jude Children’s Hospital
At St. Jude, we are translating science into survival with scientific breakthroughs that are advancing the fight against childhood cancer and other pediatric illness. The Kanneganti laboratory is seeking a highly motivated and team-oriented Science Research Writer to support the development, submission, and publication of the lab’s research articles and reviews and draft and maintain technical documents.
Responsibilities
- Draft and edit manuscripts for publication in journals.
- Monitor data integrity and image quality during manuscript development.
- Coordinate institutional and regulatory protocol amendments, revisions, and submissions.
- Assist with the preparation of major grant applications and project proposals.
- Prepare and publish website content.
- Maintain internal technical documents.
Minimum Education
- Master of Science in an area of Biomedical Science required.
- PhD in an area of Biomedical Sciences or Immunology preferred.
Minimum Experience
- Two years of experience writing and producing high-level scientific materials.
- Evidence of significant contribution to the writing and publication of major articles or reports is required.
- Experience conducting high-level research with significant independence.
- Experience working in a staff position or in a freelance capacity on coordination and management of complex scientific communications projects.
- Experience in managing multiple projects is preferred.
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Account Manager, Content
Aha Media Group
Aha Media Group, a content strategy and copywriting consultancy, is seeking an
Account Manager to join our account management team.
We get a lot of resumes, and we want to save everyone time! If you can meet the
following 3 criteria, this might be the right job for you:
1. You have experience managing content.
2. Healthcare is an industry you know.
3. You know how to keep the trains running and on-time.
If you can’t say yes to any of the three above, chances are we aren’t meant to be. But that’s okay! Pass this on to a friend of yours who might be a better fit.
You’re still reading—that’s a good sign. One more hurdle: The salary is in the 70’s.
Still here? Great.
There are two major parts of this role:
Account Management
- Serve as the primary relationship owner of day-to-day activities for an assigned group of client accounts with responsibility for retention and growth
- Understand and evaluate prospect and client needs and be proactive in providing solutions and building relationships
- Oversee the day-to-day operations of the project; manages scope and deliverables
- Lead client onboarding and maintain ownership of client’s strategic preferences across all content projects
- Acts as final internal reviewer and checks quality assurance before projects reach clients
- Identify new opportunities from existing accounts, partnering with business development team to increase revenue
- Stay abreast of content strategy, content marketing and copywriting best practices, sharing relevant insights with clients
- Attend networking events and actively pursues other revenue-generating activities
Project Management
- Coordinate with business development and editorial teams to start content production after sale as quickly as possible
- Collect key editorial information from client and successfully communicates strategy and goals to internal teams
- Develop effective project plans that produce high-quality work efficiently; recommend content approval workflows and other production best practices to clients
- Assign project deliverables to content strategists, editors and writers
- Deliver weekly status reports to clients and be able to prepare and deliver client presentations when necessary
- Remove blockers for team in order to get work done on schedule, whether it’s client delays or difficult to schedule stakeholders
- Evaluate content quality and performance of editorial team members
- Manage content creation and internal content approval workflows
- Use digital technologies to support project management, such as Harvest, Basecamp, TeamGantt, Salesforce and Excel
Who You Are
- 3 - 5 years of account or project management experience ideally in a digital marketing or editorial environment
- Dynamic personality with a positive, can-do attitude able to work well with a variety of audiences, from executive-level clients to contractors
- Natural relationship-builder; you like people and people like you
- Excited to work in a fast-paced, decisive environment where you’ll have a lot of autonomy and be expected to be a manager of one
- Able to successfully work from home and travel domestically when needed
- Write and communicate clearly and effectively
- Ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities, balancing client deliverables and timelines on multiple projects as well as internal obligations
- Talk the content talk, have a genuine and proactive interest in content strategy and general understanding of the marketing landscape
- Experience managing accounts of healthcare, health insurance or financial services clients a plus
This is a full-time position and is 100% telework.
Aha Media Group is a fast-paced atmosphere. If these align with your values, you should apply:
- Above and beyond, no matter what, every single time: We hire exceptional people and expect them to deliver their very best—every time.
- Meaningful work, meaningful life: We put in the time we need to get the job done in the best way possible, and then we go home to the people and hobbies we love.
- Be impeccable with your words and your intentions: We are respectful and direct communicators who say the things we mean and mean the things we say.
- Stay curious longer: We approach every challenge with a fresh perspective and explore new approaches and solutions.
- Always be learning: We focus on continuous learning and self-improvement.
If you are interested, please submit:
- Resume
- Cover letter (include a P.S. with the number 7 in your cover letter)
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Medical Copy Editor
Freelance, Remote - fully , Contract, Part-time
Brief Description: RoshReview, a leader in online medical exam prep, review, and education, is looking for a copy editor. A copy editor's primary role at RoshReview is to review incoming content and submissions for house style, correct grammar, sentence structure, and clarity. This position is a part-time hourly position with a long-term trajectory. The ideal candidate will have a medical or biosciences background, experience in copy editing or publishing will show meticulous attention to detail, and will be proficient with the latest editing tools and programs.
We are looking for someone to start immediately and look forward to your inquiries!
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Senior Medical Writer
Location: Gannex, US remote
Ascletis (https://www.ascletis.com) was established in 2013, and is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 2018 (1672.HK). Ascletis focuses on the R&D and commercialization of novel medicines in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), viral hepatitis and HIV/AIDS for unmet medical needs on a global basis. Gannex, a wholly-owned company of Ascletis,is fully dedicated to the R&D and commercialization of new drugs in the field of NASH.
General Description:
The Senior Medical Writer at Gannex (A Member of the Ascletis Group) will support/assist in the writing, editing, formatting and overall development of clinical regulatory documents that conform to domestic and/or international regulatory submission and internal document standards, while meeting project timelines.
Clinical regulatory documents include, but are not limited to, study reports, clinical study protocols or investigator brochures amendments, regulatory briefing documents, and clinical sections of INDs, NDAs, BLAs, MAAs and other regulatory submission documents.
Essential Functions of the job:
·Works effectively within the department and with cross-functional groups to assist in the development of high-quality, scientifically accurate documents under strict timelines, and helps to ensure consistency between related documents
·Responsible for ensuring that assigned documents undergo Quality Control reviews and/or Quality Assurance audits before approval, and that documents are routed correctly through the appropriate review and approval cycles
·Manage timelines and communicate with team members to maintain awareness of expectations, milestones, and deliverables (eg, track the collection of clinical study report components from responsible functions – body, synopsis, safety narratives, appendices, TFLs)
·Review and edit documents, including those authored by others both internally and externally
·Develop and maintain medical writing processes, standards, and tools (eg, SOPs, Work Instructions, templates, style guide, etc.)
·Ensure clinical documents adhere to Ascletis standards and regulatory guidelines
Education Required:
At least BA/BS degree; Master’s/PhD/PharmD preferred.
Bio-Sciences, Pharmacology, or other health related major preferred.
At least 5 year of health or science related work experience.
Qualifications:
Knowledge and Skills
·Certain ability to communicate, read and write in English; excellent attention to detail related to grammar, syntax, and scientific accuracy; ability to comply with company and/or industry style guides and templates.
; the technical/scientific ability to critically analyze, synthesize, and present complex information in well constructed documents.
·Well-organized: ability to prioritize tasks, work simultaneously on multiple projects, and complete high quality documents according to tight timelines and shifting priorities/demands.
·Independently motivated with good problem-solving ability; a fast learner (grasps new ideas and concepts quickly)
·Excellent interpersonal skills; a team player; ability to coordinate and manage communications to enable timely reviews from other authors and reviewers and to function as a collaborative team member.
·Strong project management skills
·An understanding of the key requirements for regulatory submissions as stipulated in FDA and ICH guidelines is a plus.
·Working knowledge of drug/biologics development, clinical research, study design, biostatistics, the regulatory environment, and medical terminology is a plus
·Computer skills requirements: Proficiency in Microsoft Word / Outlook / Excel / PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat; Experience using electronic document management systems is a plus
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Freelance regulatory medical writer(s)
Freelance, Remote
Brief Description: I am a freelance regulatory medical writer working in the UK and I am often overloaded with projects. So I am keen to expand my pool of subcontractors who may be able to assist with writing or QCing regulatory medical writing projects. In particular, I require support in the next few weeks writing clinical Module 2 IND documents. Please contact me with your CV/link to website/summary of experience and your hourly rate.
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Scientific Director, Managed Care – Clinical Communications
Full-time Staff Position - 100% home-based currently. Post-Covid will be office-based in the Princeton, NJ area with some flexibility to work remotely
Our client is one of the largest medical media companies in the United States, providing integrated communication products, services, education, and research to professionals within health care, animal health, and industry sciences.
In this Scientific Director role, you will be working with a team of writers and editors dedicated to producing content that will educate and inform healthcare professionals and patients with a goal of improving outcomes.
This position interfaces with clients, internal staff, and authors/writers to ensure manuscripts and other materials produced meet high standards of quality, accuracy, and relevance for the readership. The opportunity exists to regularly engage leading healthcare thought leaders as well as present clinical information and perspectives to associates and clients. Candidates for this position must demonstrate superior communication skills as well as the ability to adapt quickly and multitask to meet deadlines.
Responsibilities Include:
- Utilizing your clinical training, experience, and leadership abilities to help craft projects from conception through delivery
- Developing outlines and suggested subject matter for content-based projects in print, digital, and live mediums
- Serving as a resource for internal teams to help identify and present opportunities for new business development
- Attending and presenting at live events, including professional conferences, advisory boards, and similar programming; and providing assistance in the creation and development of the necessary materials and documents
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with KOLs
- Writing educational needs assessments/proposals as needed
- Managing project timelines
Qualifications:
- Advanced clinical degree (RN, PharmD) or PhD with 3-5 years of medical communications experience preferred
- Demonstrated experience and understanding of managed care concepts/practices, as well as, marketing/educational objectives of the pharmaceutical industry
- Broad clinical/therapeutic category expertise, and willingness/ability to master new therapeutic categories
- Client-facing with knowledge of a variety of programs and logistics
- Exceptional written, verbal, and communication/presentation skills
- MS Office Suite and familiarity with AMA style a plus
We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an initial phone screen will be contacted.
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MEDICAL DIRECTOR - CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
Full time Staff position | Home-based in the US (preferably East Coast). Some travel required (~15%) (Post-Covid).
Our client delivers innovative, digital CME content to global healthcare professionals. Activities are specifically designed to meet the needs of today’s clinicians. Content is evidence-based and produced and distributed in microburst formats on engaging device-agnostic platforms.
As Medical Director, your primary objective will be to collaborate with internal and external experts to complete the following key tasks:
● Partner with faculty to create high-quality content for short-format medical education activities that meet established educational need, timelines, specifications, and budgets (65%)
● Develop strategic needs assessments/proposals that align with identified practice gaps and unmet needs with innovative solutions to address these needs (35%)
Key Responsibilities Include
● Work closely with the faculty presenters to develop high-quality, issue-specific, fair-balanced educational
content for short-format, multimedia activities, as well as live symposia, while meeting the project timelines..
This includes creating and coordinating PPT slide development for live and multimedia education and moderating faculty recordings for multimedia education.
● Develop questions for pre and post-tests, outcomes assessments, and learner surveys.
● Collaborate with the assigned project team to finalize the educational content, related visuals, online audio, and animations, keeping to timelines and budget.
● Develop and maintain knowledge of important clinical issues and trends in assigned therapeutic areas.
● Establish, maintain, and leverage relationships with internationally recognized faculty experts.
● Contribute to new business development by identifying clinical practice gaps and potential funders.
● Work with medical writers to develop 2-3 grant proposals/needs assessments weekly for a variety of therapeutic areas and healthcare professionals.
● Write short focused needs-assessments across a multitude of therapeutic areas.
● Develop and maintain knowledge of the rules and regulations that govern independent medical education and continuing professional development for US (ie, ACCME) audiences.
Skills/Qualifications Include
● Advanced medical or science degree preferred
● 4+ years of relevant experience in medical education
● Solid experience in a variety of therapeutic areas, as defined by the amount of confirmed grant funding, number of existing thought leader relationships, and designed/developed educational activities
● Conversant in key/emerging issues in one or more therapeutic areas and familiar with renowned experts and potential funders.
● Adept at researching, compiling, and analyzing clinical and scientific evidence quickly and comprehensively.
● Capable of quickly learning about unfamiliar diseases/conditions.
● Solid writing and editing skills and capability to adapt editorial style based on the educational format and/or the target audience (physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals).
● Comfortable working in a fast-paced, constantly evolving work environment.
● Proven ability to effectively set priorities, manage multiple projects/assignments in various stages of development, and meet timelines, all while maintaining high quality standards.
● Positive, upbeat personality who communicates concisely and clearly, both written and verbal.
● Expert at Microsoft Office, specifically PowerPoint and Word.
Additional Qualifications/Assets
● Existing relationships with faculty experts.
● Experienced in identifying and obtaining grant funding for medical education.
● Knowledge of the rules and regulations overseeing medical education, as well as familiarity with current industry trends
● Familiarity with AMA Style Guide.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an initial phone screen will be contacted.
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ASSOCIATE MEDICAL WRITER / EDITOR - PROMOTIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION
Full-time Staff Position | Location: Home-based
Our client is a multinational Promotional Medical Education company specializing in helping pharmaceutical companies create more effective scientific communications, medical education and product/service marketing activities. Due to continued success, the company is seeking an energetic, driven Associate Medical Writer / Editor to join their team. In this role, you will work directly with Medical Writers to support the creation of short videos and/or audio on drug/disease-focused topics for healthcare professional audiences.
>Reporting to the Senior Director of Medical Writing- and working directly with Medical Writers –this is a TRULY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY for a MEDICAL EDITOR INTERESTED IN MOVING INTO MEDICAL WRITING!!!!
Responsibilities include:
- Preparing scripts and associated deliverables for pharmaceutical medical/legal/regulatory (MLR) review process including: Securing/documenting primary references, annotating content, and supporting production team by fielding relevant regulatory queries under tight deadlines
- Liaising with Medical Writers, Content Managers, and Regulatory Coordinators to ensure regulatory comments, edits, and necessary reference/annotation updates are accurately integrated into content/resubmission
- Identifying copyright permission needs for images and figures used in programs
- Support the creation of engaging and client compliant e-mail subject lines and text banner verbiage to encourage physician participation in programs
Qualifications include:
- Minimum 1 year of Medical/Scientific editing experience, including referencing and annotating
- Familiarity with medical/legal/regulatory systems and processes a plus
- Highly organized, intrinsically motivated and a great team player
- An effective oral and written communicator
- Proven ability to effectively set priorities, manage multiple tasks in various stages of development, and meet timelines, all while maintaining high quality standards
- Proficiency with Microsoft office Suite (specifically PowerPoint and Word) and Adobe Acrobat
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an initial phone screen will be contacted.
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GRANT STRATEGIST – CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
HOME-BASED | FULLTIME STAFF POSITION
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Our client is a fully accredited, award-winning provider of medical education for physicians and allied health professionals. Their mission is to improve the quality of healthcare in the US and abroad by delivering the highest quality professional education across a broad range of therapeutic areas. They are midsize and very stable– they've been in business for about 30 years!... and have been delivering creative educational solutions in the digital technology space for over 20 years.
ABOUT THE POSITION
The Grant Strategist assists in the development of grant proposals for CME/CE educational initiatives, including writing needs assessments and learning objectives, and maintaining an understanding of the therapeutic landscape across assigned areas. This is a Home-based position (company has a small HQ office in NJ)
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE
- Assist in developing grant proposals by writing needs assessments and learning objectives
- Maintain knowledge of the therapeutic landscape across assigned areas
- Ensure that all ACCME and related regulatory guidelines are implemented where required
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS INCLUDE
- An advanced degree is preferred (eg, PhD, MS, RN, MD, PharmD)
- Minimum 2 years’ experience medical writing at a continuing medical education company
- Experience writing needs assessments and learning objectives
- Knowledge of the therapeutic landscape across one or more therapeutic areas
- Outstanding researching and writing skills
- Able to translate complex scientific information into practical communications
- Familiarity with AMA style
- Excellent communication skills (written & verbal in English)
- Deadline driven, results-oriented, accurate, and analytical
- Self-motivated and able to work independently
KEY COMPETENCIES INCLUDE
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects
- Thrives in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Highly results- and service-oriented
- Self-starter and team player
- Calm under pressure
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an initial phone screen will be contacted.
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MEDICAL EDITOR – MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
Full time Staff position | Home-based in the US
Our client delivers innovative, digital CME content to global healthcare professionals. Activities are specifically designed to meet the needs of today’s clinicians. Content is evidence-based and produced and distributed in microburst formats on engaging device-agnostic platforms. The success of these educational activities hinges on collaboration with leading medical experts to develop content that drives physician behavior to the audience most interested and most in need of the education. Educational activities are available in a number of formats, including audio, video, live satellite symposia events at medical congresses.
As Medical Editor, you will collaborate with Medical Directors to assist in the facilitation, administration, and execution of independent medical education activities intended for HCPs in a broad range of therapeutic areas. Although this is NOT a graphic design or coding/software-based position, successful candidates will be comfortable editing audiovisual files and generating visual elements for the intended online audience, as well as performing more traditional edits from rewrites to copyediting to proofreading. The ideal candidate will also be highly motivated to work independently as well as part of a team and must be comfortable working in a deadline-driven environment.
Responsibilities Include
● Create PowerPoint slides and other infographics based on data-driven medical content in coordination with the MD and faculty; this includes formatting data-driven graphics, creating new slide concepts, and instilling consistent layout and styling across the entire slide deck
● Develop all content and publicity materials for on-demand medical education; materials include transcripts of audio and video files (Word)
● Supervise and approve these materials as they move through the production process, including audio and video
● Develop and maintain knowledge of the rules & regulations governing independent medical education and continuing professional development (both accredited and non-accredited) for US (ie, ACCME) and ex-US (ie, EACCME) audiences
● Adapt your editorial approach based on the content format (eg, live, print, multimedia), as well as develop and maintain knowledge of company style requirements (based on AMA Style Guide)
Requirements Include
The candidate also must demonstrate the following:
● Undergraduate degree in science, communications, or journalism (or equivalent experience)
● At least 5 years of medical editing experience, with solid knowledge of medical and statistical terminology and demonstrated experience with AMA Style
● Proven ability to effectively set priorities, manage multiple projects/assignments in various stages of development, and meet timelines, all while maintaining high quality standards
● Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) and comfortability with high volume email correspondence and telephone/videoconferencing in a fast-paced global team setting
● Ability to become familiar with new diseases/conditions quickly
● Expertise researching, compiling, and analyzing clinical and scientific evidence quickly
● High proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (specifically Word and PowerPoint) and Adobe Acrobat Professional
● Ability to produce visual representations (ie, slides and infographics) of data-driven medical content
● Proven copyediting skills, along with superior attention to detail
● Knowledge of the rules and regulations overseeing medical education, as well as familiarity with current trends in the industry
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an initial phone screen will be contacted.
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SENIOR EDITOR – MEDICAL PUBLISHING
Full-time Staff Position - 100% home-based currently. Post-Covid will be PRIMARILY home-based with 1 day per week in New York City office
Our client, a well-respected medical publishing company based in New York City, seeks a Senior Editor for a well-read, peer-reviewed monthly journal (print and digital). This is an ideal position for a Senior Editor who enjoys variety and wishes to exercise a broad range of editorial skills.
As Senior Editor, you will guide manuscripts through all stages of production/publication process, including:
- Communicating with editorial advisory board members, section editors, and authors
- Building relationships with physician advisors
- Editorial planning
- Soliciting content
- Assigning peer reviewers and managing the peer review process
- Interviewing medical experts about medical advances
- Writing monthly columns based on interviews with medical experts about advances in Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Oncology and/or Hematology.
- Manuscript editing, copyediting and proofreading content according to AMA style
- Selecting illustrations
- Liaising with the art and sales departments
- Approving blues
Requirements include:
- Minimum 3-6+ years editorial experience working on a medical journal at a publishing company or healthcare/pharmaceutical/MECC environment
- Familiarity with the stages of production of a peer-reviewed medical journal (online & print)
- Experience building relationships with physician advisors
- Interviewing experts about medical advances (or similar, relevant interviewing experience)
- Ability to write about medical advances based on interviews with medical experts
- Manuscript editing, copyediting and proofreading
- Familiarity with medical terminology and AMA style
- Superior language and communication skills
- Ability to work independently, handle multiple tasks, and be responsible for ensuring a high-quality finished product
Preferred but not required:
- Oncology/Hematology experience
- Experience in digital marketing (such as email marketing campaigns, social media strategy/execution, etc.)
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an initial phone screen will be contacted.
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