Assistant Editor, Custom Content

About the role

We are looking for an enthusiastic Assistant Editor who has experience proofreading/copyediting and writing about clinical and professional topics for a medical audience, who enjoys learning about healthcare topics and who can report on these issues coherently and accurately. This person should be detail oriented and have a keen sense of deadlines, be highly efficient and organized, and excel at managing myriad tasks related to publishing a newsmagazine and its related digital products.

Job Responsibilities

• Edit and post short videos and other types of content to the-rheumatologist.org in WordPress, the site’s digital platform.
• Manage the day-to-day enewsletter portfolio for The Rheumatologist: Write short, engaging content summaries and subject lines; build enewsletters in a proprietary builder; request enewsletter tests, monitor approvals and ensure on time deployments.
• Format articles as assigned to prepare them for developmental and structural editing by the Editor and editorial team members.
• Review page proofs as assigned to ensure a high level of editorial and design quality is maintained.
• Enter corrections into InDesign files as needed.
• Report on/from society or topical meetings, as assigned.
• Provide administrative support, by pulling detailed email metric reports from the dashboard to support email campaign goals and initiatives; tracking and collecting copyright transfer agreements and other paperwork; and completing research, administrative, and other editorial tasks as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Journalism, English or other liberal arts degree OR a science/medical degree and experience in publishing or journalism.
• One or two years of demonstrated skill editing/copyediting and writing for magazines or newsletters with a professional audience.
• Experience working independently without close supervision and ability to manage their own workload, with strong organizational skills.
• Expert knowledge of English grammar and familiarity with AP style guidelines preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively and accurately, both verbally and in writing.
• Experience editing videos in iMovie
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in InDesign or similar page layout program.
• Experience with WordPress or similar digital content platform.
• Experience writing or editing for a medical audience.
• Knowledge of AP style.