Sr Editor
Overview
The Senior Editor will maintain editorial quality control of agency deliverables during all stages of production. The candidate must be a proactive, motivated, and resourceful individual with excellent editorial skills and a dedication to helping to establish thorough editorial processes.
Responsibilities
- Lead copyeditor on one brand, and back up on other brands
- Copy edit, fact-check, and proofread a variety of promotional and educational materials for physicians, other healthcare professionals, and patients from manuscript through print or digital production
- Work closely with Account Services, Copywriters, Art Directors, and other team members to ensure that print and digital materials are of the highest quality in terms of accuracy, utility, clarity, readability, and appeal
- Work with Account Coordinators on timing of quality control of projects, including copyediting, styling, fact-checking, proofreading
- Work closely with writers on content and referencing
- Work closely with account team on content and scheduling
- Help copywriters and account team with research and article retrieval
- Create and maintain a brand style guide
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree. Experience (3-5 years) copyediting in a pharmaceutical advertising agency, in-house agency, or medical publishing company preferred. Will consider candidates with copyediting experience in other fields, but who are new to the pharma agency environment. Working knowledge of AMA Manual of Style, 11th edition desirable. Articulate oral and written communication skills essential. Curiosity/interest in medical topics essential. Organization and attention to detail essential.
Pay
$69,500 - $93,875
Schedule
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.