Medical editor/writer

Mindlance•New York, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Medscape TV editors will develop story boards for each sponsored TV show, including an outline for 6 episodes per TV show. He/she will research the topic and identify experts to develop the content, then coordinate the on-site TV shoot, and work with video editors to produce the final TV shows. Additional work will include developing supporting materials for the landing page and assuring that all required assets are provided to production. Serve as editorial producer of multi-episode video documentaries across a range of medical specialties for a physician audience. The position encompasses a variety of pre-production, production, and post-production responsibilities. Pre-production responsibilities include researching potentially newsworthy topics in a given medical condition, identification of key medical experts appropriate to those topics to be interviewed for video documentary series, outlining content to be covered in each episode for the series, conducting pre-production phone interviews of patients and physicians to hone topics to be covered in live shoot, working with a production manager to schedule interviews of all individuals to be interviewed during a given shoot. Production responsibilities involve on-site interviews with physicians and patients, on-site teamwork with the production crew to capture all needed footage, including occasionally impromptu interviews of medical staff. Post-production responsibilities include providing video editors with papercuts of transcripts from video shoots that detail the precise sequence of sound bites and B-roll choices for each episode of the series, working with video editors and Medscape TV executive editor to hone the final version of each episode. While the position requires a level of independence, all phases of work on a documentary series are subject to oversight by the executive director and input from editorial directors, as needed.

Requirements

10 years’ experience in medical publishing (preferably text and video content) aimed at physician audiences across a number of medical specialties
proven track record in creating narrative video documentaries on medical topics aimed at a medical audience
A journalism background is preferred, as well as experience in developing content for a medical professional audience
Candidates will need to be able to write script outlines, research medical topics and identify experts in the topic area

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated storytelling ability
experience in video production
medical background

Responsibilities

develop story boards for each sponsored TV show, including an outline for 6 episodes per TV show
research the topic and identify experts to develop the content
coordinate the on-site TV shoot
work with video editors to produce the final TV shows
developing supporting materials for the landing page
assuring that all required assets are provided to production
Serve as editorial producer of multi-episode video documentaries across a range of medical specialties for a physician audience
researching potentially newsworthy topics in a given medical condition
identification of key medical experts appropriate to those topics to be interviewed for video documentary series
outlining content to be covered in each episode for the series
conducting pre-production phone interviews of patients and physicians to hone topics to be covered in live shoot
working with a production manager to schedule interviews of all individuals to be interviewed during a given shoot
on-site interviews with physicians and patients
on-site teamwork with the production crew to capture all needed footage, including occasionally impromptu interviews of medical staff
providing video editors with papercuts of transcripts from video shoots that detail the precise sequence of sound bites and B-roll choices for each episode of the series
working with video editors and Medscape TV executive editor to hone the final version of each episode