Scientific Editor

Everyday Health - Professional

17d

About The Position

PRIME Education, a property of Everyday Health Group, is seeking a Scientific Editor to independently apply copyediting, project coordination, and collaboration skills to help ensure company materials are accurate, high-quality, and delivered on time. The role applies established guidelines and processes to editing, design and formatting, paragraph structure and coherence, sentence style, grammar, mechanics, punctuation, and consistent medical terminology and abbreviations. It also coordinates freelance copyeditors and external vendors. The Scientific Editor leads development of PRIME’s annual Compendium in collaboration with internal stakeholders and maintains workflows for timely, accurate foreign-language translations and marketing materials. The role requires independently managing multiple high-level responsibilities with accuracy, efficiency, and appropriate prioritization in support of PRIME’s educational products and services and standards of editorial excellence.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in English or a related field.
Work experience in scientific or medical editing and project coordination.
Highly adaptable, results-driven, and motivated self-starter.
Excellent command of written English, including style, grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and spelling.
Keen attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and ability to multitask and balance several deadlines or production deliverables simultaneously.
Excellent written and verbal interpersonal and English communication skills.
Familiarity with scientific and medical terminology, abbreviations, and AMA and APA style guides.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.

Responsibilities

Copyedit company materials and coordinate external freelance copyeditors to ensure quality, accuracy, grammatical correctness, clarity, appropriate style, and consistency within or ahead of deadlines.
Direct development and publication of PRIME’s annual Compendium, including leading an interdepartmental steering committee.
Maintain an accurate, up-to-date publication website by tracking PRIME’s presentations and publications in real time.
Coordinate timely translation of PRIME materials into specified languages, including use of internal translation tools, contracting, material transfers, quality control, communication, follow-up, and invoice handling.
Track and send appropriate materials to the marketing copywriter promptly to meet marketing campaign deadlines.
Coordinate formatting of scientific posters through an external freelance designer to meet conference deadlines.
Cultivate interdepartmental communication and workflows for timely delivery of educational materials, surveys, tools, scientific posters, concept art, and other materials.
Identify workflow improvement opportunities and collaborate across departments to develop and implement solutions.