Senior Editor, Rheumatology Advisor

Haymarket Media, Inc•New York, NY

14h•Hybrid

About The Position

Haymarket Media, Inc. is seeking a Senior Editor to join its Medical Communications Group and lead content production for Rheumatology Advisor. The Senior Editor will be responsible for overseeing the development of timely news and in-depth reporting for a digital platform focused on rheumatology research and clinical practice. This position is located in our New York City office, with three days on-site (Tuesday-Thursday) and two days remote. The Senior Editor will oversee the development of high quality, accurate, and engaging clinical content for an audience of health care providers in the rheumatology space (physicians, nurses, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and others). The Senior Editor must have familiarity with producing and editing medical content across multiple digital formats, including news briefs and long-form feature articles, live conference coverage, slideshows, polls, videos, quizzes, and podcasts. They will also be responsible for monitoring audience engagement and content performance, leveraging article metrics and data trends to inform content strategy.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in English/Journalism/Communications or Biological Sciences; advanced degree and clinical experience desirable
4+ years’ experience in medical publishing/communications/advertising, with excellent ability to edit and fact check medical content, including proficiency with AMA style
Proficient at maintaining a robust volume of content for a daily publishing schedule
Excellent reading comprehension, listening and analytical skills, and oral and written communication skills
A successful record of handling multiple projects with overlapping deadlines
Experience as a strong team player who can work independently and cross-functionally within an organization and follow through on all assigned tasks
Knowledge of SEO best practices, social media, and other digital promotional strategies
Understanding of the needs of a highly specialized medical professional audience
Previous experience covering continuing medical education conferences, including producing onsite print and digital offerings

Responsibilities

Managing a team of freelance medical journalists for news and feature content creation
Independently creating feature print and digital content (eg, disease overviews, clinician interviews, podcast episodes)
Editing and fact-checking duties, including formatting, ensuring reference accuracy, adherence to AMA style, tagging, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to adhere to workflows and publication deadlines
Posting articles to WordPress
Collaborating with external teams to ensure content is available for daily email newsletters and sponsored product newsletters
Ensuring SEO through consistent use of best publishing practices and monitoring growth and performance using analytics tools (Google Analytics)
Providing on-site and remote live coverage of research presented at major medical conferences, producing both print and digital offerings including, but not limited to, summary articles, video interviews, and take-home video points for social media
Overseeing and maintaining editorial budgets