Medical Copy Editor

Company Description

We are Hawkeye. We orchestrate experiences across people’s journey—leveraging human insight, the world’s best data, empathic creativity, and world-class technology—to drive business results and create more meaningful connections between humans and brands. We strive to ensure that every message we send to a consumer is a meaningful one, and that it represents what they need, where and when they need it. From digital experiences to videos, from emails to print — what matters most is that we send the best next message to each consumer at every point along the way. 

We're a new kind of agency, built from the largest pure play CRM agency in North America and the industry-leading capabilities of Epsilon Agency to mine our data for the human insights that drive growth for our clients. At Hawkeye Agency, we believe that in order to win, and for our clients to win, data has to be at the core of how we make decisions, how we make the work, and how we go to market.

We call this approach "experience orchestration" — that is, providing a customer the best next experience, across all channels and all moments of their journey, in a way that addresses their needs and our clients’ business goals.

Please note that while each posting requires a geographical location, Hawkeye has offices in 12 U.S. cities (including San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas and NYC) and 4 offices globally (Toronto, London, Dublin, Bangalore). We call it “Hybrid at Hawkeye”, and this role can align to the candidate’s closest geographical office. Our flexible geographic work environment enables our organization to be agile, move at the speed of culture and build Connections Designed to Matter®.
 
We’re Hawkeye, a one-of-a-kind human experience agency…

Job Description

Medical Copy Editor Overview:

Medical editor collaborates with Writers and Project Managers to ensure work is on tone, on point, and accurately referenced.1 primary brand (HCP/DTC/Unbranded). Senior level experience. 

Individual must have:

•  substantive medical/pharmaceutical experience and fluency with AMA style.
• healthcare agency experience and fully understand the process of referencing, annotating, submissions to medical legal, etc.
• feel comfortable working on print and digital copy and be able to work with various client/brand style guides.
• feel comfortable working in a deadline-oriented environment and be flexible and able to problem solve without jeopardizing accuracy

Responsibilities:

• Attends brand status, kick-offs, and any other team meetings requiring editorial perspective/input for the brand
• Copy edits, proofreads, and fact checks with a very low error rate
• Quickly comprehends technical/scientific articles. Ensures data is represented accurately and is adequately referenced and annotated through the fact checking process
• Works closely with team members to ensure that print and digital materials are of the highest quality in terms of accuracy, utility, clarity, readability, and appeal
• Responsible for creating and/or managing the updating of style/claim sheets for brands and communicating with team
• Demonstrates significant knowledge of agency procedures and contributes to problem resolution
• Raises red flag when agency is jeopardizing quality for speed

Qualifications

• 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
• Thorough knowledge of AMA style and FDA regulations
• Process-oriented and understanding of brand style
• Problem-solving abilities
• Ability to collaborate and communicate well with a team
• Ability to thrive under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to handle multiple projects and client editorial styles simultaneously
• Bachelor’s Degree (BA/BS) from an accredited college or university

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.