Copy Editor jobs in New Jersey

We’re looking to add a Medical Proofreader/Copy Editor to our team. This new role will manage the quality and accuracy of multi-platform materials and collaborate with editorial, creative, digital, and projects teams to maintain high editorial standards, ensuring that all materials are error-free and follow exacting standards of delivery. This position is fully remote, with the option to work from our NJ-based office, if needed. Come join our close-knit and growing team of talent!
 
In this role, you will:

• Focus on editing, copyediting, and proofreading materials at multiple stages, and consult with editors, project managers, and production on clarity, sense, consistency, and accuracy of printed, online, and e-newsletter content
• Manage projects and workflows including estimate of turn times, prioritization, assignment of resources, and coordination of approvals to meet multiple, competing deadlines
• Collaborate across multiple departments and be a proactive team player – working to heighten the quality of all relationships, workflows, and deliverables
• Bring extensive experience editing in AMA style (11^th edition), AP, and Chicago Manual of Style
• Work with various platforms and markup tools including Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Google Docs; Knowledge of InCopy and InDesign is helpful
• Understand principles of design, page layout, typography, and text formatting
• Maintain consistently high standards on complex and varied projects with multiple, concurrent deliverables, working within the style of each brand and project
• Ensure accurate reference citations, number reference, AMA format, tables, charts, figures, etc.
• Provide fact-checking as needed
• Update and maintain house and brand-specific style guides, as needed
• Delegate and manage assignments of outside support staff when necessary
• Have exceptional written and verbal communication skills and proven success meeting deadlines

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Hold a 4-year bachelor’s degree and minimum 4 years’ experience as a copy editor, proofreader, or technical writer, with at least half spent in health care, medical, or pharmacy communications
• Embrace autonomy and exhibit a high degree of accountability 
• Understand email and social media marketing campaigns
• Have a solid understanding of, and experience in, multi-channel marketing
• Welcome feedback, clarify any impediments, and make suggestions and adjustments
• Feel comfortable working broadly or going deep depending on the context and problem at hand
• Are interested in a small but growing entrepreneurial company that interacts with giants of the medical industry to produce fast-moving, authoritative, and quality products

Benefits:

• Summer Fridays
• Flexible work hours 
• Access to NJ-based office (should you need it!)
• ‘Good Vibrations’ community services and volunteer work
• 401k program
• Dental, vision, and medical benefits
• Shorter days near the holidays
• Company-sponsored events
• Employee recognition programs