Editorial Director
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Job Description
The Editorial Director oversees and manages internal Editorial Services personnel and external editorial contractors as needed to accommodate workflow and timely delivery of projects while maintaining the highest standards of quality and accuracy. The Editorial Director plays a key role in establishing evaluating and maintaining departmental policies and procedures as well as ensuring adherence to these procedures and prioritizing work schedules. The Editorial Director also has primary responsibility for assigned departmental personnel including employee recruitment mentorship and retention. Accountabilities include team leadership and development as well as the efficient and high-quality execution of editorial services within industry regulations and requirements for promotional medical communications.
Job Duties
Leadership/Management
- Manage editorial workflow for promotional education and marketing communication materials (eg slide presentations brochures print and digital selling tools promotional mailings video scripts websites and other digital assets) and regulatory documents
- Establish maintain and oversee adherence to editorial procedures processes and work schedules
- Work closely with the Project Management and Medical Services departments to ensure proper resourcing and review/revise policies/procedures as needed to increase department efficiency
- Work closely with Project Management to actively manage the departmental budget as it relates to contract editorial expenses
- Proactively assist colleagues across departments with editorial- and resourcing-related problem-solving troubleshooting and brainstorming including development of new editorial policies/procedures if appropriate
- Provide direct supervision and oversight to all department personnel including employee recruitment mentorship and retention
- Ensure departmental adherence to time reporting expectations as an essential part of resourcing and cost assessments
Internal and External Relationships
- Support key internal committees pertaining to Editorial Services
- Foster and develop collaboration between Editorial Services and other departments internal groups and individuals to ensure innovative and collaborative solutions to departmental efficiency and client needs
- Be a positive force for enhancing the team culture consensus building and internal communications
- Keep senior management apprised of key departmental concerns and issues
Editorial Services
- Collaborate with Medical Services and Creative Services department personnel to ensure accuracy of content and convey editorial comments
- Attend product status meetings as required and all individual project kick-off meetings as the senior representative for upcoming or in-progress editorial projects
- Assign work to department personnel and review work to provide guidance/feedback as needed
- Contract with and provide guidance to external freelance editors to accommodate departmental workflow; monitor quality of work and provide feedback as needed
- Identify need for create maintain and ensure adherence of department personnel to project- product- and client-specific style guides where applicable to ensure consistency across projects
- Ensure communication of internal style to all internal team members as well as external contract editors and writers; communicate changes in style to team members to ensure consistency/accuracy across projects
- Serve as subject-matter expert with regard to copyright permissions to reproduce figures/tables and obtain permissions from publishers
- Actively pursue expertise in industry best practices and regulatory guidance across types of promotional materials and serve as subject-matter expert on promotional education/communication guidelines and regulations
- Perform spectrum of project-specific editorial tasks as needed
- Provide guidance regarding administrative tasks to aid in department efficiency
Key Competencies
- Highly effective and developed leadership skills
- Ability to manage outcomes to win-win resolutions
- High level of integrity confidentiality and accountability
- Well-developed professional communication skills including written and interpersonal
- Excellent organizational prioritization and time management skills with a track record of attention to detail and ability to manage group priorities to meet timelines
- Knowledge of industry guidelines regulations and requirements
- Ability to train and provide management and developmental support to direct reports in preparation for future positions
- Ability to identify key issues; creatively and strategically overcome challenges or obstacles
- Ability to prioritize coordinate and execute multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment to serve many therapeutic teams and meet project goals
- Outstanding knowledge of grammar and usage medical writing style guidelines (ie AMA Manual of Style) and promotional activity regulations and specifications
- Familiarity with general scientific concepts and ability to grasp more complex scientific applications
- Expert knowledge of Microsoft (MS) Word and PowerPoint applications
- Proficiency in MS Excel and Adobe Acrobat applications
- Ability to master various content management systems
- Desire to meet professional goals and acquire new skills
Qualifications :
Requirements
- Bachelors degree (science or English degrees preferred)
- 5-7 years pharmaceutical/medical editing experience
- 1-2 years experience managing personnel
Preferred Skills/Experience
- 5 years experience specifically working as an editor for a medical communications agency or pharmaceutical company marketing department
- Familiarity with electronic document review systems
Working Conditions
- Minimal travel may be required (<5%)
- Ability to commit to extra hours and/or nontraditional hours as client needs require
Additional Information :
Synchrony places high value on the well-being of its employees; therefore Synchrony team members are eligible for a comprehensive array of benefits including competitive salaries generous paid time off excellent health insurance family leave and a 401(k) plan with employer matching.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
EOE. Synchrony is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this role.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Remote
