Brand Editor

$60,000 - $75,000/Yr

Syneos Health - New York, NY

Full-time - Mid Level

New York, NY

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Brand Editor role at Syneos Health involves ensuring the accuracy and quality of written materials in the healthcare communications sector. The position requires a meticulous approach to editing, with a focus on maintaining brand integrity and compliance with medical and regulatory standards. The Brand Editor will collaborate with medical liaisons and other stakeholders to enhance content, verify facts, and ensure that all materials meet customer expectations and industry standards.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with medical liaisons to ensure content/claims can be substantiated by supporting clinical studies
• Review all sources of written materials, fact-checking and verifying correct use of unfamiliar terms while ensuring accuracy of quoted materials
• Review layouts assessing how copy works with the overall design; check use of appropriate fonts and font sizes against specifications in copy document; check consistency of spacing, text alignment, line and word breaks
• Check graphs, charts, and tables for uniformity of style and size, ensuring data are displayed clearly and correctly
• Write, update, and distribute account-specific brand guidelines, incorporating customer preferences and medical/regulatory/legal requirements
• Perform functionality checks of digital projects (working links, websites, banner ads, and other digital projects in staging sites)
• Demonstrate knowledge of brand/disease state and contribute from that perspective

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in English or journalism or equivalent experience
• 3-5 years' editing experience
• Ability to apply understanding of brand/disease state to science-based content
• Excellent grasp of mechanical/layout design and issues
• High attention to detail using a thorough approach under tight timelines

Nice-to-haves

• Scientific, medical, pharmaceutical, or technical background
• Knowledge/familiarity of AMA style

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Health benefits including Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Company match 401k
• Flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time