Senior Editor, Rheumatology Advisor

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.

Job Overview:

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.

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  

Skills and 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

What We Offer:

• A competitive compensation package
• The salary range for this position is $85,000–$95,000. Compensation will be commensurate with experience, skill level, functional and/or industry knowledge, education level, certifications, as well as other qualifications.
• Paid annual vacation, holiday and sick time off
• Comprehensive health plans including medical, dental and vision
• Competitive 401(k) investment options and generous company matching program
• Life insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Employee referral awards
• Tuition reimbursement
• Work from anywhere option to ensure work life balance 
• Training opportunities through industry-recognized programs
• A creative and passionate workplace and a fun, collaborative team environment
• Three Week “Work from Anywhere” benefit, to ensure work life balance

About Haymarket:

Haymarket has its heart and soul in publishing and media. Since the company was founded half a century ago, Haymarket has always prided itself on being a highly creative business, with an unrelenting focus on the quality of the products and the people. The philosophy has always been quite simple: only by having the highest quality individuals can you produce the highest quality products, combining the best in content, design, production and customer services. Globalization is opening up the world further and provides many opportunities for growth. Haymarket has offices around the world and many of the titles are now truly global brands. Haymarket serves a broad spread of business markets, from marketing to medicine to technology along with exhibitions and live events. Predicting the shape of the business in 3, 5, or 10 years is almost impossible; and the unpredictability is part of the appeal. Haymarket aims to be the perfect company to work with or for – we have the processes and attitude that ensure quality and consistency, and an entrepreneurial spirit that makes every day rewarding. As a Certified B Corporation, we’re proud to be part of a community of companies working together for change, and taking part in collective action to advocate for a shared goal of a global economy that benefits people and the planet.

An equal opportunity employer, Haymarket Media does not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual's race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other protected category recognized by state, federal, or local laws.

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Salary : $85,000 - $95,000