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Job Description:

We believe in bold ideas, diverse perspectives, and the drive to transform knowledge into impact. Here, your curiosity fuels progress, your voice shapes innovation, and your ambition helps redefine what's possible within science and learning. We are a culture that obsesses over impact, challenges, and drives what's next to power infinite possibilities for our customers, colleagues and society at large.

About the Role:

We are looking for an enthusiastic Assistant Editor who has experience proofreading/copyediting and writing about clinical and professional topics for a medical audience, who enjoys learning about healthcare topics and who can report on these issues coherently and accurately. This person should be detail oriented and have a keen sense of deadlines, be highly efficient and organized, and excel at managing myriad tasks related to publishing a newsmagazine and its related digital products. The Assistant Editor will provide editorial and administrative support for The Rheumatologist and associated website, enewsletters and audio-visual productions. We are looking for:

* Someone who is digitally savvy and has comfort with content management systems, website management and metrics reporting;

* A highly detail-oriented editor, who is experienced with AP style and can adhere to a custom style guide;

* A strong writer with a clear voice and a commitment to accuracy;

* A self-starter, comfortable working as part of a remote team.

Job Responsibilities:

The Assistant Editor will:

* Edit and post short videos and other types of content to the-rheumatologist.org in WordPress, the site's digital platform.

* Manage the day-to-day enewsletter portfolio for The Rheumatologist: Write short, engaging content summaries and subject lines; build enewsletters in a proprietary builder; request enewsletter tests, monitor approvals and ensure on time deployments.

* Format articles as assigned to prepare them for developmental and structural editing by the Editor and editorial team members.

* Review page proofs as assigned to ensure a high level of editorial and design quality is maintained. Enter corrections into InDesign files as needed.

* Report on/from society or topical meetings, as assigned.

* Provide administrative support, by pulling detailed email metric reports from the dashboard to support email campaign goals and initiatives; tracking and collecting copyright transfer agreements and other paperwork; and completing research, administrative, and other editorial tasks as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

* Journalism, English or other liberal arts degree OR a science/medical degree and experience in publishing or journalism.

* One or two years of demonstrated skill editing/copyediting and writing for magazines or newsletters with a professional audience.

* Experience working independently without close supervision and ability to manage their own workload, with strong organizational skills.

* Expert knowledge of English grammar and familiarity with AP style guidelines preferred.

* Ability to communicate effectively and accurately, both verbally and in writing.

* Experience editing videos in iMovie

* Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Experience working in InDesign or similar page layout program.

* Experience with WordPress or similar digital content platform.

* Experience writing or editing for a medical audience.

* Knowledge of AP style.

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We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. The range below represents Wiley's good faith and reasonable estimate of the base pay for this role at the time of posting roles in the United Kingdom, Canada, USA, Austria, Czechia, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, or Spain. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range, however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies.
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