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Senior Specialty Editor

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Mumbai

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Senior Specialty Editor

WebMd Guru

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Key skills for the job

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4+ years experience in editing, including experience with an online Health, Wellness, News and/or Lifestyle brand
Acumen to deliver consistently high-quality editorial in multiple formats to capture and maintain the interest of physicians and reflect a high standard of literacy and accuracy
Editing of individual stories to verify accuracy and reflect good news judgment in a fast paced news environment
Good organizational ability, good verbal communication skills, attention to detail and the capacity to work effectively under pressure
Experience creating interactive content and working in a CMS
Ability to work both independently with minimal supervision and collaboratively as various projects required
A sophisticated understanding of medicine in general and the medical specialty in detail
High productivity evidenced in ability to meet daily digital and print deadlines, solve editorial problems rapidly, and perform tasks on schedule to meet embargoes,
Interpersonal skills to meet demands imposed by sharing a staff tasked with developing content for specialty-specific web sites, online publication extensions including supplements, resource centers, and microsites,
Flexibility and creativity to meet the needs of specialist readers in a competitive multimedia environment.

Role Responsibilities:

Assigning and editing high-quality, engaging, and medically-accurate content, particularly in the areas of Psychology, Neurology, Allergy, Infectious Diseases, HIV, Dermatology, Rheumatology, Oncology, Gastroenterology, or Cardiology
Edit articles to verify accuracy, rewriting as needed as well as evaluating and integrating perspectives from editorial reviewers
Managing the editorial workflow from start to finish
Work with freelancers as needed
Managing multiple projects while meeting tight deadlines
Analyze traffic metrics and audience engagement as part of strategic editorial planning
Providing new approaches for sometimes dry or difficult content for professional and consumer audiences
Collaborating on strategic content with other departments, e.g. SEO Team, Medical Reviewers, Photo Editors, Content Editors, and Strategists as needed
Review key specialty journals and medical news outlets
Monitor competing information sources
Edit relevant daily content for web
Collaborate with web editors, graphics, art to enhance online content with value-added information such as graphics, photos, video, audio, original source documents, etc.
Approve articles and subject lines for newsletters
Collaborate on social media initiatives developed for specialty