Syneos Health is hiring : Freelance Managing Editor in San Francisco

Overview

Updated : September 26, 2025

Location : Remote, Remote, United States

Job ID : 11477

You look beneath the surface to uncover creative, measurable, and more importantly, impactful solutions.

In this role, you will review all medical communications pieces (slide presentations of scientific data; scientific communication platforms; print pieces [eg, monographs, brochures, workbooks]; meeting materials; storyboards, videos, and scripts; KOL profiles, etc) developed by Cadent, ensuring all are accurate and professional from a grammatical, scientific, and style perspective and meet client and industry standards.

Responsibilities

• Perform all editorial reviews (initial full-edit through release), including copy edits, W4Ws, check changes, and final read at designated times in the job life cycle
• Review for content, grammar, and spelling as well as for AMA or client style and consistency within the piece and among related projects
• Research permissions for reuse of copyrighted material in Cadent projects (both NCCN Guidelines and Copyright Clearance)
• Attend status and kickoff meetings for assigned accounts
• Ensure the quality of format and visual quality of layout
• Create and maintain comprehensive style guides for all assigned accounts
• Establish solid working relationships with all internal teams and editorial colleagues
• Accurately track time spent on each job and enter in time-tracking system on a daily basis
• Assist as a training / mentoring resource for freelance or newer employees
• Promote collaborative approach among team members by taking the initiative in establishing and maintaining the flow of communications

Qualifications

Desirable Requirements

Compensation and Benefits

The anticipated hourly rate for this position is $65.00 - $70.00 but may vary based on various factors such as the candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and proficiency for the role.

About Cadent & Equal Opportunity

At Cadent, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles. We also encourage you to join our Talent Network to stay connected to additional career opportunities.

Cadent is a US Medical Communications company with employees located across the US. The home office is in New York City. Cadent specializes in high science, high touch peer to peer medical communications. The company excels in translating complex science into compelling messages that deliver value and action. Cadent builds relationships and collaboration between the biopharmaceutical industry and healthcare professionals.

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Equal Opportunity and affirmative action : Syneos Health companies are affirmative action / equal opportunity employers (Minorities / Females / Veterans / Disabled)

Syneos Health has a voluntary COVID-19 vaccination policy. We strongly encourage all employees to be fully vaccinated. Additionally, certain local governments or Syneos Health customers may have vaccine requirements that apply to some of our employees. These employees are required to submit proof of vaccination to Syneos Health and maintain compliance with these requirements.

As a Syneos Health freelance, temporary, or contract employee, you may be eligible to participate in the Company 401k match and benefits such as paid time off or benefits through provisions in the Affordable Care Act or State-specific requirements depending on the terms of your employment. Syneos Health complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements for temporary / freelance / contract employees.

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