Associate Scientific Content Editor Job at WebMD in City of Niagara Falls

Overview

Description

Position at WebMD

Medscape, a division of WebMD, develops and hosts physician portals and related mobile applications that make it easier for physicians and healthcare professionals to access clinical reference sources, stay abreast of the latest clinical information, learn about new treatment options, earn continuing medical education credits and communicate with peers.

WebMD is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, color, religion, sex, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, medical condition, disability, veterans status, or any other basis protected by law.

What You\'ll Do

• Initiate production documents to include project features by adding appropriate sections and removing unnecessary ones
• Develop and format PowerPoint slide decks that supplement live and online educational content
• Generate tables and figures in PowerPoint from text-based educational content
• Provide instruction to graphics editors to create complicated figure recreations and illustrations
• Select images from our image database to augment educational content
• Identify the need to and obtain permission from copyright holders to republish images
• Perform quality control checks throughout the content development process to ensure completeness and consistency with product standards and requirements
• Facilitate hand-off of material from editorial to web producers and manage the staging review process
• Become familiar with house style guide / AMA style guide and editorial processes and procedures
• Develop the ability to ensure consistency and correctness in spelling, punctuation, grammar, syntax
• Develop the ability to revise scientific language for usage, flow, and clarity, as well as ensuring facts, data, and scientific units have been used consistently
• Maintaining friendly and productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Continuously identifying opportunities for process improvement
• Completing other responsibilities, as assigned

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What You\'ll Need to Succeed

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