Medical Communications Specialist

Highly Competitive Salary
  1. Permanent
  2. Biological Sciences, Pharmacology
  3. United States
Philadelphia, USA
Posting date: 08 Mar 2022
SC.BC.43567

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Proclinical is currently recruiting for a Medical Communications Specialist with a pharmaceutical company located in Philadelphia, PA.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Manuscript and Publication Support: Format documents, direct manuscript workflow and approvals, liaise with journal staff, maintain records, prepare weekly reports for the Director and others, copyedit, provide feedback to new authors (e.g. graduate students), review proofs, develop template resources for scientific writing, assist first authors with figure preparation.
  • Director Support: Create custom illustrations, edit movie clips, prepare slides, polish presentations, complete prize nominations and other narrative documents, and assemble grants.
  • Workshops and Communications Development: Design and deliver instructional workshops for technical & scientific writing and specific software resources.
  • Abstracts and Conference Presentation Support: Direct abstract and presentation workflow and approvals, maintain records, organize centralized abstract submission for large conferences, liaise with conference staff, copyedit submissions as needed and develop template resources for posters and slides.
  • GTP/ODC Varied Support: Develop informational content (infographics, brochures, standard program slide decks, etc), design special event media, and draft press releases as necessary.
  • Communications Administrative Support: Staff translational weekly research mtg, research/implement new software relevant to Communications Team needs. For assigned programs and processes, execute data collection and analysis to support continuous improvement, implement and maintain organizational records, develop professional organizational messaging.

Skills and Requirements:

  • Master's degree in the Life Sciences is required. PhD is preferred.
  • Previous experience with submission of scientific manuscripts or grant writing / editing is required.
  • Experience to include a minimum of 2-3 years of experience as a copy editor, proofreader, or technical writer
  • Experience in graphic arts is preferred.
  • Experience designing and running instructional workshops is preferred.
  • Fluency with Microsoft Office (including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel), Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and/or Photoshop), Adobe Acrobat, bibliographic software required.

If you are having difficulty in applying or if you have any questions, please contact Bri Copeland at 267-297-3280. ProClinical is a specialist employment agency and recruitment business, providing job opportunities within major pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies.

Proclinical Staffing is an equal opportunity employer.

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