• Job Description

  Req#: 23-7479

  Company Description

  At Razorfish Health, we are fueling the practice of modern medicine. We have a deep commitment to science, technology, and innovation to help health care providers and patients make better connections for better outcomes. Our focus is on future trends and disruptors that will shape how medicine is practiced today, creating a healthier tomorrow.

  While you’ll join RFH, this Pfizer position is part of an exciting new team called Publicis CoLab. Publicis CoLab is a fully integrated, cross-discipline team that provides best-in-class services in a fluid and modular way. With our clients at the center, we create brand movement at the speed of people’s lives by connecting real-time data with world-class creative, content, and media in service of growth and ROI.

  Publicis CoLab is a “power of one” solution, encompassing data, media, and production. By drawing from across the vast Publicis Groupe network, we are uniquely positioned to deliver innovation and specialized skills to our clients, as well as enriching opportunities and inclusive benefits to our employees. We pride ourselves on combining the energetic atmosphere of a startup company with the stability and experience of a global leader.

  Job Description

  The Associate Director manages the daily workflow of multiple brands within the Editorial department and a team of editors. They are an independent leader, supervised by the VP, Director. In addition to copy editing and fact checking, they manage the ins and outs of their editorial brand team; they mentor and train editors; manage deadlines and expectations; delegate workload; participate as a member of the larger brand team; oversee supplemental staffing; manage launches, and ensure that editing and fact checking within their brands is consistent and accurate. They also oversee the upkeep of brand style guides.

  The right candidate will have substantive healthcare marketing experience, strong management experience, fluency with AMA style, the ability to multitask, work under deadlines, and manage high volume workflow. Communication skills, the ability to assess large workflows, and appropriate delegation of tasks is imperative to being successful in this position. Launch and label update experience is a must. They will feel comfortable working on print and digital copy and be able to work with various client/brand style guides.

  The Associate Director should feel comfortable working in a deadline-oriented environment, be flexible with schedule, and able to problem solve without jeopardizing accuracy. Thinking outside the box is sometimes necessary and being able to proactively come up with solutions with the larger team is an asset to management.

  DO YOU…

  • Want to lead a team of editors on multiple initiatives?
  • Strive for consistency and accuracy?
  • Have the ability to multitask with your eyes closed?
  • Live and breathe AMA style?
  • Understand clinical language in a way that can be explained to both HCPs and consumers?

  If you’ve been nodding your head in agreement through these bullets, you may be exactly who we are looking for.

  ABOUT THE EDITORIAL TEAM

  As a member of the Editorial department, you’ll be surrounded by the most accuracy-driven and eagle-eyed editors that pharmaceutical advertising has to offer. From conception to execution and everywhere in between, the editorial team is involved in the reviews of brand initiatives and works as part of the core team to see a project to completion. All editors, regardless of seniority, are responsible for copy editing, proofreading, and fact checking on a daily basis. We work in a team dynamic, where silos are broken down and sharing of information is encouraged.

  RESPONSIBILITIES
  

  Editorial/Hands-on Work

  • Manage editorial team and support them with copy editing, proofreading, and fact checking clinical copy for multiple brands
  • Work with editorial team to ensure consistency across initiatives
  • Delegate work appropriately and review to ensure team is being consistent in edits
  • Supervise upkeep of multiple brand style guides
  • Daily check-ins and relaying of information to the team
  • Upkeep of the editorial workload tracker and supervise upkeep by direct reports
  • Ability to understand staffing allocations and visual upcoming workflow
  • Attend brand status meetings, kickoffs, and allocation meetings

  Management

  • Assign team editors who are best suited for each project based on ability and workload
  • Manage workload to maximize productivity of the editorial team, ensuring that everyone is busy and billable
  • Allocate weekly the hours needed by your team to get the work done; ensure appropriate staffing and engage/manage supplemental staffing, if needed
  • Collaborate and communicate with editorial and larger brand team
  • Thrive under pressure in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment
  • Multitask and prioritize deliverables based on deadline
  • Delegate work to appropriate editors; help them prioritize
  • Participate in status meetings as editorial representative
  • Attend kickoff meetings – speak to editorial milestones and negotiate timing with PM
  • Work with the VP, Director of Editorial, to ensure editorial brand teams are operating efficiently
  • Manage reviews and professional growth of direct reports

  Leadership

  • Become the editorial voice for your accounts
  • Ensure editorial and routing process is being correctly followed by all disciplines
  • Roll out important process updates to brand teams
  • Develop good relationships with your larger brand team
  • Work with Project Management to ensure deadlines are realistic
  • Work with Editorial Management to address performance, workflow, and quality issues
  • Lead the editorial team in launches or general work initiatives
  • Assure that all editors (full time and freelance) are trained and, where needed, mentored to maintain the standards and expectations of the agency and the client, and to meet their own career goals

  Qualifications

  QUALIFICATIONS

  • A veteran in the industry, with at least 10+ years’ agency experience and at least 7 years’ experience managing editors
  • BA degree (Advertising, Communications, Fine Arts, or related field preferred – medical background with a very strong interest and love for grammar and copy editing a plus!)
  • A proven track record of leadership and getting your hands dirty with copy editing and fact checking projects on a daily basis
  • Familiarity with and comfort comprehending medical subject matter
  • Experience using Adobe Acrobat and ProofHQ to proofread, copyedit, and fact check

  All candidates will be tested on AMA knowledge prior to moving forward with an interview.

  Additional Information

  Compensation Range: $98,500 - $165,500 annullay. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off.

  About Publicis Health

  Publicis Health is the world’s premier health-oriented agency network. A division of Publicis Groupe, Publicis Health manages top-tier agencies specializing in promoting innovative solutions in advertising, digital, branding, message delivery, market access, and medical communications. Publicis Health’s mission is to be the indispensable force for health and wellness business transformation through the alchemy of creativity and technology—for good.

  With more than 5,000 employees around the world, Publicis Health manages 18 agency brands through 40 offices located in seven countries. Publicis Health brands include Digitas Health, Discovery USA, Heartbeat, in-sync, Langland, Maxcess Managed Markets, Payer Sciences, PDI, PlowShare Group, Publicis Health Media, Publicis LifeBrands, Publicis Resolute, Publicis Touchpoint Solutions, Razorfish Health, Real Science, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness, Tardis Medical Consultancy, and Verilogue.

  
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  Not all applicants will be contacted. Publicis Health is an equal opportunity employer. No vendor/agency solicitation please.

• About the company

  Publicis Groupe is the third largest communications group in the world, a leader in marketing, communication and digital business transformation. As a platform at the intersection of marketing and digital business transformation, driven through the alchemy of creativity and technology, Publicis Groupe is built on The Power of One.

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