Location: London (Hybrid working)
Type: Full-time, Permanent
The Role
MMP is seeking a Junior Editorial Executive to join the team and support the development, maintenance and growth of our online video journal platforms. The ideal candidate is someone looking to start their career in digital medical publishing, and who is passionate about scientific content production right from its planning, through to its creation, publishing, promotion and impact analysis.
The Junior Editorial Executive’s main duties and responsibilities will be as follows:
- Producing high-quality written scientific content – this includes copy for videos, podcasts, articles, tweets, newsletters and interview guides, among other content
- Publishing of digital content
- Proofreading materials to ensure they are accurate, meet our in-house style and are scientifically sound
- Supporting the development and maintenance of editorial SOPs and guidelines
- Keeping MMP project folders, status reports and databases up to date, and updating the senior team on the progress of all projects on a regular basis
- Taking accurate notes in meetings and be distributing them to the internal team promptly
- Supporting congress attendance and coverage – this includes logistics, crew briefs, sourcing required information, liaising with experts, managing the interview schedule, and content planning, among other tasks
- Attending offsite congresses within the UK and abroad; interviewing HCPs
The successful candidate will likely have the following attributes:
- A life sciences degree (or similar qualifications considered)
- A passion for medical science and interest in the latest news in clinical research
- Experience writing scientific content
- Excellent writing and grammar, with great attention to detail
- Highly organised with good time-management skills
- A proactive attitude, ability to work efficiently independently
- Excellent communication skills
- Confident in the use of core technology applications (e.g. Microsoft Office)
- Keen to learn new digital skills, including video, podcast and article publishing, website management, newsletter creation, and social media channel marketing and management tools
The role is varied and challenging and will involve working with a range of stakeholders and systems. You will have the chance to work in an enthusiastic and truly collaborative environment. You should note that your duties and responsibilities are likely to evolve and that you may be required to undertake other duties from time to time as we may reasonably require. Employees will receive 25 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, as well as enrolment in the company pension plan. We are a friendly, sociable team, that celebrates and encourages individual as well as collaborative success
To apply please email your CV, covering letter and salary expectations to
[email protected]
