Medical Editor
EVERSANA · Chicago, Illinois
Posted Oct 6, 2026 · Verified open Oct 9, 2026
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WHAT DOES A MEDICAL EDITOR DO?
The Medical Editor is responsible for a range of editorial services, including medical editing, copyediting, proofreading and claim (fact) checking of digital and print pharmaceutical advertising materials, internal and external presentations and corporate communications. A Medical Editor understands the project lifecycle of pharmaceutical advertising tactics and promotes editorial consistency and FDA compliance during this cycle through the ownership of an assigned brand(s).
The Medical Editor serves as a brand’s main editorial voice and demonstrates how to successfully complete editing, claim checking and submission tasks for a variety of clients and brands. They also play an integral role in creating, maintaining and communicating brand style guidelines.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Our employees are tasked with delivering excellent business results through the efforts of their teams. These results are achieved by:
- Provide medical editing, copyediting, proofreading, and claim (fact) checking for digital and print pharmaceutical advertising materials.
- Edit and review internal and external presentations and corporate communications.
- Ensure editorial consistency and FDA compliance throughout the project lifecycle.
- Own the editorial process for assigned brand(s).
- Serve as the main editorial voice for the brand(s).
- Successfully complete editing, claim checking, and submission tasks for various clients and brands.
- Create, maintain, and communicate brand style guidelines.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Stay updated on industry standards and regulatory requirements.
- Support the development and implementation of editorial best practices.
- Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.
- All other duties as assigned
- WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
- MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- The requirements listed below are representative of the experience, education, knowledge, skill and/or abilities required.
- Thorough knowledge of current AMA style; experience with medical/regulatory/legal reviews and familiarity with FDA requirements for drug promotion preferred.
- Proactive, independent and able to perform literature searches and understand journal articles/medically related literature.
- Experienced in Adobe Acrobat Professional, Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Extremely detail oriented, thorough and accurate.
- Digitally savvy with excellent verbal, written, organizational, time-management and problem-solving skills.
- Proven experience managing rapidly shifting priorities and deadlines in high-pressure situations.
EVERSANA INTOUCH® is a global, full-service marketing agency network serving the life sciences industry, and is the first – and only – agency network to be part of a fully integrated commercialization platform through EVERSANA®. We provide next-generation creative and media services, enterprise solutions and data analytics services for clients.
We get fired up when people talk about getting—and staying—healthy. That’s where we find our inspiration: in the very human experiences of patients, doctors, and even each other. Then, we collaborate on ways to make caring for one’s health more achievable, connecting patients and physicians with the information and tools they need.
We embrace diversity in backgrounds and experiences. Improving patient lives around the world is a priority, and we need people from all backgrounds and swaths of life to help build the future of the healthcare and the life sciences industry. We believe our people make all the difference in cultivating an inclusive culture that embraces our cultural beliefs.