Group Editorial Director
Haymarket Media, Inc. is seeking a Group Editorial Director to join the Haymarket Oncology team. This position is located in our New York, New York office.
Job Overview:
Haymarket Oncology includes Cancer Therapy Advisor, Oncology Nurse Advisor, Hematology Advisor, and Renal & Urology News. The Group Editorial Director is responsible for overseeing all digital and print publication processes to ensure the efficient use of staff resources contributing to the timely creation/production/curation of quality news and feature articles for a professional clinician audience (physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, etc.). Training, evaluation, and development of direct reports will be required. Proficiency with the Google suite of products and Workfront program management software desired.
The Group Editorial Director is expected to engage with the brand's audiences to ensure that their information and educational needs are being met through a wide variety of content types. In addition, this person will collaborate with other team members to recruit clinician contributors and to pitch and produce original digital content and ongoing features both ad hoc and around an editorial calendar to ensure internal and client expectations are met and exceeded. Occasional travel to professional medical conferences may be necessary.
Responsibilities:
- Supervise the execution of new content on each website appropriate for a professional clinician audience
- Manage a staff of medical editors, digital editors, and copyeditors
- Supervise budgets, expense accruals, and reporting
- Engage clinician authors/freelance writers to expand content offerings across the team
- Provide editorial support (editing long-form articles, writing news content, etc) during high-volume periods or as team coverage
- Establish and maintain editorial calendar; collaborate with multidisciplinary team to schedule workflow to meet timelines and priorities
- Maintain and develop a freelance editorial support team
- Implement departmental best practices for editorial quality and production efficiency
- Manage workloads and development of editorial staff
- Perform periodic quality checks that assess both content quality and user experience, implementing both content and website organization/structure changes as necessary
- Utilize analytical tools to monitor traffic and user behavior
- Represent brand at major medical meetings, as appropriate
- Participate in ongoing training and development sessions
Skills and Requirements:
- Skilled editorial director with experience in oncology preferred; would consider candidate with English/Journalism or Biological Sciences education with robust experience working in an editorial capacity in a medical communications/publishing/education environment
- Minimum 5 years’ related work experience in medical communications, medical publishing, or medical education (writing and editing content for a clinical audience, managing an editorial team) with staff management experience
- Knowledge of internet technologies; previous online experience preferred
- Experience with Google suite of products
- Experience working with WordPress or other content management systems
- Excellent reading comprehension, listening and analytical skills, oral and written communication skills, and familiarity with AMA style
- A successful record of handling multiple simultaneous projects and deadlines
- Experience as a strong team player who can work cross-functionally within an organization and follow through on all assigned tasks
- Knowledge of SEO best practices, social media and other digital promotional strategies
- Ability to use data analytic tools to inform content development and drive audience engagement
What We Offer:
- A competitive compensation package
- The salary range for this position is $120,000- $130,000. Compensation will be commensurate with experience, skill level, functional and/or industry knowledge, education level, certifications, as well as other qualifications.
- Paid annual vacation, holiday and sick time off
- Comprehensive health plans including medical, dental and vision
- Competitive 401(k) investment options and generous company matching program
- Life insurance
- Commuter benefits
- Employee referral awards
- Tuition reimbursement
- Work from anywhere option to ensure work life balance
- Training opportunities through industry-recognized programs
- A creative and passionate workplace and a fun, collaborative team environment
- Three Week “Work from Anywhere” benefit, to ensure work life balance
About Haymarket:
Haymarket has its heart and soul in publishing and media. Since the company was founded half a century ago, Haymarket has always prided itself on being a highly creative business, with an unrelenting focus on the quality of the products and the people. The philosophy has always been quite simple: only by having the highest quality individuals can you produce the highest quality products, combining the best in content, design, production and customer services. Globalization is opening up the world further and provides many opportunities for growth. Haymarket has offices around the world and many of the titles are now truly global brands. Haymarket serves a broad spread of business markets, from marketing to medicine to technology along with exhibitions and live events. Predicting the shape of the business in 3, 5, or 10 years is almost impossible; and the unpredictability is part of the appeal. Haymarket aims to be the perfect company to work with or for – we have the processes and attitude that ensure quality and consistency, and an entrepreneurial spirit that makes every day rewarding.
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