BMJ Hiring for Digital Content Editor X2 at India Full Time

Position: Digital Content Editor X2

Contract: Permanent

Salary: 8,000 – 9,000 INR

Start date: ASAP

Application Closing Date: Tuesday 14th June 2022

BMJ is seeking two experienced copy editors to join our Production Team as Digital Content Editor. The role will support BMJ’s clinical improvement business, which includes our flagship clinical decision support tool BMJ Best Practice. BMJ Best Practice helps healthcare professionals and students around the world with step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention

You will also be responsible for ensuring the digital and textual integrity of our content. Working with the Head of Production, you will copy edit our content to ensure that published material is clear, concise and compatible with product style. You will be acutely aware of the intricacies of dealing with medical copy.

To be a successful candidate, you will be highly skilled and knowledgeable in copy editing complex medical content. You will have previous experience in working in content management systems, and have some understanding how XML works.

To successfully fulfil the role, you will be fluent in both American and British English (and understand the differences between them)

Responsibilities

• Engage with colleagues to ensure the copy editing runs to schedule

• Interact with editors to ensure content message is maintained through any editing

• Deliver perfectly copy edited content to ensure that published material is clear, concise, consistent, accurate, and compatible with product style

• Champion stylistic aspects of Best Practice content

• Lead on manipulating, copy editing, and formatting digital content, ensuring that technical integrity is maintained

Qualifications

• At least 3 years as a medical copy editor

• Educated in biomedical science at degree level

• Experience working in medical publishing

• Experience of copy editing complex material to deadlines

• High attention to detail and ability to concentrate for long periods

• Excellent grammar, spelling and English (both British and US) language skills

• Comfortable working with digital data formats such as XML, HTML

• Familiarity with digital systems including good working knowledge of at least one content management system (CMS)

• Able to communicate well with editorial, clinical, scientific, technical, business and production staff

• Proven organisational skills, a team player, and highly motivated

Why should you apply?

BMJ is a global healthcare knowledge provider with a vision for a healthier world. We share knowledge and expertise to improve healthcare outcomes.

You may know us as the publisher of one of the world’s most cited general medical journals, The BMJ. We also publish over 70 specialty journals, many of which are the most influential titles in their field.

We also offer digital professional development courses and clinical decision support tools to help medical institutions and clinicians tackle today’s most critical healthcare challenges.

Evidence underpins everything we do – it’s what makes us one of the world’s most trusted knowledge providers. And the figures speak for themselves. More than 50 million users from over 150 countries access our websites every year.

BMJ is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association (BMA), with nearly 500 employees worldwide. Our head office is located within the Grade II listed BMA House in Euston, London, with more offices in China, India, North America, and Wales.

At BMJ we take equal opportunities very seriously, diversity and inclusion are more than just words, they are an organisational priority. We are building a culture where everyone feels able to bring their full, authentic selves to work. We encourage applications from under-represented groups and we are a Disability Confident Committed employer.

You will be able to join any of our employee-led networks focusing on: Gender, Cultural Diversity, Sexual Orientation, Mental Health and Well-being, Parents and Carers and Age.

ID: 2022-1420

Salary: 8,000 -9,000 INR

Post End Date: 13/06/2022