Graduate Scientific Editorial Assistant

Job Location: Buckinghamshire
Job Salary: circa £20k upwards
Job Sectors: Science / Copy Editing / Scientific Editor / Biological Sciences / Biology / Graduate

An expanding Medical Education and Communications company is looking for graduates in the biological science sector to join their company as a Scientific Copy Editor. The company offers a great starting salary and benefits package and training is provided also.

Your responsibilities will include:

• ensuring the quality and accuracy of all materials produced
• fact-checking, proofreading, and commissioning content
• following processes and house style
• writing news and social media posts
• updating and managing databases
• uploading content onto our websites and laying out copy in InDesign.

Required skills and experience:

Essential:

• Life science degree (or higher) with an understanding of disease area terminology
• Excellent knowledge of grammar, punctuation, and spelling
• Excellent proofreading skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent time-management, project-management, and organisational skills.

Desirable:

• Medical communications or publications experience
• Experience of using InDesign
• Experience of online publishing, including use of:
  • content management systems
  • Google Analytics
  • social media.