Content Editing Associate (Editorial Assistant)

Wolters Kluwer

Hagerstown, MD

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$35,000–$58,600 Per Year
SKILLS
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Communication Skills, Contact Management, Copy Editing, Detail Oriented, Editing, Graphics, Interviewing Skills, Organizational Skills, Project Tracking, Proofreading, Public/Media/Press/Analyst Relations, Publications, Reference Verification, Time Management, Tuition Fees
LOCATION
Hagerstown, MD
POSTED
1 day ago

Application :

Strongly recommend including a cover letter with your resume together in one document when applying.

Location :

Our offices are located in Waltham, MA, Hagerstown, MD, Indianapolis, IN, Kennesaw, GA, and Madison, WI.

Responsibilities :

We are searching for a Content Editing Associate to join our editorial team. The position requires an individual with very strong organization, communication, and time management skills, as well as someone with close attention to detail and excellent proofreading skills. Prior medical experience and medical knowledge are not required.

The main tasks of the Content Editing Associate are as follows:

  • Working closely with one or two physician deputy editors (DEs) to drive progress in an assigned medical specialty.

  • Maintaining frequent contact and developing relationships with external specialty authors, editors, and peer reviewers.

  • Carefully documenting content developments and workflows in the proper databases.

  • Ferrying content through the editorial process, including:

  • Styling and formatting original manuscripts

  • Reviewing and tracking graphics, and coordinating with Graphics and Permissions teams

  • Sending content to a variety of external contributors for review; setting deadlines and following up to ensure timely responses

  • Incorporating contributor revisions for specialty DEs to review

  • Proofreading, checking links and references, and finalizing topics and graphics for publication; ensuring content is error-free and consistent with UpToDate's style guidelines.

  • Addressing all editorial tasks in a timely manner.

  • Carefully tracking progress toward annual goals and providing accurate monthly reports to indicate completed and in-process work.

  • Preparing for and leading specialty meetings with DEs in order to review the current status of the specialty's pending items and discuss next steps.

Education:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Qualifications:

  • Excellent proofreading, communication, time management, and organization skills.

  • Editorial experience is a plus, but not necessary.

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.

Our Interview Practices

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we're getting to know you-not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

Compensation:

$35,000.00 - $58,600.00 USD

Compensation range listed is based on primary location of the position. Actual base salary offer is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skills, experience and actual hiring location. Your recruiter can share more information about the specific offer for the job location during the hiring process.

Additional Information:

Wolters Kluwer offers a wide variety of competitive benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including but not limited to: Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave. Full details of our benefits are available upon request.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Wolters Kluwer U. S. Corporation and all of its subsidiaries, divisions and customer/business units is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

About the Company

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Wolters Kluwer

At Wolters Kluwer, we excel at creating content solutions for use in a professional context in the fields of health, corporate services, finance, tax, accounting, law, regulation, and education. We are professionals serving professionals and are committed to delivering essential content, software, and services to help our customers make their most critical business decisions. Utilizing the latest in information technology, we ensure that our customers have the solutions they need, when they need them, and in the media best suited to their requirements. When we achieve this, we deliver on our goal of being the market leader in content in context.

Partners in Innovation
Wolters Kluwer professionals are continuously engaged in an ongoing exchange of expertise and ideas with our customers about their work. This partnership in innovation is at the heart of meeting our commitment to the lawyers, doctors, nurses, tax advisors, teachers, and business executives we serve. Knowledge of their professional workflows and the ability to apply emerging technologies to make them more efficient and productive are at the heart of this partnership.

Leading Positions and Brands
Strong market positions are very important to our business strategies at Wolters Kluwer, and we value the leading positions we hold in most of our markets. Across all of our markets, we own strong, enduring brands in North America such as Adis International, Aspen Publishers, Bankers Systems, CCH, ClineGuide, CT Corporation, Kluwer, Facts & Comparisons, IFI Claims, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Loislaw, Medi-Span, Ovid Technologiesand Skolar. These brands have promised and delivered high quality information for decades, and we are committed to continuing to do everything necessary to earn, retain, and expand leadership positions in our selected markets.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
1836
WEBSITE
http://wolterskluwer.com/