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Job Title:  Editorial Assistant - Healthcare
Posting Start Date:  09/07/2025
Job Description: 

Editorial Assistant

Reports to Senior/Principal Editorial Coordinator/Editorial Manager

Location: UK

 

Job Summary

Working under the supervision of senior colleagues, providing high-quality editorial and administrative support across a range of client deliverables and accounts.

 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

  • Providing day-to-day support on all types of editorial projects

  • Providing accurate and timely database management and support (Datavision, iEnvision, Veeva, etc)

  • Ensuring that quality control is paramount across all materials produced by OPEN Health

  • Collaborating with appropriate members of the OPEN Health team (medical & scientific, client and creative services) on a wide range of projects

  • Ensuring awareness of editorial processes, such as booking and briefing of work, and estimated timelines/budgets for all job types

  • Flagging potential time or budget issues and out of scope work as required to line manager or resource coordinator

  • Developing an understanding of various therapy areas and client brands

  • Keeping abreast of all relevant industry guidelines

  • Participating in internal status meetings, and external meetings where required

  • Participating in brainstorms and internal team discussions

  • Submitting accurate and timely timesheets

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

  • Motivation, passion and dedication

  • Educated to degree level in Life Sciences or English Language

  • Very good attention to detail

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

  • Strong interpersonal skills with the confidence to liaise and build relationships with multiple stakeholders

  • Good time management and organizational skills with the ability to multitask, prioritize workload and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

  • Basic competency in PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, Adobe

  • Basic database competency (eg Datavision, iEnvision, Veeva) desirable

  • Basic understanding of the purpose/aims of healthcare marketing/communications

Travel Requirements    

  • As required by business needs
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About OPEN Health

OPEN Health unites deep scientific knowledge with wide-ranging specialist expertise to unlock possibilities that improve health outcomes and patient wellbeing. Working in partnership with our clients, we embrace our different perspectives and strengths to deliver fresh thinking and solutions that make a difference. 

OPEN Health is a flexible global organization that solves complex healthcare challenges across HEOR and market access, medical communications and creative omnichannel campaigns. 

What we offer:

As a global organization, OPEN Health is committed to supporting our employees and their families through a comprehensive benefits program

·      Competitive pay, generous paid vacation, holidays and more, across all our locations

·      Ongoing training and development opportunities which foster and shape your individual career path

An active and growing commitment to bettering the communities our employees call home through our Corporate Social Responsibility program

The opportunity to thrive in a global, collaborative environment while working every day to improve health outcomes and patient well being

Diverse, inclusive culture that encourages you to bring your whole self to work

If we sound like the sort of business environment in which you would thrive, then we would love to hear from you.

OPEN Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, colour, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.