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The Bridge Consultancy
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Amersham, Buckinghamshire
Editorial Team Lead
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Salary: £45,000 per annum |
Overview
A successful award-winning healthcare communications agency has an exciting opportunity for an Editorial Team Lead or possibly a Senior Medical Writer who's looking for a bit of a new challenge, to join its award-winning Editorial team. This unit creates global communication programmes to assist many of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. Our client is recognised as one of the leading agencies in this field and has achieved international recognition for its creative work. The company is based in offices in Amersham and handles campaigns for some of the biggest brands from some of the best-known pharmaceutical companies in the world. We are looking for an Editorial Team Lead to join a dedicated group within their busy creative department. The role will require the writer to continue to write for around 50% of their time, but in the remaining time they would lead the evolution development and management of the editorial team which is currently a mix of around 9 writers and editors of different seniorities. We see this as a great opportunity for an experienced writer who wants to develop their role and has a flair for team leadership. Our writing team in particular remains is still in growth phase, and increasing the size and capability of this team together with our ability to swell capacity with a good freelance capacity is essential here. Brief synopsis of the qualities required for the Editorial Team Lead role:- Establishing a team identity for the editorial group Looks for ways to help the team work together acknowledging different roles and skill sets Is the obvious 'flag bearer’ for the editorial team Inspires trust from the team Delegates effectively up and down Developing, implementing and monitoring QC and writing process Ensures that effective QC and writing processes are developed Delegates process development to editing and writing teams Is aware of how the processes are working in practice Reviews practices and ensures any necessary modifications are identified and implemented Developing roles and opportunities Works with the Editorial team to identify general development needs/updates Ensures introductory training plans and mentoring are in place Recommends adaptations to the structure of the editorial team and working practices Managing internal and freelance resources Ensures that internal resources are used effectively to spread workload across the company Keeps an up to date list of preferred freelancers based on feedback from EAs and writers Builds a positive rapport with key freelancers Is involved and advises on recruitment needs and decisions Finance management Ensures that processes are in place to capture and bill editorial work including freelance use Has an overview of the financial contribution/viability of the Editorial Team to the business If this is you, please get in touch as we are really looking for an ace candidate for this role.