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Editorial Assistant, Online publisher
Posted: July 19, 2010 

Short Description:

This is a great opportunity to gain experience in the publishing industry.

Duties and Responsibilities:

UpToDate, Inc, a subscription-based medical information resource, seeks full-time entry-level Editorial Assistant to work in dynamic office of fast-growing company. Strong organizational and time management skills, a sharp eye for detail, and excellent proofreading skills necessary.

The main tasks of the Editorial Assistant (EA) are to:

- Work in tandem with in-house physician editors to drive progress in an assigned medical specialty

- Contact and develop relationships with authors and editors; maintain communication to ensure that deadlines are met

- Maintain editorial databases through careful and thorough logging of information

- Ferry manuscripts through the editorial process, including style editing, proofreading, and sending revised versions to external editors/reviewers

- Work with others in the editorial department to get content finalized and reviewed before each publication deadline

- Maintain specialty and departmental goals on a monthly and yearly basis

Required Experience:

Bachelor's degree required. Editorial internship or medical interest a plus.

Salary/Hours:

We offer competitive compensation and outstanding benefits including bonus, health and 401(k) plans and a casual work environment.

Direct Application To:

Send resume and cover letter with salary requirement to: UpToDate, Inc., 95 Sawyer Rd, Waltham, MA 02453, Attn: Editorial Dept., or email to hr@uptodate.com with the job code EA in the subject line.

No phone calls, please.

Fax:
(781) 642-8867

Email: hr@uptodate.com

Visit UpToDate on the web:
http://www.uptodate.com