HealthCentral

Editor

HealthCentral
Posted 10/20/2026full-timeRemote • New York • United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in editing and writing consumer health content, with a strong focus on translating complex medical information into accessible guidance. Proficient in managing freelance contributors and utilizing audience insights to enhance content engagement across various digital formats.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Digital Editorial ExperienceStrong Editing SkillsContent Management SystemsAudience Insights and AnalyticsFreelance Writer Management

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Edit consumer health content addressing audience needs, including symptoms, diagnoses, treatments, and everyday life
  • Build coordinated content experiences across web, newsletters, social, video, and audio
  • Integrate DROPS and MedFluencers where relevant to the consumer audience journey
  • Translate complex medical information into clear, accessible, actionable guidance while preserving accuracy and nuance
  • Incorporate patient voices and lived experience alongside clinical expertise
  • Manage freelance writers and expert contributors through briefs, feedback, and quality standards
  • Coordinate medical review, fact-checking, sourcing, and revisions
  • Review and update existing content to improve coverage, fill gaps, and connect readers with next steps
  • Pitch, assign, and occasionally write consumer health content
  • Contribute to editorial plans and monthly tentpoles with social, newsletter, video, and audio teams
  • Use audience research, search insights, and performance data to inform assignments and improve engagement
  • Manage assignments, deadlines, and production costs using shared planning tools and workflows

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 5+ years of digital editorial experience, preferably in consumer health, wellness, or service journalism
  • Strong editing and writing skills
  • Ability to make complex health topics understandable and relevant to a general audience
  • Experience assigning and editing freelance writers and managing multiple deadlines
  • Sound editorial judgment and a rigorous approach to medical accuracy, sourcing, and fact-checking
  • Empathetic approach to covering health conditions, treatment decisions, and patient experiences
  • Familiarity with digital audience development, including search, newsletters, social distribution, and content performance
  • Ability to use audience insights and analytics to improve content
  • Strong organizational and collaboration skills
  • Interest in working across written, video, audio, and social formats
  • Experience with content management systems and editorial planning tools
  • Curiosity about emerging technologies and responsible uses of AI in editorial workflows

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace
  • No requirement to purchase equipment as a condition of employment
  • No paperwork required prior to an offer being extended within the Paylocity system

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Hard Skills
Content EditingMedical AccuracyFact-CheckingContent DevelopmentAudience ResearchWriting SkillsHealth CommunicationEditorial JudgmentContent Performance AnalysisDigital Content Strategy
Soft Skills
Organizational SkillsCollaboration SkillsEmpathyCuriosity
Tools & Technologies
Editorial Planning ToolsContent Management SystemsDigital Distribution Platforms
Industry Keywords
Consumer HealthWellness JournalismService JournalismPatient ExperienceEmerging TechnologiesAI in Editorial Workflows