Assistant Editor

Job Details

Job Location

Corporate Headquarters - Plymouth Meeting, PA

Remote Type

Fully Remote

Position Type

Full Time

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree Required

Travel Percentage

0%

Job Shift

Day

Job Category

Publications

Description

WHY CHOOSE ECRI?

Benefits

ECRI is an inspiring place to work. We share a common mission to help healthcare organizations make smart, compassionate, and ethical decisions for patients. Consider these additional benefits of joining the ECRI team:

• Industry leadership: We have a long history and proven reputation in patient safety and medical technology research.
• On-the-job-learning: You will have the opportunity to work with specialists across medical science, patient care, healthcare management, and technology.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits: We offer medical, dental, vision, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, and disability coverage.
• Retirement Savings: Our employees can participate in an employer-matching 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan.
• Additional benefits: ECRI offers additional benefits to our employees, including paid time off and holiday pay, paid leave for parents, tuition assistance, employee assistance program, access to LinkedIn Learning, and other voluntary benefit programs (e.g. accident insurance, identify theft insurance, flexible spending accounts).
• Volunteer Program: ECRI Cares, our employee volunteer program, provides a framework for us to work together and make a difference in the lives of others. All employees are provided 16 hours annually of paid time to volunteer at preapproved ECRI Cares charities during normal business hours.
  
  

About Ecri

At ECRI, our passion for safe, effective, and efficient care is ingrained into the fabric of who we are and why we are here. For more than 50 years, the people of ECRI have been unyielding in their work to protect patients from unsafe and ineffective medical technologies and practices. Now, with the acquisition of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), we have created one of the largest healthcare quality and safety entities in the world.

As a non-profit, independent organization, we utilize an unbiased, evidence-based approach to develop guidance, and maintain our principles of integrity and transparent work. Our ethical standards have led us to adopt the industry's strictest conflict-of-interest policies, and they are why tens of thousands of healthcare leaders worldwide rely on ECRI to guide their clinical, operational, and strategic decisions across all sites of care.

The Most Trusted Voice in Healthcare

ECRI Is Proud To Serve The Healthcare Industry, From Providers And Insurers To Government Agencies, And Medical Associations. Our Areas Of Focus Include

• Patient Safety: empowering leaders to eliminate patient harm through the dissemination of best practices, guidance, benchmarking, and recommendations.
• Evidence-Based Medicine: providing clinical evidence to inform and support decisions on the effectiveness of medical technologies, procedures, genetic tests, and clinical practice guidelines.
• Technology Decision Support: arming hospital systems with unbiased insights, so they can optimize their supply chain.
  
  

ECRI is the only organization worldwide to conduct independent medical device evaluations, with labs located in North America and Asia Pacific. ECRI is designated an Evidence-based Practice Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and a federally certified Patient Safety Organization by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

At ECRI, our passion for the truth drives us to go further and dig deeper in our pursuit to advance effective, evidence-based healthcare globally.

The success of our organization relies on the kind of creative thinking that can only result from a diverse team of individuals. ECRI is proud to be an employer of choice with an inclusive environment for all employees. As part of this goal and in compliance with various laws and regulations, ECRI provides reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees.

It's what makes ECRI unique, and why we are the most trusted voice in healthcare.

Position Summary

In consultation with Director and Managing Editor, the Assistant Editor will update, revise, enhance, and produce content for digital publications, products, and services. They will contribute as needed to other company-wide publications and services and collaborate with other ECRI groups as needed. The Assistant Editor must ensure timeliness, quality, and accuracy of work product. They must also foster ECRI’s mission in fulfilling job duties.

Essential Functions

Reasonable Accommodation Statement:

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactory. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions

• Update, revise, enhance, and produce content for publications and services including, but not limited to e-news products and articles
• Assist with document preparation as appropriate by fact-checking, light copyediting, and formatting.
• Submit documents and manage editorial workflows for content review, copyediting, and production
• Build new member pages, including content tagging and managing publishing workflows
• Review digital pages for adherence to ECRI editorial and website style guides.
• Publish to member websites and create and post Word/PDF/XLS deliverables
• Quality control of ECRI member pages; resolve problems with Managing Editor and Director of Publications
• Act as liaison to publication staff and all support services, including subject matter experts, marketing/communications, and media services.
• Submit visualization needs to Media Services
• Support new work practices as digital publication develops and evolves.
• Maintain milestone logs to track progress and aid in time management and organization
• Meet deadlines, manage multiple tasks simultaneously, interact with different departments, and work independently
  
  

Participate in departmental editorial and group meetings as well as other ECRI meetings as requested.

Additional Responsibilities

Other duties as assigned.

Accountability Metrics

Completion of assigned tasks by deadline

Timely communication with all project participants throughout publication process.

Qualifications

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Experience

2 to 3 years experience in digital production processes preferred

Must have the ability to prioritize work, set expectations, problem solve and work in a deadline-oriented environment.

Excellent communication, organization, and follow-through skills; as well as attention to detail

Must have the ability to work independent as well as within a group

Must have an interest and ability to acquire additional skills as needed.

Education

Experience with content management systems is preferred.

Degree in English, journalism, or related field.

Computer Skills

Proficient with Microsoft Office 365 Suite of Products (e.g., Excel, Word and PowerPoint).

Certifications And Licenses

N/A

This position operates in a remote environment and requires the individual to remain in a stationary position, whether sitting or standing, before a desk or other fixed workspace, most of their workday. In addition, this position requires the individual to occasionally move about their workspace to access and inspect work-related materials, such as file cabinets with physical files and standard office equipment. This position requires the ability to operate standard office equipment, including, but not limited to, a laptop, keyboard, mouse, webcam, and phone, as well as effectively communicate information and ideas to a wide variety of audiences in written and oral form.

ADA STATEMENT

ECRI is committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status. We value diversity and believe that a diverse workforce enhances our ability to succeed. ECRI complies with applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and prohibits any form of discrimination or harassment based on these protected characteristics.

EEO STATEMENT

ECRI is committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status. We value diversity and believe that a diverse workforce enhances our ability to succeed. ECRI complies with applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and prohibits any form of discrimination or harassment based on these protected characteristics.