Medical Editor

About the role

Klick's Science + Regulatory team, part of its Medical Craft, ensures scientific accuracy and regulatory compliance in healthcare communications. The Medical Editor reviews healthcare professional and patient-facing materials, scientific content, data and references, and supports compliant development of marketing materials. The role works with Medical Strategy, Creative, Project Management and Client Services, focusing on quality, efficiency, consistency across versions and readiness for the client's medical/legal/regulatory review.

Key responsibilities

• Edit, proofread and fact-check medical and patient-facing content for accuracy and readability using internal commenting software.
• Verify claims, data and citations against primary literature, guidelines and client-approved reference packages.
• Ensure regulatory guidelines are followed throughout the development of marketing assets.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to support medical/legal/regulatory review cycles.
• Prepare submission-ready materials such as annotated references, change logs and supporting documentation.
• Maintain version control and quality of content as it moves through creative and build stages.
• Maintain editorial standards (style guides, terminology lists, core claims, citation conventions) and guide project teams.

Required profile

• University degree in life sciences; advanced degree (MD, PhD, PharmD, MSc or equivalent) preferred.
• 1+ years of experience editing scientific information.
• Demonstrated line editing, copyediting and proofreading experience.
• Experience building and quality-checking references and annotations for evidence-based claims.
• Experience supporting review workflows, including documented change tracking, versioning and final deliverables.
• Ability to review and correct scientific data presentation (tables and figures).

Required skills

• Desired: working knowledge of promotional guidance (PAAB, OPDP/FDA, Health Canada).
• Desired: experience with document-control or review platforms (e.g. Veeva Vault, SharePoint).
• Desired: experience editing digital/omnichannel deliverables (web, email/CRM, social) with readability and accessibility considerations.
• Desired: agency or in-house medical communications experience supporting multiple brands, indications or concurrent timelines.
• Desired: comfort using AI regularly in the workflow.

The base salary is CAD 70,000 - 80,000 per year, depending on location, skills, education and experience. The posting is marked hybrid (#LI-Hybrid) and follows a standard application process, which may include two Predictive Index assessments.