Medical Editor (Contract)

The Medical Editor supports scientific accuracy, clarity, and regulatory compliance across diverse healthcare communications. This role reviews healthcare professional and patient-facing materials, scientific content, reviews data and referencing for accuracy, and supports compliant development of marketing materials. The Medical Editor collaborates with multiple partners within the organization, including Medical Strategy, Creative, Project Management, and Client Services across multiple deliverables and timelines. Work focuses on measurable quality, efficient reviews, consistency across versions, and readiness for the client’s medical/legal/regulatory review. Work Term : 6-Month Contract What You’ll Do Edit, proofread, and fact-check medical and patient-facing content for accuracy and readability using internal commenting software. Verify claims, data, and citations using primary literature, guidelines, and client-approved reference packages. Ensure regulatory guidelines are followed throughout development of marketing assets. Partner with cross-functional internal teams to support medical/legal/regulatory review cycles. Prepare submission-ready materials (annotated references, change logs, supporting documentation) aligned to applicable review requirements. Ensure version control and quality of content as marketing assets move through the creative and build stages. Maintain editorial standards (style guides, terminology lists, core claims, citation conventions) and provide editorial guidance to project teams. Required: University degree in life sciences, advanced degree preferred (MD, PhD, PharmD, MSc, or equivalent), plus 1+ years experience in editing scientific information. Demonstrated experience in line editing, copyediting, and proofreading. Experience building and quality-checking references/annotations for evidence-based claims. Experience in support of review workflows, including documented change tracking, versioning, and preparing final deliverables. Ability to review and correct scientific data presentation (tables/figures) and ensure consistency within and/or across materials. Desired: Comfort and enthusiasm for using AI as a regular part of how work gets done. Working knowledge of promotional guidance (e.g., PAAB, OPDP/FDA, Health Canada). Experience with document-control or review platforms (e.g., Veeva Vault, SharePoint). Experience editing digital/omnichannel deliverables (web, email/CRM, social) with readability and accessibility considerations. Agency or in-house medical communications experience supporting multiple brands, indications, or concurrent timelines. This posting is for an existing vacancy at Klick. The base salary for this position will be CAD 70,000 - 80,000 per year, determined based on several factors such as a candidate’s work location, their unique skill set, education, and prior work experience. #LI-LP1 #LI-Hybrid Our Commitment to Inclusion Klick is consciously creating a culture where everyone can thrive and grow in their careers. We believe that our best work comes from our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented communities to apply, including Black people, Indigenous peoples, and other people of color, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities. We're also committed to developing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. Should you require any accommodation, please contact us at View email address on creativetechgigs.com and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs and ensure you have a positive experience. The Klick Group— comprising Klick Health (including Oxford PharmaGenesis, Klick Katalyst, and btwelve), Klick Media, Klick Applied Sciences (including Klick Labs), and Klick Consulting—is an ecosystem dedicated help life sciences brands achieve their full potential through best-in-class marketing and advertising, media, medical affairs and communications, market access, real-world evidence, and technology and analytics consulting — powered by 500+ in-house medical experts and award-winning data science and AI capabilities. Founded in 1997, we have offices in Toronto, New York, Oxford, London, Cambridge, Cardiff, Melbourne, Philadelphia, Saratoga Springs, São Paulo, and Singapore. One of the most-awarded health agencies on the planet, Klick is consistently recognized for its people-first culture as a Great Place to Work, Best Workplace for Women, Best Workplace for Inclusion, Most Admired Corporate Culture, and FORTUNE Best Workplace in Advertising. Klick also recently made history as Cannes Lions Healthcare Agency of the Year, Healthcare Network of the Year, and Independent Agency of the Year – Health. About our Science + Regulatory team Our Science + Regulatory team, as part of Klick's Medical Craft, is pivotal in ensuring the highest standards of scientific accuracy and regulatory compliance in healthcare communications. This dedicated group of medical editors and regulatory affairs experts meticulously reviews every piece of content, ensuring it aligns with industry regulations and meets high quality standards for medically accurate information. By joining this team, you will be part of a culture that values excellence and supports the advancement of medical marketing through evidence-based strategies and communications.