Company Overview

Innovit is searching for content savvy (website, blog content, eBook, product overview) writer who can edit our in-house content weekly.

This is a flexible, remote, work-from-anywhere role. contract position around 20 hours per month.

You must have impeccable writing skills. Eagle eyes and OCD grammarians welcome!

As a large proportion of our team resides in the US, the successful candidate must support US time zones on a long-term basis. Experience working within a fully remote environment is preferred.

Innovit simplifies the process of managing, validating and exchanging trusted product data to enable regulatory compliance, reduce procurement spend and ensure patient safety.

With over 20 years of experience in master data management and regulatory compliance, Innovit enables companies to easily share validated product data at a much lower cost.  We have a proven track record in delivering ‘globally scalable’ product data management systems that enable Medical Device suppliers and Healthcare Providers to meet compliance deadlines, promote patient & consumer safety, while increasing supply chain efficiencies.

Operating since 2000, Innovit is based in San Francisco with offices in London and Sydney, serving customers across the Healthcare and Life Science supply chains, such as Mayo Clinic, South Australia Health, Southern Cross Hospitals, 3M, Abbott, Arthrex, Ascensia Diabetes, B. Braun, Bio-Rad, Molnlycke, ThermoFisher, Zimmer Biomet.

Position Overview

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF ROLE

Innovit is searching for content savvy (website, blog content, eBook, product overview) writer who can edit our in-house content weekly.

This is a flexible, remote, work-from-anywhere role. contract position around 20 hours per month.

You must have impeccable writing skills. Eagle eyes and OCD grammarians welcome!

As a large proportion of our team resides in the US, the successful candidate must support US time zones on a long-term basis. Experience working within a fully remote environment is preferred.

Key Objectives

OBJECTIVES:

• Oversee and manage the voice quality of the content produced by the business and ensure all Innovit content maintains a high standard in quality, which will be identified with the business’s brand.
• Proofread and edit material through their various stages all the way from conceptualization to their publication including final design review and website layout ensuring consistency of quality, style, and content.
• Ensure digital deliverables contain error-free content that renders and functions correctly across a range of desktop and mobile platforms.
• Oversee final QA and delivery of high-quality editing of both online and offline marketing content.

Responsibilities

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Understand, know and follow our detailed content editing guidelines.
• Be able to judge good vs. poor content accurately.
• Catch and stop typos before they get to a client.
• Look for grammar, SEO, client/topic/brand name usage for accuracy.
• Edits for content, sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and spelling. Verifies spelling, capitalization and abbreviations for all medical and scientific terms.
• Reads for context, querying sentences and terms that are unclear and flagging inconsistencies and discrepancies.
• Ensures the quality of editing and formatting is maintained at a near-perfect standard for all documents being edited.
• Consults with authors and works collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Compiles, formats, and assembles special projects.
• Approves content once it’s been designed in a PDF.
• Review all digital content and layout and ensure look and feel meet our design standards.

Skills and Cultural Requirements

ESSENTIAL TECHNICAL SKILLS: You must have the following technical capabilities:

• Excellent editorial and writing skills, attention to detail and a fondness for words.
• Comprehensive knowledge of English grammar and usage.
• Completes assignments by deadline; communicates with team members proactively, effectively and collegially.
• Strong Microsoft Word skills and knowledge of the advanced functions of Word templates and styles. Familiarity with table formatting, bookmarking and hyperlinking
• Well organized and adaptable. Able to prioritize in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, with frequent interruptions and shifting priorities.
• High attention to detail and regard for organization.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• An understanding of healthcare terminology and familiarity with regulatory and compliance documentation is a plus.

PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES: You must have these professional traits:

• Self-starter who is detail-oriented and comfortable with changing opportunities
• Goal-oriented and entrepreneurial-minded with a strong drive to excel
• Minimum 5+ years of professional writing experience
• Experience with Microsoft programs
• Experience writing for an online audience