Health Content Writer/Editor

Responsibilities

• Support the medical and health content of Arthritis Today magazine, including planning and assigning medical-related articles, working with freelance writers and medical experts, and editing for accuracy, clarity and health literacy.
• Lead the annual update and production of the print Drug Guide and maintain the online Drug Guide on arthritis.org.
• Proactively monitor the drug pipeline, FDA actions, research and arthritis-related medical news; flag significant developments and produce timely relevant content.
• Partner with the Science team to translate research and scientific meeting coverage, such as the ACR annual meeting, into accessible content for patient audiences.
• Collaborate with the Advocacy team to develop patient-facing content on policy and access-to-care issues.
• Write, update and optimize health content for arthritis.org in support of the Foundation’s SEO/GEO (search and AI-answer optimization) content strategy.
• Coordinate and strengthen the medical review process for health content, in partnership with the Science team and volunteer medical experts.
• Ensure all health content is accurate, well sourced, written in plain language and consistent with AP Style and Foundation standards.
• Serve as an editorial resource to colleagues across the Foundation on drug, treatment and medical-accuracy questions.
• Use Foundation-approved AI tools responsibly and in accordance with the Foundation’s Artificial Intelligence Policy.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, English, communications, life sciences, public health or a related field, or equivalent experience, plus a minimum of 5–7 years of professional medical/health writing and editing experience.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret clinical research, drug labeling and FDA communications, and to translate complex medical information into clear, accurate content for consumer audiences.
• Experience assigning and editing content from freelance writers and subject matter experts, including managing medical review.
• Proven ability to work independently as an editorial authority on health content and to engage physicians, scientists and senior stakeholders with confidence.
• Experience owning a recurring publication or reference product from planning through production.
• Experience writing and optimizing web content using SEO best practices; familiarity with generative engine optimization (GEO) a plus.
• Exceptional writing, editing and fact-checking skills; command of AP Style and familiarity with the AMA Manual of Style.
• Ability to work collaboratively with interdependent teams to accomplish results.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple streams of work simultaneously, and setting and meeting deadlines.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; experience using generative AI tools responsibly a plus.

Preferred

• Medical writing certification (e.g., AMWA or BELS), a plus.
• Familiarity with generative engine optimization (GEO) a plus.
• Experience using generative AI tools responsibly a plus.
• Knowledge of arthritis, rheumatology or other chronic disease areas, and medical writing certification (e.g., AMWA or BELS), a plus.