[Hiring] Assistant Editor @WebMD

Role Description

Medscape’s Global Editorial Team is seeking a Global English Assistant Editor of Content Innovation & Quality. This newly created role supports daily editorial and AI-enabled workflows.

• Ensure high editorial standards and alignment with strategy across Global English content.
• AI-assisted content development:
  • Produce a variety of content types, including UK non-drug news briefs, feature slideshows, and reader-comment analyses.
  • Produce 2 survey-based reports/year.
  • Support conferences: program first-look and recommendations; set up landing pages/schedule; edit/publish content.
  • Follow up post-recording for video/audio: Workfront tracking, transcript edits (pre–copy edit), Descript edits to near-final, titles/descriptions/SEO, CMS build/scheduling.
  • Post and engage on social via Sprout; tag sources/authors/societies; initiate safe on-platform replies.
• AI workflow champion (efficiency and innovation):
  • Support team AI efficiency: maintain reusable prompts and simple checklists; run quick experiments; ship weekly improvements.
  • Trust‑but‑verify: confirm all facts against primary sources; zero tolerance for hallucinations.
  • Light automation: pre-fill headlines/summaries, SEO tags, and social copy; streamline Workfront/Descript handoffs.
  • Share prompt libraries with adjacent teams.
• Other editorial duties as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and/or 3+ years of newsroom experience; medical journalism experience preferred.
• Demonstrable AI expertise: ≥6 months' production use, with use cases and results achieved.
• Native/fluent English.
• High commitment to accuracy, balance, and timeliness.
• Meticulous sourcing and compliance.
• Organized, detail oriented, comfortable in a fast-paced environment.
• Western Europe or UK-based.