Kenneth Simon Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Promoted from Senior Editor to Editorial Manager (2021) and to current position (2022): Responsibilities include:• Coordination of department workflow and assignation of department-wide projects to available editors• Onboarding of new Editorial Department employees in terms of process and procedure, software, and miscellaneous information important to their optimal function at the company• Training of Editorial process to different brand team members to ensure efficiency of the lifecycle of project work• Collaboration with Project Management head to maintain cross-departmental communication and effectiveness• Mediation of Editorial and brand team issues• Attendance at various brand team hotsheet & status meetings to acquire an overview of work coming in to the Editorial Department• Evaluation of potential Editorial Department candidatesAs Lead Editor:• Copy evaluation (eg, cold reads, check changes, word-for-word proofs, video vs storyboards, screenshots vs staging site), fact-check, and/or research of brand content, as well as engagement with copywriters in its development • Guidance and oversight for brand team of Editorial and medical, legal, and regulatory (MLR) issues• Maintenance of style guide and of fair balance documents• Utilization of content quality software (eg, GlobalVision, Infix) to further ensure quality control

Ogilvy, New York: January 2018-January 2019Editorial Director for Janssen consumer drug launch & post-launch work. Responsibilities include:• Establishing and maintaining AMA and/or client-dictated style across all ERLEADA™ online and print material• Fact-checking all claims for accuracy, providing medical and editorial guidance on content• Executing literature searches when needed to fulfill client and/or team requests• Managing and expanding in-house reference library for easy identification of sources in meeting tight deadlines• Copywriting during assignment overflow in Copywriter’s duties and/or in absence of a full-time CopywriterMedical Writer/Editor for anti-smoking advocacy group and as well as Chantix program for Pfizer.

Senior Medical Editor for pharmaceutical marketing agency specializing in online, digital, and print media for clients such as Pfizer Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb, and sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC, etc.

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Executive Editor/Writer for pharmaceutical/healthcare clients such as Merck and Co., Pfizer Inc., AstraZeneca, Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., etc.Also worked as Research Director for Fission, creating comprehensive analysis for RFPs and business pitches focusing on client positioning, drugs and disease states, and relevant competitive pharmaceutical landscapes.

Medical Editor for pharmaceutical/healthcare clients such as Pfizer Inc., Wyeth, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, etc.

Ma, English

Ba, English And American Literature

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