Patrick Dresh Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, PA, US

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

• Led a branded team of staff and freelance editors within the DDB Health Editorial Department
• Served as direct management for the positions of Editorial Group Supervisor and Senior Medical Editor within the Editorial Department
• Regularly met with the SVP, Editorial Director to discuss and revise employee allocations and scopes of work (SOWs)
• Served as point of contact for product launch editorial coverage, project tracking, and resource scheduling
• Created and refined editorial process guides and best practices
• Led editorial training and orientation meetings for new editors and other agency employees

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

• Partnered with the VP, Editorial Director to lead a team of staff and freelance medical editors
• Served as direct management for Senior Medical Editors within the CDMP Editorial Department
• Created and implemented numerous process and editorial best practice guides for use throughout CDMP
• Served as lead brand editor for select medical device, epilepsy treatment, and MDS promotional product and training materials
• Edited all agency-produced materials including advertisements, patient and physician training documents, sales representative product guides, and interactive brand media/product websites for compliance with client.
• Lead editorial training and orientation meetings for new editors and other agency employees

Mountain Lakes, NJ

• Functioned as Editorial Department manager in the absence of Director of Editorial
• Served as direct management for Editors and Associate Editors within the Editorial Department
• Served as lead brand editor for select consumer optical, optical surgery, diabetes, and consumer allergy promotional product materials
• Edited all agency-produced materials including advertisements, patient and physician training documents, sales representative product guides, and interactive brand media/product websites for compliance with client.
• Served as contact point for editorial process-related queries from agency as a whole
• Compiled information for and maintained brand style/procedural guides

Mountain Lakes, NJ

• Served as brand editor for select endocrinology, immunology, and consumer allergy promotional product materials
• Edited all agency-produced materials including advertisements, patient and physician training documents, sales representative product guides, and interactive brand media/product websites for compliance with client.
• Functioned as Editorial Department lead in the absence of Director of Editorial
• Served as direct management for/supervised Associate Editors within the Editorial Department
• Was responsible for advising management on digital projects and electronic routing process
• Served as contact point for editorial process-related queries from agency as a whole

Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, United States

• Served as brand editor for rosacea and diabetes product promotional materials
• Edited all agency-produced materials including advertisements, patient and physician training documents, sales representative product guides, and interactive brand media/product websites for compliance with client and.
• Compiled information for and maintained brand style/procedural guides

Plainsboro, New Jersey, United States

• Served as a neuroscience and cardiovascular/metabolics copy review editor within the Operations Department of US Pharmaceuticals Law and Promotion Compliance
• Reviewed and edited draft prescription information, advertisements, interactive brand media and product Web sites, product Launch and Point of Action (POA) meeting materials, as well as other internal and external.
• Copyedited draft versions of professional and consumer Important Safety Information
• Responsible for training new editors in the standard annotation style for draft pieces within Adobe Acrobat
• Compiled, developed, and maintained departmental training materials, style/procedural reference guides, and SOPs
• Served as management back-up contact and interdepartmental process and procedure reference

Plainsboro, New Jersey, United States

• Served as a neuroscience and cardiovascular/metabolics proofreader within BMStudio’s Proofreading/Copywriting department
• Reviewed draft prescription information, advertisements, interactive brand media and product Web sites, product Launch and POA meeting materials, as well as other internal and external BMS-sponsored pharmaceutical.
• Created a collection of style guides for all brands reviewed by the Proofreading department
• Proofread final print production proofs for all BMS-sponsored pharmaceutical product materials
• Trained new proofreaders in the standard annotation style for draft pieces within Adobe Acrobat
• Served as back-up contact for Proofreading/Copywriting department manager

Thorofare, New Jersey, United States

• Served as editorial assistant within all Ocular Surgery News (OSN) branches including OSN: Europe/Asia, OSN: Latin America, and OSN: Japan Edition
• Worked as a general liaison between the publication and various industry/professional sources, as well as between the production and editorial staff within OSN
• Compiled product guides, product and services announcements, meeting attraction guides, event calendars and industry discussion questions for publication
• Edited reviews of ophthalmology/optometry texts and other incoming articles before layout/publication
• Contacted industry sources and medical professionals for the purpose of fact-checking, petitioning article submissions, and securing photo submissions
• Maintained a database of article, products and company stock information via Microsoft Access and Excel