The posting
Overview
Medical Content Developer
Make an Impact
Join McGraw Hill and shape the future of medical education. As a Medical Content Developer, you'll work at the heart of some of the most trusted and widely adopted medical education brands in the world including established publications across specialist fields such as obstetrics and emergency medicine.
This is a role that demands more than editorial skill. It calls for an understanding of medical publishing conventions, content development and management processes, content structure, and the evolving needs of clinical educators and learners. You'll bring that expertise to bear from the earliest stages of content conception through to go-live adding meaningful value at every step.
Your contributions will directly shape learning outcomes for medical students and healthcare professionals across print, digital, mobile, and audio platforms ensuring that complex clinical content is accurate, current, accessible, and built for the way today's learners and educators work.
This is a role for a highly collaborative, hands-on editorial professional who is curious, enjoys problem-solving and takes equal pride in the quality of their work while keeping projects on schedule. You'll partner with highly respected authors and subject-matter experts, contribute to publications that matter, and play a central role in upholding the editorial standards that define McGraw Hill's reputation in medical publishing.
This is a remote position open to applicants authorized to work for any employer within the United States.
How Will You Make an Impact?
- By delivering high-quality developmental and substantive editing of complex medical content improving clarity, structure, consistency, and pedagogical effectiveness while preserving the intended medical meaning
- By serving as a trusted editorial partner to experienced authors and subject-matter experts, handling feedback professionally, resolving editorial queries, and maintaining productive working relationships with influential stakeholders
- By applying sound editorial judgment knowing when content meets the best standard and is ready to progress.
- By keeping multiple content projects on track simultaneously, managing competing deadlines and priorities within a high-volume editorial environment
- By ensuring content meets AMA style and referencing standards and complies with digital accessibility requirements (WCAG 2.1, Section 508)
- By contributing to CMS workflows, content permissions, and licensing processes, supporting the team's broader digital and operational initiatives
- By championing continuous improvement, documenting lessons learned and helping to establish content best practices across the product group
What You Will Be Doing
Content Development & Editorial Execution
- Provide comprehensive developmental editing and oversee substantive editing of medical content, improving structure, logical flow, clarity, accuracy, and pedagogical effectiveness
- Apply AMA style and referencing standards consistently and manage finalization of all content types: narrative text, case studies, clinical algorithms, tables, figures, and supplementary materials
- Escalate issues needing subject-matter expert input, structure content for print, digital, mobile, and audio delivery, and provide guidance on content guidelines and style standards across product and portfolio lines
Author & Stakeholder Management
- Serve as a primary liaison between authors, content portfolio leads, and internal teams, communicating clearly on expectations, timelines, revision requirements, and editorial standards
- Work diplomatically with experienced authors and subject-matter experts, providing constructive feedback that encourages engagement and timely delivery without altering intended medical meaning
- Manage the full content update and feedback cycle, resolving author queries and collaborating with freelancers, copy editors, and illustrators to meet quality, permissions, and project specifications
Project & Production Management
- Manage multiple content assignments simultaneously, prioritizing effectively, owning project milestones, and proactively escalating schedule, budget, or quality risks to content portfolio leads keeping the production pipeline moving within defined timelines
- Maintain project plans, style guides, content specifications, and CMS guidelines, applying practical quality control judgment and partnering with the Permissions & Rights Team to secure clearance before production
Digital & Multi-Format Content Development
- Support CMS workflows, digital publishing, and content licensing and permissions activities, contributing to the team's content management system initiative
- Develop content that complies with digital accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1, Section 508), including alt text, semantic structure, and metadata, collaborating early with the Accessibility Team and liaising with authors and freelance art developers on visual elements
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
- Collaborate with an established team of content developers, product managers, content leads, and production teams, contributing to shared workflows so that content expertise informs product decisions and supports marketing objectives
- Stay current with trends in medical education, content technology, AMA style updates, and publishing standards, documenting lessons learned and proposing workflow enhancements to strengthen content best practices
We Are Looking For Someone With
A bachelor’s degree (life sciences, education, or a related field preferred)
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in developmental editing, substantive editing, or an equivalent content development role not limited to project coordination or general administration
- Demonstrated experience with medical, scientific, healthcare, or similarly complex technical content, with a clear understanding of accuracy, terminology, and the importance of preserving intended medical meaning
- Proven ability to manage high volumes of content across multiple assignments, meet deadlines, and prioritize effectively without compromising the quality standards required in medical publishing
- Strong editorial judgment the ability to improve clarity, grammar, structure, and consistency while knowing when content is ready to progress and avoiding unnecessary rework
- Experience working professionally with senior authors, subject-matter experts, and influential stakeholders with the communication skills, confidence, and diplomacy to manage feedback constructively and navigate differing perspectives
- Experience working within structured editorial production environments, where content moves through multiple stages of editing, review, approval, and publication
- Superior written and oral communication skills, including the ability to draft clear editorial guidelines and provide actionable feedback
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to adapt to changing priorities and learn new editorial systems and guidelines
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with AMA style and referencing standards (candidates with strong editorial foundations and experience with other recognized style guides will also be considered)
- Direct experience in medical or clinical reference publishing.
- Experience with content management systems (CMS), digital publishing workflows, content licensing, or permissions processes
- Familiarity with digital accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1, Section 508) and inclusive design principles
- Experience with medical education platforms, learning management systems, or educational technology products
- Knowledge of copyright, permissions, and intellectual property in publishing
- Understanding of instructional design principles and learning experience design
Why Work for Us
Be Part of Something That Matters McGraw Hill has been at the forefront of education for over 130 years. When you join our team, you're not just developing content you're contributing to publications that clinicians, educators, and students rely on to make real decisions in real healthcare settings. The work you do here has a direct and lasting impact on medical education worldwide.
Work with the Best You'll collaborate with some of the most respected authors and subject-matter experts in medicine, working on established, widely adopted publications across specialist fields. This is an environment that challenges you, sharpens your expertise, and connects you with leaders in their disciplines.
The pay range for this position is between $62,000-$116,599 annually. However, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. Additionally, a full range of medical and/or other benefits may be provided, depending on the position offered. Click here to learn more about our benefit offerings.
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