Assistant Editor

WebMD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, color, religion, sex, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, medical condition, disability, veterans status, or any other basis protected by law.

Medscape, a division of WebMD, develops and hosts physician portals and related mobile applications that make it easier for physicians and healthcare professionals to access clinical reference sources, stay abreast of the latest clinical information, learn about new treatment options, earn continuing medical education credits and communicate with peers.

WebMD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, color, religion, sex, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, medical condition, disability, veterans status, or any other basis protected by law.

Job 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.

Responsibilities:

• 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.

Requirements:

• 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.