John King

Contract Proofreader at w3r Consulting

Proofreader for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, reviewing B2B Medicare plans across multiple markets in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Compare 2025 plans against new 2026 grids to ensure benefits and requirements are accurately captured. Proof Medicare and non-Medicare benefits including ambulatory services, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices. Coordinate with a team of writers, editors, studio artists, and plan specialists to ensure plan data, copays, and financial responsibilities are accurate.

Senior Proofreader/Medical Editor at MRM Health

Review multiple pharma collateral pieces through all production stages for major global pharmaceutical clients. Coordinate with medical, legal, regulatory, studio, and brand managers to ensure on-time, in-spec delivery while following client style guides to reduce review cycles. Serve as an editorial resource for award-winning campaigns and support development of agency work that has won Clios, Webbys, The Drum, and Cannes Lions. Handle all proofing requests for B2B materials including ad spots, banners, emails, onboarding decks, style guides, monthly reports, social posts, website copy, and eSalesAids. Act as de facto traffic manager for an editorial Smartsheet workflow across brands and medical editors. Support B2B proofing for new business opportunities, helping win over $25M in new business to date.

Senior Marketing Communications Specialist at NextGen Healthcare

Collaborate with market managers, company SMEs, physicians, and clients to produce B2B collateral that drives lead generation and sales demand across 25+ clinical specialties. Developed a B2B client case study program supporting RCM sales partners to demonstrate how the RCM module can increase sales opportunities, introduce efficiencies, and reduce expenses; reported a 30% rise in sales opportunities after rollout. Prepare and conduct interviews with SMEs, partners, industry thought leaders, and clinical providers. Lead team for show message guides and specialty campaigns. Author clinical-specific eBooks, brochures, and data sheets. Trained to perform proofreading and corporate legal reviews for marketing pieces.

Medical Proofreader at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Serve as principal proofreader for oncology product team. Proof B2B/B2C collateral for IXEMPRA/SPRYCEL, including eSalesAids, banners, emails, and medical posters. Provide backup proofreading for ELIQUIS brand launch team. Proof B2B/B2C collateral for US and EMAE markets including prescribing information, clinical trial panels, leave-behind pieces, and clinical presentations. Ensure materials adhere to BMS style guide and reflect edits from legal, medical, and regulatory reviews.

Medical Proofreader at Epocrates Inc.

Proofreader for clinical reference tools developed for smartphone, mobile tablet, and BlackBerry devices. Review mobile test files for Doc Alerts, Formulary Flashes, and Essential Points. Verify web links, visuals, correct placement of Prescribing Information, and AMA references within mobile applications. Work with sales, operations, and clients to deliver point-of-care digital solutions.

Marketing Analyst Editor (Contract) at UBM Canon

Editor for monthly online appliance marketing reports. Work with freelancers to develop and write high-level reports focused on global appliance company sales and geographic expansion. Author articles for a web-based subscriber audience covering sales results and marketing strategy. Conduct monthly interviews with company officials for web content related to sales performance and marketing strategy.

Medical Editor/Copywriter at General Electric Healthcare

Editorial review of B2B promotional and corporate communications across contrast media, imaging agents, and nuclear medicine products. Ensure communications adhere to AP, AMA, and GEHC style. Function as an in-house agency in collaboration with brand managers and marketing colleagues to position brands for search engines and social media. Partner with brand managers and Regulatory teams to write concise copy for brand websites while addressing FDA requirements. Coordinate with Legal, Regulatory, and Medical teams to track and agree on collateral changes to maintain FDA compliance. Ghostwrite articles and medical bulletins for B2B sales personnel. Write collateral and clinical presentations for approval and launch teams for two new chemical entity brands. Serve as first and last reviewer from initial conception through final preprint blue-line corrections. Conduct training on AP, AMA, and GEHC style guides for Medical Affairs, Sales Training, and brand managers.

Senior Associate Editor, Special Projects at LWW Publishing Partners

Coordinate development of manuscripts and work with freelance writers and ophthalmologists/optometrists/corporate sponsors on stories generated from industry meetings and conferences. Author Continuing Medical Education and Continuing Education pieces for doctors in optometry and ophthalmology. Prepare and conduct interviews with ophthalmologists and optometrists for web-based corporate sponsored advertorials and clinical study pieces. Write and edit stories and columns for two quarterly online magazines. Coordinate with designers to develop and finalize Quark layouts. Perform final blue-line editing of proofs before printing.