Research & Clinical Writer/Editor, YSM/YM

Writer/Editor

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The Writer/Editor produces high-quality editorial content that highlights the research, clinical, and education activities of Yale School of Medicine (YSM). This role contributes both academic and patient-facing storytelling. The position supports digital growth and institutional visibility by producing content that is accurate, audience-centered, AI-informed, and optimized for discoverability across evolving digital environments.
The Writer/Editor pitches, researches, and writes news stories, faculty profiles, feature articles, newsletters, and static web content, and conducts interviews with faculty, institutional leaders, and subject matter experts. The role proactively identifies high-impact story opportunities through relationship-building, careful listening, and ongoing engagement with faculty, departments, and institutional partners. Key aspects include identifying emerging themes, connecting work across departments, and shaping integrated content packages that extend beyond a single story or format.
The use of AI as a regular part of the editorial workflow to support content development and scalability is critical in this role: it will be used for identifying and organizing source materials; generating and refining structured drafts from transcripts, research publications, and validated sources; critically reviewing content for accuracy and tone; and coordinating expert review prior to publication. The role collaborates with editorial, multimedia, and digital colleagues during story ideation and development to support integrated storytelling across written, visual, and video formats. The Writer/Editor also implements content within YSM's web content management system, ensuring proper formatting, tagging, structured content modules, cross-linking, and optimization for performance and search visibility.
The ideal candidate is a strong writer and editor with a proven ability to conduct interviews and build productive relationships with faculty, clinicians, institutional leaders, and communications colleagues. The role requires intellectual curiosity, strong news judgment, and the ability to independently identify promising ideas and translate them into compelling editorial opportunities. AI fluency is expected but must be paired with sound human judgment. Excellent communication skills and the ability to translate complex scientific and clinical topics into clear, engaging narratives for diverse audiences are essential. Familiarity with digital content channels and the ability to adapt content for different audiences and formats is important, as is a working knowledge of SEO/AEO best practices and structured content principles. A background covering health, science, academic medicine, higher education, or related institutional communications is strongly preferred.
Required Skills and Abilities:
Intellectual curiosity, strong news judgment, and the ability to independently identify promising ideas and translate them into compelling editorial opportunities.
AI fluency.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to translate complex scientific and clinical topics into clear, engaging narratives for diverse audiences.
Familiarity with digital content channels and the ability to adapt content for different audiences and formats.
Working knowledge of SEO/AEO best practices and structured content principles.
Preferred Skills and Abilities:
Background covering health, science, academic medicine, higher education, or related institutional communications.
Principal Responsibilities:
Brand & Communications Strategy. Develops and executes public relations strategy, output, and performance for the department with the goal of increasing media impressions in local, national, industry-specific and alumni media. Creates communications strategy to showcase top technologies available for license. Ensures consistent look and tone for all department communications, including written content, website and social media.
Media Relations. Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with media representatives. Identifies opportunities to work with other the departments, university publications and the Office of Public Affairs to develop and publicize stories.
Content Creation. Assesses the University faculty inventions and student startups for newsworthiness and create compelling news and public relations content. Creates engaging, dynamic content for the public, including press releases, blog articles, website updates, newsletter articles and social media.
Outreach. Manages delivery channels for newsworthy content, including updating and maintaining the department websites, social media accounts, and articles for email newsletters, and creating video, print, and on-campus events. Creates websites that embed existing content from Yale and external sites (publications related to the technology, videos featuring inventor, profile on Yale Bulletin and Calendar innovators webpage).
Other. Seeks out, negotiates with and recommends external organizations that can provide services that optimize both the cost and functionality of the new communications strategy. Ensures that all communications conform to the University guidelines. Hires student workers as needed to assist in producing copy. May perform other duties as assigned.
Required Education and Experience: Bachelor's Degree in a related field and four years of experience in website design, production, marketing, project management or an equivalent combination of education and experience.