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Karen Zoufal

Supermalter

Editor for Health Information

€640/day
7 projects
Braunschweig, DE
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Karen

My competences:
Evidence-based texts for the medical/pharmaceutical sector, target groups: specialist circles, laypersons; scientific exchange with clients and project partners; evidence-based patient information, specialist articles, study summaries, congress visits and reports, dossiers, editorials, daily news;
Online editorial: content responsibility, QA, UX, SEO, monitoring

Member of the Association of Medical and Science Journalists e. V. and the German Network for Health Literacy e. V.

I am dependent on approximately 80% of my work being done from home, but I am willing to travel. Part-time employment possible.

Please only send inquiries regarding medically scientific and evidence-based projects. No primary activity as a lifestyle or social media copywriter.
  • German

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Portuguese

    Conversational

  • Spanish

    Basic

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Doctolib GmbH
    Malt logoOn Malt
    Content creation: Specialist texts on health topics
    MEDICAL
    December 2024 - January 2025 (1 month)
    Helmstedt, Deutschland
    Creation of health information up to 2000 words/text, approx. 3/month

    - Researching suitable sources
    - Structuring the contributions
    - Creating the text, considering SEO requirements
    - Ensuring medical-scientific accuracy based on scientific and/or official sources
    - Extensive referencing of text statements
    - Providing sources as individual references
    Research Evidence-based health information Scientific writing medical texts Web Content
  • Valid Digitalagentur GmbH
    Editor-in-Chief
    DIGITAL AND IT
    September 2020 - January 2024 (3 years and 5 months)
    Berlin, Germany
    Editor-in-Chief for the National Health Portal www.gesund.bund.de;

    - Management of the editorial team, staff leadership
    - Quality assurance and creation of methodology papers
    - Strategic further development
    - Creation of topic concepts and editorial plans
    - Professional exchange with the Federal Ministry of Health and project partners
    - Head of the "Digital Health" department, creation of contributions on the digitalization of the healthcare system in Germany
    - SEO, website monitoring, content management, social media
    - Public relations: Answering user inquiries
    Accompanying further client projects and relaunches in the medical environment
    Project acquisition for the health sector (participation in public tenders)
    Online editorial evidence-based texts Content strategy Editor-in-Chief Conceptualization
  • Wissenschaftliche Texte Dr. Karen Zoufal
    Self-employed Medical Journalist and Medical Writer
    PRESS AND MEDIA
    July 2008 - Today (17 years and 11 months)
    Helmstedt, Germany
    Congress visits and reports, creation, editing and summarization of specialist publications, clinical studies, daily medical news briefs, editorials, website reviews for the medical-scientific field.

    Clients (selection):
    - Aponet (Health portal of the ABDA - Federal Association of German Pharmacists' Associations e.V.)

    - Federal Centre for Health Education (Specialist editorial for familienplanung.de)
    - Information Circle for Oral Hygiene and Nutritional Behavior (IME)
    - German Expert Information Medicine (Doctor information system focusing on primary care)
    Medical journalism Evidence-based health information Research Editing Medical communication

Reviews

5.0

Out of 1 rating

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Diana

Senior SEO Manager - Doctolib GmbH

Less than 1 year project

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Reviewed on 1/19/2026

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Education

  • Diploma in Biology
    Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel
    1997
    Studium der Biologie, Schwerpunkte Biochemie, Mikrobiologie und Zoologie Experimentelle Diplomarbeit: „Herstellung monoklonaler Antikörper gegen Endothelzellen”
  • Medical-technical assistant
    Dr. Gillmeister-Schule, Heide
    1991
    Ausbildung zur MTA/L

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