Medical Copywriter

Syneos Health; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global healthcare solutions company in London is seeking a Medical Copywriter to create engaging scientific content for a variety of clients. The ideal candidate will have 2–3 years of experience in medical copywriting, a strong background in life sciences, and a passion for conveying complex information clearly. This role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams and requires excellent organizational skills.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of medical/scientific copywriting experience, ideally in healthcare communications.
• Strong scientific knowledge and ability to communicate complex information effectively.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop research and write scientific copy for various clients.
• Manage multiple projects with competing deadlines.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure high-quality deliverables.

Skills

Scientific writing

Team collaboration

Time management

Data analysis

Creative problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in life sciences

Masters or PhD preferred

Job description

Updated: September 5, 2025
Location: London, ENG, United Kingdom
Job ID:11146

The Medical Copywriter helps develop commercial content to drive awareness and engagement of a wide range of clients. Working mostly within the Advertising Business Unit but across all three BUs, you’ll be comfortable developing relationships with clients, using your expertise in analysing data and rhetoric to pick out the most compelling scientific story from abstracts, papers and medical information. You’ll love research and writing accurate and engaging scientific copy about a variety of subject-matters, quickly acclimatising to new and diverse therapy areas at short notice and collaborating within the creative department to ensure concepts and ideas are scientifically solid.

You’ll have a strong team work ethic, creative flair, excellent scientific writing skills and be driven to integrate commercial narrative in the scientific commercial world, ensuring high-level work is on time and to budget.

Key Responsibilities and Requirements

• Demonstrate a proven ability to shape and execute scientific copy strategy, understanding how it drives deliverables and aligns with broader business objectives.
• Ability to blend scientific knowledge and commercial awareness with passion and creative flair.
• Development and execution of scientific copy and associated written craft across multiple channels, ensuring the highest level of excellence and consistency.
• Effectively manage multiple, often complex, projects with competing deadlines, prioritizing and delegating tasks to ensure seamless project flow.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with teams including creative copywriters, art directors, developers, and UX/UI designers, acting as a senior scientific copy resource to solve challenges and ensure alignment.
• Actively participate in internal reviews and client presentations, clearly articulating scientific rationale, providing strategic insights, and making recommendations.
• Experience of writing about a range of scientifically complex subject-matters across medical subjects and disease areas.
• Ability to analyse a company, product, content piece or raw data to find a story and hook.
• Passion for transforming data into compelling narratives for diverse audiences.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• Ability to communicate issues to relevant colleagues in a timely and accurate fashion.

Leadership and Professional Competencies

• Maintain regular communication with the Head of Scientific Copy.
• Demonstrate exceptional communication skills.
• Support new business pitches with outstanding scientific copy that inspires and secures new clients.
• Help build a constructive and creative work environment.
• Contribute innovative ideas that push boundaries and elevate the quality of the final product.
• Work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, handling increasing responsibility.

Innovation and Craft

• Bring fresh ideas and challenge the status quo constructively.
• Deliver high-quality, consistent work with strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrate curiosity and enthusiasm for the industry and craft.
• Adapt proactively to challenges.
• Challenge self and colleagues to push for world-class levels of craft and resonance in all work.
• Develop knowledge of AI in copywriting, becoming an expert and sharing insights with the department.

Qualifications / Experience

• 2–3 years of medical/scientific copywriting experience, ideally within healthcare communications or a similar fast-paced agency environment.
• Strong scientific knowledge.
• Bachelor’s degree (Masters or PhD preferred) in life sciences.
• Experience working in a fast-paced agency setting.
• Ability to develop, craft, and present work effectively to clients with confidence and clarity.
• Ability to present scientific/medical rationale in client presentations.
• High attention to detail, resilience, and flexibility.
• Proven experience writing across diverse projects, campaigns, and brands.
• Excellent verbal, visual, and written communication skills.
• Well-organized with strong multitasking and deadline management skills.
• Skilled in producing high-quality copy in response to briefs.
• Passion, enthusiasm, and integrity for producing outstanding work.

Syneos Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, marital status, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status and will not be discriminated against. If you are an individual with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to complete any part of our application process, including the use of this website, please contact us at: Email: [emailprotected]