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Syneos Health; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare communications firm in London is seeking a Medical Copywriter to develop commercial scientific content. The ideal candidate has 2–3 years of experience in medical copywriting, strong scientific knowledge, and a flair for creative writing. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams and managing diverse projects. Join a company committed to innovative and life-changing solutions in healthcare.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of medical/scientific copywriting experience.
• Strong scientific knowledge.
• Ability to present scientific rationale effectively.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute scientific copy across multiple channels.
• Manage multiple projects with competing deadlines.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with creative teams.

Skills

Scientific writing skills

Creative flair

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in life sciences

Master's or PhD preferred

Job description

Overview

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.

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

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.

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

At Syneos Health, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles. We also encourage you to join our Talent Network to stay connected to additional career opportunities.

Syneos Health Communications is powered by Syneos Health, a global professional services organization designed to help the biopharmaceutical industry shorten the distance from lab to life. We have a proven pedigree in health, with industry titans in every facet of healthcare. This eliminates guesswork and fuels our passion for total, life-changing solutions. At the heart of health, we’re uniquely poised to predict what’s next and respond to the market’s demand for smarter and faster answers. We are able to help our customers make important decisions within their business due to our unique understanding of the complexities that come along with working in the healthcare industry. Syneos Health Communications is able to make the complex, simple.

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