Senior Medical Copywriter

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic healthcare communications agency seeks a Senior Medical Copywriter in London. In this role, you will lead complex medical writing projects, ensuring high-quality standards and mentoring junior team members. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in medical writing and a life sciences degree, contributing to impactful healthcare communications.

Qualifications

• Proven medical writing experience in a healthcare communications agency.
• Ability to tailor writing style for target audiences.
• In-depth knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead generation of content for commercial launches and sales materials.
• Mentor junior writers while ensuring high-quality medical writing.
• Build relationships with clients and support project specifications.

Skills

Medical writing experience

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Education

Life science degree, ideally with MSc or PhD

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Senior Medical Copywriter, London (City of London)

Client: Havas Life London

Location: London (City of London), United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views: 2

Posted: 16.06.2025

Expiry Date: 31.07.2025

Job Description:

As an agency group specialising in brand promotion, disease awareness, PR, events, social media, digital engagement, and medical communication, we are undergoing a significant transformation.

We aim to be recognised internationally for our award-winning ideas. Our success will be pivotal in enhancing the reputation and growth of the Havas Health network.

We will be vibrant collaborators, uniting multiple disciplines and agency offerings for the benefit of our clients and the creative platforms we develop for them. We expect more from ourselves and those who are successful in joining our high-performance team.

Adjusting our perspective, behaviours, and capabilities to foster a creative culture will be a challenging and exciting journey. For the right person, this will be a career-defining period. Your role in our business transformation will likely determine how far your star will rise.

We have an opportunity to be the shining light in the Havas Life network. We will demonstrate how an agency can be highly successful across multiple disciplines while helping each other and our network partners grow through our powerful creative culture. You will be key to driving this. It will take a combination of your capability, charm, guile, energy, and intellect.

You are passionate about health and creativity. This is your calling.

The role

You will take ownership of complex projects across a wide-ranging medical communications deliverables and be responsible for ensuring the quality and scientific integrity of medical writing in partnership with the client services team. You will take the lead in the generation of content for commercial launches, message architecture/narratives, and sales materials among others. You will contribute by mentoring the writing team to further develop therapy areas, content delivery, and medical communications knowledge.

Core Duties & Responsibilities

• Understand client and competitor products, therapy areas, portfolio, and commercial strategy in the context of current and future market
• Stay updated with industry codes of practice/legislation and external issues that may affect existing accounts
• Support several accounts/therapy areas and mentor junior writers
• Act as the Technical Lead on designated, large client projects
• Ensure high-quality medical writing
• Demonstrate strong briefing and reviewing skills
• Monitor and promote quality control processes
• Partner with client services and agency teams to meet account objectives
• Build relationships with clients and external experts
• Attend meetings in the UK or elsewhere, providing on-site support as needed
• Identify opportunities to expand existing client accounts
• Support proposal development and participate in pitch development
• Contribute to project specifications, cost estimates, and reconciliations when appropriate
• Monitor project costs and communicate any changes to the Client Services team
• Communicate clearly with team members about schedules, budgets, and priorities
• Assist in developing account plan forecasts with client services leads

The person

• Proven medical writing experience within a healthcare communications agency, with knowledge of various communications activities
• Ability to tailor writing style for different target audiences
• Life science degree, ideally with MSc or PhD
• In-depth knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry
• Strong organizational, time management, and interpersonal skills