Senior Medical Copywriter II

UNAVAILABLE; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A health communications agency is seeking a Senior Medical Copywriter II to craft compelling stories from scientific language. The ideal candidate will have a strong scientific background and excellent persuasive writing skills. Responsibilities include mentoring junior copywriters and leading key accounts. The position operates on a hybrid work basis out of West London and offers various benefits including flexible working, wellbeing days, and family-friendly policies.

Benefits

WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity

YOU Days for well-being

HELP@HAND 24/7 helpline

Family friendly policies

Flexible working & Bank Holiday swap

Great local discounts

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior medical copywriting role.
• Ability to translate scientific data into promotional stories.
• Interest in mentoring juniors and line management responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Craft compelling stories from scientific language.
• Lead writer on key accounts and mentor junior writers.
• Drive best practices in the medical copywriting team.

Skills

Scientific knowledge

Excellent communication

Persuasive writing

Mentoring skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in life sciences

Job description

Company Description

Who we are

Langland, a Publicis Health company, is the only health communications agency that thinks further across Clinical Trial Experience, Medical Strategy & Education, Public Relations & Policy, and Advertising, to create unique value with visionary clients.

What we believe

Health brings us together. In the diseases we suffer, the medicines we create, and the causes we champion, health shows us our collective humanity. When we break the barriers that divide us, when we think further, we can create healthier futures, together.

A passion for craft

Having expert thinking is only part of our story. To ensure excellence in everything we make, we have centred our disciplines around three essential crafts: science, strategy and creativity.

Job Description

The Senior MedicalCopywriter IIis a trusted and capable figure in the copywriting team and a key person with a strong profile (internally and externally) on client accounts.

You craft compelling stories. You’re responsible fortranslating scientificlanguage into persuasive, emotive copy for a range of medicalaudiences. You have deep scientific knowledge, a love of writing, and a passion for healthcare. You inform creative teams to help them develop relevant work, and easily adapt your style to creative themes. You consistently produce work of a very high standard.

You are excellent at communicating with clients, medics and colleagues alike; your presentation skills are as powerful and persuasive as your writing.

In this senior-level role, you will be the lead writer on key accounts and contribute to the development of less experienced medical copywriters through mentoring and line management responsibilities.

This role is based out of our west London office and we operate a hybrid working policy.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates and drives best practice in the medical copywriting team
  • Comfortablywrites persuasivecopy for multiple formats and channels
  • Guides channel- and tone-appropriate copy for all audiences and media types
  • Easily translates scientific product data into compelling promotional stories; finds stories in data and tells them in concise, natural language
  • Naturally writes to creative themes and relevant tones of voice
  • Crafts effective story flows with skill
  • Takes responsibility for medical accuracy and quality of written communications for assigned accounts
  • Maintains excellent quality control levels, even under pressure
• Reviews the work of less experienced members of the medical copywriting team; provides constructive feedback and support to peer group to promote their development
• Line manages and mentors junior and mid-weight medical copywriters
• Works alongside copywriters, art directors and designers to inform development of relevant creative themes and accurate, engaging creative work; ensures medical and creative alignment; upholds creative standards
• Is strategically minded and applies critical thinking to all projects/accounts, comfortably questioning briefs/client requests when needed and proposing solutions
• Plans tactical proposals to create user journeys and experiences through promotional content
• Confidently presents to clients and colleagues; leads medical-related discussions with clients; advises client and agency teams regarding complex narratives and portfolio messaging development
• Recognises and takes advantage of business growth opportunities
• Juggles multiple projects/tasks without losing control
• Helps with resource management, project allocation and recruitment
• Leads client discussions and interactions to guide, inform and support content delivery
• Interrogates briefs and contributes to brief development when required to ensure excellence
• Constructively and seamlessly resolves content challenges
• Maintains a high profile within the agency as an expert in 2 or more assigned brands/therapy areas

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior medical copywriting role, demonstrating responsibility for maintaining high scientific and copywriting standards across multiple accounts
• A solid scientific background (you should hold at least a bachelor’s degree in the life sciences)
• Expertise in healthcare advertising, with a thorough understanding of industry regulations
• Ability to translate scientific product data into compelling promotional stories
• Interest in mentoring juniors, line management responsibilities and supporting team development
• Experience in multiple therapy areas and quickly gets up to speed on new ones
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)

Additional Information

Langlandhas fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics, Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical and Income Protection Plans we also offer;

• WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year.
• “YOU” DAYS – flexibility to take a day off for your well-being and self-care without prior notice and additional paid leave for volunteering and charity work of your choice.
• HELP@HAND BENEFITS 24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level. Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT. Wellbeing content and lifestyle coaching.
• FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES We provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity. Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
• FLEXIBLE WORKING & BANK HOLIDAY SWAP You can switch a religious Bank Holiday (either Good Friday or Easter Monday) for another day to celebrate a religious, spiritual, faith or belief-based day of your choosing.
• GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTS This includes membership discounts with Soho Friends, local restaurants and retailers in Westfield White City and Television Centre.

Full details of our benefits will be shared when you join us!

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week.

We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.

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