Job details

Location
London
Job Type
Permanent
Ref
1182317
Posted
about 1 year ago

Job details

Location
London
Job Type
Permanent
Ref
1182317
Posted
about 1 year ago
The opportunity:

The in house creative team, part of a large production agency, are working closely and successfully with a large pharmaceutical client. Based on the successful relationship of the past years they have won more work and are now looking for another medical copywriter to join the team mainly for content aimed at medical professionals.


Requirements:
 
As a Medical Copywriter you’ll be responsible for navigating and deciphering scientific language and translating this into compelling, emotive copy for a range of professional medical audiences. You will have strong scientific knowledge and be confident communicating with clients that have medical experience and backgrounds.
You will need to have an active interest in healthcare marketing, trends, competitor landscape with and able to deliver commercially focused creative work to the highest standard. Projects will span Oral Health, Pain, Respiratory and Wellness categories with outputs ranging from Digital and social media channels, EDA’s, Portal content and printed patient literature.
 
 
Key responsibilities:
 
  • Interpret scientific data relating to a product and translate this information into the context of compelling promotional stories
  • Inform colleagues of the science behind products, and be able to contribute towards medical-related discussions with clients 
  • Comfortably write persuasive copy of all lengths
  • Find stories in data and tell those stories in everyday language 
  • Guide channel, message and tone-appropriate copy for all audiences and media types, from conception to completion
  • Confidently present work to clients and colleagues
  • Work alongside designers and Project Management to inform the creation of engaging and accurate visual presentations
 
 
Skills and Experience required:

  • Proven experience in medical copywriting, in the healthcare marketing and communications sector
  • Ideally a bachelor's degree or equivalent in a scientific field (biology, medicine) and/or communications
  • Proficiency in all Microsoft products
  • Professional attitude in interactions with co-workers and clients; must be team-oriented
  • Good organisational and superior attention to details
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written
  • Must be a self-starting, independent and innovative individual capable of looking at old problems in new ways
  • Possess an understanding of product lines, their features and benefits, marketing objectives, and the competitor brand environment in order to contribute significantly to the creative team
  • English mother tongue or strong writing fluency in English
If this sounds like you and you are interested in joining a reputable and established creative team in a well known production agency, please send your CV and folio of work to: nicky@dmcgglobal.com

You must be eligible to live and work in the UK. No sponsorship possible.