Scientific Copywriter

Are you an individual with excellent copywriting skills and with creative intelligence, technical expertise, healthcare experience? Are you a great communicator, being able to think creatively, show excellent core writing skills and be able to communicate simply for different audiences? if so, this copywriter position may be for you. Our ideal candidate will know when to be proactive, meticulous, when to challenge and inspire others. Someone who believe what you say and how you say it are equally important. You will become a part of a strong creative team that includes creative/medical copywriters, designers and developers. Join us in a European Union remote position. This position will require occasional onsite meeting in Windsor and/or London.

Who we are

We are the leading healthcare advertising agency devoted to medical devices, diagnostics, and specialty pharmaceuticals with offices in Windsor, Boston, MA and Costa Mesa, CA. The agency has an unparalleled understanding of market dynamics, a deft hand at translating technical advances into compelling programs for customer adoption, and a willingness to creatively utilize unique channels to communicate clients' messages. The agency has consistently been recognized by clients, peers and professional organizations for its outstanding creative work.

Minimum Required Qualifications

Education: An undergraduate degree, preferably science (life sciences) or equivalent

Work Experience: Experience working as part of a creative team, comfortable working independently and as part of a team
Experience of copywriting (or a real enthusiasm) for writing for digital and previous experience of non-digital projects ideally within a pharmaceutical context
Skills: Effective written and verbal skills, confident in making presentations, influencer
Able to tailor language and tone to the audience
Sound scientific understanding and analytical skills knowing when to be detail orientated
Self-managing under pressure– can multi task and prioritise for self and others, excellent time management, experience of ensuring projects run to recoverable time
Proactive thinking, constantly seeing to improve ways of working and create opportunities to improve morale and help the agency differentiate itself from the competition
Solves complex Creative and People problems effectively
A flexible attitude with respect to work assignments and new learning, grasp new concepts and therapy areas quickly
Act in a diplomatic, nurturing and respectful way with colleagues
Show sensitivity to colleagues with differing motivations and prioritiesecable attention to detail
Good time management skills and able to work within allocated hours
Ability to multi-task and prioritise tasks
Comfortable working in a team using a collaborative style and also independently
Excellent asethetic judgement

Competencies: Can work with the following programmes Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills and Outlook
Good knowledge of the strict regulations in pharmaceuticals, with experience working to the ABPI and other codes of practice

Essential Functions

Provide the agency with guidance on all matters relating to the legitimacy of claims and propositions proposed and made in the material the agency produces
Be a writer for a range of medical/marketing/advertising projects, digital and non-digital projects across a wide range of disease states and indications. Some of this you will write, some you will style and some will be outsourced
Working with different teams, you will write creative, clear, concise, compelling, accurate and grammatically correct copy
To participate in the development of strong and challenging conceptual platforms and ideas. contribute to discussions that lead to the development of ground breaking digital executions in the pharmaceutical market
Explain complex concepts and data, in simple ways to a range of audiences and where appropriate with conviction and with passion
Ensure content adheres to in-house or client-specific style and adheres to ABPI and local codes of practice/guidelines
To work to pre-agreed budgets, timelines and time allocations to deliver quality work on time and to brief.
Keep up to date with new, relevant scientific advancements in therapy areas of relevance

General Requirements

This job description should be treated as a guide to the duties that the post holder is expected to perform. As a term of employment the post holder can be required to undertake such duties as are commensurate with his or her position
This job description may be amended to meet the changing requirements of the agency at any time and after discussion with the post holder
All employees are required to be aware of their responsibilities towards Health and Safety and to adhere to the Health and Safety Policy.

Regularly Interacts with:

Account, Creative, Creative Services, Planning and Project Management teams