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Senior Medical Writer
Role Overview
Our client is searching for a talented and ambitious Senior Medical Writer to join their team. They’re looking for
someone who gets excited by creativity, enjoys collaborating to create great content, and gets a buzz
out of having an active and vocal role with clients and becoming a trusted extension of the team. Our client
will give you the space and support to grow in your role, as well as the opportunity to expand your areas
of expertise.
You will be responsible for creating and developing materials across a growing range of therapy areas
and accounts, ultimately acting as the lead writer for allocated accounts. You will take the lead on the
conversations with the client, particularly the medic, relating to scientific content, and own client
relationships where appropriate. Typical activities will include research and content development for
multiple projects, including: branding, websites, training materials, slides decks, patient
materials, advisory boards, promotional meetings, and internal communications. The ideal candidate will
have 3-5 years agency experience in medical or science writing, developing content for promotional or
medical educational activities.
Our client has its HQ in Bournemouth UK, with offices in Southbank, London and Copenhagen, Denmark, however, the opportunity to work fully remote as something they very much embrace as they champion a health work / life balance and their staff’s overall well-being.
Company Information
Our client is an independent award-winning, European-based, healthcare communications agency that
partners with their clients to build brands, educate audiences and drive advocacy. As an agency they strive to be the
best agency their clients (or you!) will ever work with.
They are dedicated to always delivering work that they’re proud of and ensuring that the journey is an enjoyable one.
They’re committed to developing their business without compromise to their team or their clients. They maintain their integrity, quality of work and the experience they provide because they know that success is built on long-term partnerships, and careers that grow.
They aim to be the agency their clients would hate to lose, and their staff never need to leave!
Role Requirements
Research and write compelling content to support our clients’ marketing objectives
Ensure all content is accurate, tailored to the audience, delivered on time, meets the brief, and is
supported by credible references
Identify or create draft graphics, where needed, e.g. graphs, mode of action, anatomy, and work
with the creative team on visual representation of these
Own the client approval process for materials, i.e. upload and annotation of references on Veeva
PromoMats
Incorporate internal team and client feedback
Attend internal and client meetings, taking the lead on discussions on scientific content
Provide support to other members of the writing team, including line management, as required
Person Specifications
3-5 years medical writing experience within a healthcare communications agency
A creative and analytical mind, with a proven ability to interpret large amounts of information
Sound understanding of scientific/pharmacological principles
Ability to seek out, critique and interpret clinical/scientific data
Ability to participate in discussions with, briefing from, and pitching to clients
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Excellent attention to detail
Good time management and ability to work to deadlines
Experience with pharma approval software systems desired (Veeva PromoMats)
Professional – Having the ability to communicate with clients, KOLs and colleagues alike
Package
The pension contribution is managed by NEST pensions which is a 8% contributor pension,
which is 5% contribution by the employee and 3% by the employer
28 days holiday plus bank holidays. We also provide:
May 4th as a company holiday. STAR WARS day
Your birthday off as a company holiday
MD discretionary time off over the Christmas period
Private health, dental and life insurance
Ability to work remotely or from our London or Bournemouth offices. We do not have core hours as
such just a requirement to communicate with your colleagues. Legally there is some wording around
this but the reality is that we are fully flexible. BOOM! have a corporate HQ in central Bournemouth
but also offices in Copenhagen and now on the South Bank in London
There is an expectation to attend client meetings as required
The company will equip you with the IT equipment to be successful
Additional face to face meetings may be required from time to time
Daily organisation
We tend to start our days with an 8-45am Teams call, which is a mix of catch up and
alignment for the day. We think it’s important to get a connection to the team and so we
broadly take the time to relax into the day with focus
We don’t finish at a specific time on any day. We try to finish a little early on Fridays where
possible
As with most/ all elements at BOOM! we win together, we lose together. Most importantly we do it
TOGETHER
Locations
We aim to operate and maintain the following set of core values
