Lead Medical Writer (LMW) – Medical Communications and Healthcare Advertising – United States - $105- 140k (bandings are dependant on location/experience)

The Company

Independent mid- sized agency with offices in the US and UK – scientific, creative, innovative and disruptive!

• Work across medical communications and healthcare advertising allowing the opportunity to work in either or both areas,
• Won 4 of the top 25 pharma clients to add to their broad client base
• Therapy areas include oncology, immunology, rare disease, rheumatology and inflammatory disease.
• Very supportive culture who hire for future growth so the team are prepared and not overstretched.

The Role

This Lead Medical Writer role will be working on various therapeutic areas and deliverables:

• Manage junior writers: review, mentor and provide feedback
• Produce high level deliverables: slide decks, leave- behind, website copy, manuscripts, congress publications, video scrips etc
• Think strategically
• Client interaction
• Engage the appropriate audiences based on brief, within budget, timelines and SOPs
• Support Scientific Services
• Communicate internally and externally
• Provide review and feedback
• Attend on-site meetings with clients when necessary
• Keep up to date knowledge of scientific areas
• $105- 140k (bandings are dependant on location/ experience)

You

This is an exciting role for an experienced medical writer:

• 4+ years of writing experience in med comms
• Scientific knowledge/ background – higher level degree
• Experience building and maintaining relationships
• People management skills and experience
• Strong time management skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Proven writing skills, ability to create high quality work
• Ability to learn new therapy areas quickly
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Innovative thinker

What should you do next?

This Lead Medical Writer role is one not to be missed; it encompasses the opportunity to work with a growing international company. To discuss this role further or to find out about other Medical Communications roles I’m currently working on, please get in touch or hit apply to submit your current CV.

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