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Senior Medical Writer
London / Manchester - hybrid working
12 Month Fixed Term Contract - with a view to permanent at the end of the 12 months

About Ogilvy

Ogilvy was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. David created a culture that deeply respects and cares about its people and clients. Our mission is to inspire people and brands to make an impact and we are committed to attracting, growing, and retaining the best talent in the industry. Ogilvy was recognised as the most creative and most effective agency network in the world, ranking #1 on WARC’s Creative 100 and Effective 100 lists. The WARC 100 lists act as an industry benchmark for success based on results from the most prestigious global and regional industry competitions.

Ogilvy Health is one of the largest global networks in healthcare communications and provides strategic, integrated communication solutions for our clients, including many of the biggest names in the pharmaceutical industry. We are made up of healthcare communication specialists across the disciplines of medical education and communications; brain sciences; brand promotion; digital and social; strategic planning; public relations and creative/design.

About the Role

Are you a Senior Medical Writer with a passion for scientific communication and engagement? Do you have a broad range of experience in developing high-quality scientific content? If so, we want to hear from you! Owing to new business wins and growth across key accounts, we are seeking a talented Senior Medical Writer to join our team and help us deliver exceptional scientific communications across a range of channels. In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop compelling scientific content that resonates with audiences and drives results.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop high-quality scientific content for a range of external engagements (workshops & advisory boards), congress (booth & symposia), scientific slides decks and scientific communications
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure all scientific communications meet client objectives and brand standards
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior members of the medical writing team
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices to inform scientific communications decisions
• Contributing to the full range of medical education/communication programmes
• Ensuring delivery of high-quality scientific content, reviewing work by junior colleagues
• Leading scientific discussions with clients and external experts, face to face and on calls
• Contributing to scientific strategy to inform tactical planning of accounts, both internally and with clients
• Helping to identify organic growth opportunities on accounts
• Contributing to the scientific development of proposals and pitches
• Line management, mentoring, coaching, and training

What you'll need:

• Solid experience already gained in a Medical Writer capacity
• It would be great to see details of your therapy area experience, project types and the audiences for which you have written (e.g. specialists, GPs, nurses, pharmacists and patients) on your CV
• Strong communication skills, high emotional intelligence, the ability to adapt your approach according to the needs of clients and teams, and the ability to respond rapidly to situations and manage internal/external issues
• Familiarity with organic growth and contributing to proposals and pitches
• Ability to deliver events and large educational programmes, and experience of digital projects
• Deep understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities within the healthcare industry

How We’ll Support You

Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We’ll empower you with the tools you’ll need to succeed. We’ll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We’ll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we’ll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you’ll be proud, with people you’ll be proud to call your teammates.

• 25 days holiday + your birthday off and a paid volunteering day - after 2 years service you can purchase up to an additional 5 days per year
• Enhanced parental leave
• A generous pension scheme - you pay in 4% we pay 6%, following probation contributions are matched up to 10.5% (17.5% in total)
• Choose from either Private Medical Cover (Bupa) OR Dental cover OR a monthly leisure allowance of £45 to spend on your health & wellbeing
• A fantastic Employee Assistance Programme provided by Telus which offers brilliant support, expert advice and specialist counselling
• by Unum - quick, free access to a remote GP, mental health support, physio or a medical 2nd opinion
• Free 1-2-1 Coaching - online coaching for your professional or personal growth provided by Thrive Partners