Graduate Programme - Medical Writer London, England
Job description
emotive is a global healthcare communications agency who partner with health-focused companies across medical & scientific affairs, brand & patient engagement and PR & advocacy.
15 years ago, we started on our journey to transform lives by inspiring change that has a positive impact on people’s health. Today, with significant expertise in multiple therapy areas, rare diseases and advanced therapies, we continue to inspire change by driving advocacy and uptake of life-changing products, brands and services.
With the very best scientific, creative and digital minds, our team bring huge experience in medical, marketing, technology, public relations and advocacy to provide leading healthcare communications support to all our client partnerships.
We are also very proud of our pro-bono work with Medics4RareDiseases (M4RD), providing commercial, creative and strategic expertise to support their mission of raising awareness of rare diseases within the medical curriculum and profession.
ROLE
emotive are looking for science graduates to become our next Graduate Medical Writers. You’ll be placed on a tailored graduate induction programme, training you on all things Med Comms. The programme will be focused on understanding how all departments work and introducing you to your new role as a Graduate Medical Writer. You can expect to get involved in producing high quality healthcare communication materials for life sciences and other healthcare bodies.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Developing engaging and accurate copy for selected healthcare communications projects covering scientific communications, brand communications and patient communications
- Working across a wide variety of media including, but not limited to, digital applications,
web-based projects, print materials, internal communications, storyboards, slide decks and meeting materials - Completing background research in key therapy areas and proofreading draft and
final documents - Attending client meetings and teleconferences to capture key action points for the development or amendment of copy documents
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Educated to MSc or PhD in life sciences or a related subject
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to work simultaneously on more than one project
- Creative thinking, with the ability to provide input into realistic scientific communication concepts for projects which deliver on client objectives
- Ability to understand and research scientific information, and convey this information
to co-workers - The skills to write accurately and creatively in a dynamic and collaborative
agency environment - Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, managers
and clients
OUR REWARDS
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + 3 days off for Christmas + Birthday day-off
- Early finish Fridays – Office closes at 3 pm on Fridays (May–August inclusive)
- Holiday purchase scheme
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity policies
- 6 weeks paid sabbatical after 5 years’ service
- Subsidised gym membership
- Private medical insurance
- Pension (7% employer contribution)
- Annual personal learning budget
- Perkbox and Perkbox Medical
- Support and well-being services
We look forward to hearing from you!
