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A leading medical communications agency has a requirement for a medical writer. Your role will involve producing high quality educational materials for the pharmaceutical industry and other educational bodies to enhance understanding of the product/disease area, thus helping clients fulfil marketing objectives.
Main duties:
- Carefully take, and correctly interpret and implement briefs from the client.
- Research, write, edit and proof copy to the highest standard (scientific and grammatical) for a full range of educational materials for various audiences. Including development of oral presentations, print items, and multimedia.
- Manage/co-ordinate materials through design/production to print-ready stage, according to company procedures.
- Check proofs and printer’s proofs (text, layout, colour, specification) and sign-off for print/production.
- Accurate/precise interpretation and incorporation of client/author corrections.
- Check proofs and printer’s proofs (text, layout, colour, specification) and sign-off for print/production.
- Liaise with client, opinion leaders/speakers.
- Provide direction for the development of creative designs.
- Develop and implement production schedules.
- Provide on-site support to meet client/company requirements, e.g., on-site writing/editing/production, faculty support, A/V, data gathering, general assistance.
- Assist clients to disseminate marketing messages in the most appropriate format.
- Contribute to the development of new business and proposals wherever possible (existing and new clients).
Skills knowledge required:
- Educated to degree level or above in a biomedical discipline.
- Excellent scientific writing style and ability to adapt to target audience.
- Attention to detail – style/consistency, grammar, syntax, scientific accuracy, layout, etc.
- Good knowledge of a number of therapeutic areas, medical products and the pharmaceutical industry.
- Excellent project/time management and organisational skills.
- Creativity.
- Excellent inter-personal/communication skills, including client/opinion leader contact skills.
- IT skills (including WP, database searching, graphics packages, Internet, etc.).
- Knowledge of print/production procedures.
- Budgetary awareness.
- Familiar with code of practice guidelines for medical copy/copyright issues.
- Familiar with drug development regulatory guidelines/issues.
Package:
In return a good salary and benefits package are offered.
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