Senior Medical Writer
Indigo Medical is an innovative and expanding medical education and compliance agency which provides tailored solutions to the pharmaceutical industry. Our clients include both large blue chip to smaller niche pharmaceutical companies.
In April 2021, Indigo Medical became part of SCIRIS which is a global family of agencies delivering exceptional healthcare communications and consultancy services. SCIRIS connects best-in-class capabilities to achieve success across therapeutic categories and all phases of brand development through offering bespoke programmes in healthcare communications, health economics and outcomes research, creative and brand strategy, medical compliance, and insights. Together, we are united by our ability to achieve intelligent solutions, inspired by science.
We are currently seeking an experienced Senior Medical Writer to join our growing, energetic team of physicians, pharmacists and life scientists based in our Milton Keynes office.
This role will suit a person who:
• can understand complex scientific and medical concepts.
• understands the oncology landscape in both solid and liquid tumours.
• can think creatively.
• is proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint.
• can plan/lead projects from start to finish.
Main duties and responsibilities:
• Planning and writing materials across various formats and in a variety of therapy areas, ensuring in every case that communications objectives are met, and a high level of technical accuracy is maintained.
• Liaison with clients regarding project briefing, planning and delivery.
• Liaison with external experts who are speaking or developing content on behalf of our clients.
• Communicating with clients and external experts regarding scientific content.
• Attending and reporting on scientific advisory boards.
• Attending internal and external meetings.
• Reviewing and editing manuscripts.
• Briefing designers and/or digital developers to ensure scientific content is accurately and effectively portrayed.
• Quality control of final documents.
• Reviewing clinical papers and abstracts in order to incorporate data effectively into communications materials.
• Developing core claims documents based on literature.
• Integrating, interpreting and summarising scientific data from a variety of sources (for example, e-learning training courses, slide sets, web content, meeting materials, speaker briefing documents, etc.) and adapting this information according to the client brief.
• Submitting materials for compliance review and incorporating any necessary changes to obtain approval for use.
• Proficient use of PowerPoint to create and edit slides with a range of complexities, such as formatting text, figures, graphs and animations. Suggesting creative solutions to enhance or visualise the content narrative when appropriate.
• Communicating clearly with all departments and senior management, contributing to team meetings, and offering ideas to improve efficiency or quality to achieve team goals.
• Providing input to new business proposals and attending pitches if required to do so by senior team members.
Criteria:
• A science degree (BSc) (or MSc) is essential; a PhD is desirable.
• Experience of a wide range of writing projects (outlines, manuscripts, slide decks, e-learning programmes)
• Experience in the field of oncology is highly desirable.
• Ability to interpret clinical data and rapidly assimilate new therapy areas.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to self-manage with excellent time management.
• Exceptional team player with a good sense of humour.
• IT literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint).