Senior Medical Writer
Summary
Senior Medical Writer creates scientific/medical education assets like presentations, digital content, and audiovisual pieces for pharmaceutical clients, requiring strong PowerPoint skills and MedComms experience.
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We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Medical Writer (SMW) to join our rapidly growing content development team, providing leading edge Medical Communications services to global pharmaceutical companies.
The successful candidate will drive ideation and development of a wide range of scientific/medical education assets and activities, including presentations (for internal trainings, external standalone events, and congress symposia), digital assets (delivered online or at live events), and audiovisual pieces (e.g. interviews, animations).
We are looking for someone who fully understands, and who has mastered, the SMW role. Typically this would entail at least four years’ experience at an agency with MedComms focus. Excellent PowerPoint skills are mandatory. Recent experience around immunotherapy and immunosuppression would be highly desirable. The position will include regular, direct contact with the client team and with expert physicians involved in asset development. Occasional travel will be required
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