Agency:
Omnicom Health Medical Communications
Job Function:
Medical Scientific Services
Job Subfunction:
Medical Writing
Job Description:
Medical Writing, Briefing, and Reviewing
• Lead and coordinate medical content to produce a range of high-quality deliverables across therapy areas, within budget and schedule, with
minimal input from medical team leads.
• Objectively evaluate scientific literature/data and translate into communications deliverables; demonstrate scientific insight and critical
thinking.
• Strive to achieve writing excellence; consistently produce clear, accurate, scientifically sound, strategically aligned, grammatically correct,
and creative materials appropriate to the project brief, meet client needs, and reflect the direction of external experts.
• Act as a source of expertise regarding client products, therapy areas, data set and processes; project-specific strategy; and industry
standards, supporting others as needed; keep on top of updates to medical literature and the competitive landscape within relevant therapy
area(s) and share knowledge.
• Develop and critically appraise briefs to inform project plans; be alert to potential internal or external pitfalls or knowledge gaps and take
action to address these.
• Effectively brief other account team members and Studio as appropriate and provide further direction and support as needed.
• Competently review materials from other Writers (including freelancers) for scientific accuracy, written quality, style, suitability for the
audience, and strategic alignment, ensuring clear, complete, and valid comments.
• When writing or reviewing, ensure all materials conform to relevant style guides/guidelines and industry standards; provide advice and
guidance to address oversights.
• Contribute creative ideas, concepts, or suggestions to provide added value across live projects and business development activities.
• Manage workload effectively, including during delivery peaks, and prioritize/reprioritize effectively to meet deadlines for fast-paced and
multiple parallel projects.
Team Working
• Lead the delivery of medical content and work collaboratively with account team members to meet overall account objectives.
• Actively participate in account team meetings; lead project team meetings in line with specific delivery responsibilities.
• Coach and mentor less experienced Medical Writers and support their ongoing development.
Client Service
• Build positive relationships with clients and external experts by providing a knowledgeable point of contact; contribute to discussions to
identify issues and recommend solutions.
• Confidently lead/facilitate internal, client, and external expert calls/virtual meetings and attend on-site meetings.
Commercial / Financial
• Demonstrate mindfulness of project budgets and scopes of work; work with Client Services team members to identify issues and support
good recoverability.
• Input into the development of scopes of work/cost estimates.
• Complete timesheets on time and meet productivity targets.
Business Development
• Identify opportunities for organic growth on accounts and communicate to the senior account teams.
• Support the development of discrete medical content for proposals and pitch presentations.
$93,000 - $122,000
Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom's corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.
