Senior Medical Writer

About Ogilvy  

Ogilvy, part of WPP, has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since the company was founded by David Ogilvy 75 years ago. It builds on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity – innovating at the intersections of its advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities with experts collaborating seamlessly across over 120 offices in nearly 90 countries. Ogilvy currently ranks as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC, signifying its ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities. Ogilvy is a WPP company (NYSE: WPP). For more information, visit Ogilvy.com, and follow us on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Facebook.

About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

What We Can Offer

An exciting and supportive working environment, highly creative and committed colleagues, and a culture that openly encourages new and creative thinking from employees at all levels 

• The opportunity to work across multiple disciplines in addition to medical education, including promotional, digital, and market access

• Unrivalled opportunities for training and personal and professional development due to the depth and variety of expertise within Ogilvy Health and the wider WPP network 

Our Senior Medical Writers are responsible for:

• Contributing to the full range of medical education/communication programmes

• Ensuring delivery of high-quality scientific content, reviewing work by junior colleagues, and providing internal leadership of small editorial teams

• Leading scientific discussions with clients and external experts, face to face and on calls

• Contributing to scientific strategy to inform tactical planning of accounts, both internally and with clients

• Helping to identify organic growth opportunities on accounts • Contributing to the scientific development of proposals and pitches

• Line management, mentoring, coaching, and training 

Key things we are looking to see in an application:

• 3+ years’ experience as a Medical Writer • Details of previous agencies, clients, therapy area experience, project types and the audiences for which you have written (e.g. specialists, GPs, nurses, pharmacists and patients)

• Strong communication skills, high emotional intelligence, the ability to adapt your approach according to the needs of clients and teams, and the ability to respond rapidly to situations and manage internal/external issues

• Familiarity with organic growth and contributing to proposals and pitches  • Ability to deliver events and large educational programmes, and experience of digital projects

• Excellent understanding of pharmaceutical regulations, e.g. ABPI, GPP3, ICMJE