Company: Publicis Media
Location: London
Job Description:
Overview
In this role you lead the Medical Strategy & Education editorial direction, guiding a team of writers to deliver scientifically robust, strategically driven work. You act as a trusted advisor to client service partners and clients, shaping portfolio messaging and complex narratives. You influence the ongoing development of the writing team and contribute to new business through strong scientific storytelling. This position fits a creative healthcare agency culture that values thinking further to drive impact.
Pay / Benefits
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Private Medical
- Reflection Days
- Shared Parental Leave
- inclusive benefits
Responsibilities
- Champions best practices within the medical writing team and drives continuous service improvement
- Mentors and manages writing team members, supporting resource management, training and recruitment
- Leads content for designated accounts and maintains high editorial and scientific standards
- Provides scientific and strategic counsel on complex narratives and portfolio messaging
- Establishes relationships with external scientific experts and client teams as a trusted partner
- Proposes enhancements to programme development and leads scientific aspects of pitch development
Key requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in life sciences (master’s or PhD ideal)
- 5+ years of medical writing experience in medical communications
- Strong ability to build relationships through verbal and written communication
- Experience leading and developing junior and mid-level writers
- Ability to motivate and elevate content and maintain high editorial standards
- Strong client and expert relationship management
- leadership
- mentoring
- strategic thinking
- scientific storytelling
- editorial leadership
- portfolio messaging development
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Posted: September 14th, 2026