Senior Medical Copywriter

We are looking to recruit a talented Senior Medical Copywriter into our copywriting team. 

We’ve worked hard to cultivate a friendly and open culture, and we’re looking for a candidate who can drive us forward — influencing our process, culture, and reputation within the agency and across our networked offices around the world. We’re looking for candidates with passion and ambition; this role is as big as you want it to be. 

With state-of-the-art offices that overlook the Thames (you’ll find us next to Tate Modern), flexible working policies, and a host of benefits including an annual wellbeing allowance, “summer hours”, and regular lunches.  

Responsibilities: 

• Creating compelling and imaginative copy 
• Communicating complex scientific information in a clear and appropriate way 
• Acting as agency scientific lead on your brands and liaising with client medics 
• Working with art directors to develop advertising concepts and headlines 
• Taking an active role in pitches 
• Presenting work and attending client meetings and teleconferences • A good knowledge of the ABPI Code of Practice 
• Using Zinc and Veeva Vault 

Requirements: 

• Minimum of 4 years’ promotional medical writing experience in a healthcare-related agency. 
• Undergraduate degree in life sciences (MSc or PhD preferable),   
• Creative flair and ability to write compelling and engaging copy  
• Structured thinking, in order to craft logical stories and communicate complex ideas clearly.  
• Initiative to research ideas and challenge briefs where appropriate  

About Cherry:   

Cherry is an award-winning healthcare creative communication agency. We work with a number of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies delivering creative and digital work for our clients. We take an integrated, multi-channel and consultative approach to client engagements and we work on numerous exciting brands across a wide variety of therapy areas.   

We have been recognised as a Great Place to Work for five consecutive years (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025).  

What we offer:   

At Cherry, employee development is key. We have bespoke internal and external training programs that are run year-round across all departments, and group mentoring program employees can get involved in!   

As well as the competitive basic salary, great social events and a culture of continual learning we also offer our employees:   

• 25 days holiday per year (which increases with tenure)   
• Flexible/hybrid working 
• Work From Anywhere Policy (for 20 days per year you can work from anywhere abroad)   
• Annual Wellbeing Allowance, to spend on whatever that makes you happy 
• 2 x volunteer days per year - to support a cause close to you!   
• Employee Assistance Programme   
• Private health/free travel insurance for you and your family   
• Enhanced family friendly & women's health policies   
• Enhanced employer pension contribution 
• Summer Fridays - finish early from June - August   
• Mobility program - being part of a wider group enables employees the opportunity to work from one of our global offices (US, Canada, Europe, UAE) for short/mid/long term secondments   

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