Senior Writer

Senior Writer 

Location: 12 Bishop's Bridge Rd, Greater, London W2 6AA

 

About DDB Remedy:

We strive to be the most innovative and inspiring creative healthcare agency in the world, making things happen.

Through deep partnerships, smart strategy and applied creativity, we create exceptional experiences and communications. We make meaningful change in healthcare happen.

Our ethos? “It happens here”. It’s our promise, our challenge, and our invitation.

And if you’ve got potential to unlock, talent to unleash and a desire to wow clients, we want to make it happen.

DDB Remedy. It happens here.

 

The opportunity:

A core member of the brand team, the Senior Writer works closely with strategy and their client to produce engaging and medically accurate materials that reflect the brand’s tone of voice, strategy and positioning. You will have extensive experience with promotional materials. You don’t just follow the brief – you go beyond it, looking for unexpected ways to make your brand memorable and increase connection with your audience. You will champion medical writing and take an active role in the development and management of more junior writers. You will take day-to-day responsibility for the copy output of your team, and know when to escalate to a more senior writer or your line manager. You will strive to deliver excellent creative solutions in collaboration with an Art partner.

 

What you’re gonna need to bring:

• Delivers copy to a high standard of medical accuracy
• Champions ‘it happens here’ and seeks creative solutions to briefs
• Ability to manage pressure and deadlines
• Minimum degree level life science graduate
• Experience within promotional creative healthcare
• Can work to deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail
• Can handle and act upon constructive feedback
• Excellent understanding of relevant UK and International codes – eg ABPI
• Excellent proof-reading skills
• Confident presenter

 

What We’ll Need You to Do:

Creativity

• Passionate about creativity and ideas in the broadest sense
• Fosters an environment, internally and with the client, in which powerful ideas and great creative work can be sold and flourish
• Demonstrates excellent creative judgment
• Creatively thinks about the client’s business and demonstrates initiative to identify new business opportunities
• Proactively learns about different types of creative awards, entry requirements and the judging process
• Aims to create ‘award-worthy’, UW-driven ideas with an Art Director/Designer or other team member

Productivity

• Is able to think through client’s business problems and identify or create solutions
• Remains calm under pressure, does not pass stress on to co-workers
• Is solution-orientated and focused on successful results; sees challenges as opportunities
• Has strong time management skills and knows how to prioritise tasks efficiently
• Has a high degree of accuracy and reliability

Relationships/Communication

• Develops and maintains strong relationships with clients and agency counterparts
• Regularly engages with the agency team, management, and client partners to ensure on-going communication of client needs and concerns
• Integrates and optimizes all agency departments and resources and creates an inclusive and inspiring environment
• Persuasive and inspiring presentation, negotiation and writing skills
• Acts as an ambassador for DDB and its culture in and outside the Agency
• Able to manage and motivate colleagues thoughtfully and successfully

Knowledge and Skills

• Has a solid understanding of their client’s business, brands and category
• Has an understanding of processes and tools (including proprietary DDB tools) that make the team more effective
• Solid understanding of all integrated communication disciplines (direct, digital, etc.) and ability to recognise and implement accordingly
• Motivated to always continue learning and sharing knowledge
• Strong facilitation and presentation skills both in preparing materials required and in delivery
• Excellent writing skills

 

What’s next:

For us, people always come first, and ours are amazing. Everyone who comes through our door is not only talented and nice, but they’re themselves. Unique and diverse. We’re only as strong as our people. And It Happens Here is an invitation to empower each other to thrive. To create an environment where you develop personally and professionally. It’s an invitation to define your own pathway.

The most important part of the process is you. We’re all wonderfully different with unique identifying characteristics, and we are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for employees with disabilities and for candidates in our application process. If you need assistance or adjustment due to a disability, please let us know.

For us, inclusivity and diversity aren’t “nice-to-have” – they’re central to our business strategy. The more inclusive we are, the more people feel they can bring their whole selves to work, the better our work will be.

Please contact our Talent Partner Kayla Mayston (kayla.mayston@ddbremedy.co.uk), to find out more.