Sr. Creative Copywriter - Pharmaceutical Agency

Sr. Creative Copywriter – Pharmaceutical Agency

When you love what you do, it won’t feel like work. Who says your calling and career have to be mutually exclusive? People who join us at PrecisionAQ are drawn to our agency because of their passion for and commitment to truly cutting-edge and incredible work – they stay for our ethos of wecentricity, the community and collaboration we foster here. Launching clients’ treatments. Changing patients’ lives. Advancing creativity and strategy, improving results and outcomes. We do our best and most innovative work when it’s fueled by purpose and comprised of the unique and varied perspectives and abilities of Effectors across the globe.

At PrecisionAQ, talent is displayed in the work, not flaunted in plumes of conceit. Here, cooperation and wecentricity are what we champion. Are you a self-effacing rock star? A sensible diva? A down-to-earth maestro? Have we got a stage for you. Our people are wildly talented, clever, and inspiring.

Position Summary

• An individual with excellent copywriting skills and with creative intelligence, technical expertise, healthcare experience.
• A master communicator, being able to think creatively, show excellent core writing skills and be able to communicate simply for different audiences.
• Ideal candidate will know when to be proactive, meticulous, when to challenge and inspire others. Someone who believe what you say and how you say it are equally important.
• An individual will become a part of a strong creative team that includes creative/medical copywriters, designers and developers. 

 Minimum Required Qualifications

Education:

• An undergraduate degree, preferably science (life sciences) or equivalent

Work Experience:

• 5 or more years of relevant experience, ideally in a healthcare industry or pharma
• Experience working as part of a creative team, comfortable working independently and as part of a team
• Substantial experience of copywriting (or a real enthusiasm) for writing for digital and previous experience of non-digital projects ideally within a pharmaceutical context

Skills:

• Effective written and verbal skills, confident in making presentations, influencer
• Able to tailor language and tone to the audience
• Sound scientific understanding and analytical skills knowing when to be detail orientated
• Self - managing under pressure– can multi-task and prioritise for self and others, excellent time management, experience of ensuring projects run to recoverable time
• Proactive thinking, constantly seeing to improve ways of working and create opportunities to improve morale and help the agency differentiate itself from the competition
• Solves complex Creative and People problems effectively
• A flexible attitude with respect to work assignments and new learning, grasp new concepts and therapy areas quickly
• Act in a diplomatic, nurturing and respectful way with colleagues
• Show sensitivity to colleagues with differing motivations and priorities enable attention to detail
• Good time management skills and able to work within allocated hours
• Ability to multi task and prioritise tasks
• Comfortable working in a team using a collaborative style and also independently
• Excellent asethetic judgement

Competencies:

• Can work with the following programs Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills and Outlook
• Good knowledge of the strict regulations in pharmaceuticals, with experience working to the ABPI and other codes of practice

Essential Functions

• Responsible for the quality, style and accuracy of all copy appearing
• Provide the agency with guidance on all matters relating to the legitimacy of claims and propositions proposed and made in the material the agency produces
• Provide input to the Creative strategy
• Take ownership and be lead writer for a range of medical/marketing/advertising projects, digital and non-digital projects across a wide range of disease states and indications. Some of this you will write, some you will style and some will be out-sourced
• Working with different teams, you will write creative, clear, concise, compelling, accurate and grammatically correct copy
• To participate in the development of strong and challenging conceptual platforms and ideas. contribute to discussions that lead to the development of ground breaking digital executions in the pharmaceutical market
• Explain complex concepts and data, in simple ways to a range of audiences and where appropriate with conviction and with passion
• Ensure content adheres to in-house or client-specific style and adheres to ABPI and local codes of practice/guidelines
• To work to pre-agreed budgets, timelines and time allocations to deliver quality work on time and to brief.
• Keep up to date with new digital technologies

General Requirements

• This job description should be treated as a guide to the duties that the post holder is expected to perform. As a term of employment the post holder can be required to undertake such duties as are commensurate with his or her position
• This job description may be amended to meet the changing requirements of the agency at any time and after discussion with the post holder
• All employees are required to be aware of their responsibilities towards Health and Safety and to adhere to the Health and Safety Policy.

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