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About the Role
This role sits within the Med Comms vertical, focusing on a dedicated account for a major global healthcare company. The work involves clinical trial materials for healthcare professionals and patients, alongside medical education and training materials. The position offers protected writing time, daily stand-ups, and client interaction.
Responsibilities
- Writing clear, accurate content across medical education and medical affairs deliverables, including slide decks, training materials, scientific platforms, plain language summaries, infographics, and patient-facing materials for both healthcare professional and lay audiences.
- Delivering clinical trial materials such as patient information brochures, visit guides, retention materials, and thank you letters, working accurately from protocols and source documents.
- Interrogating briefs by asking clarifying questions instead of making assumptions.
- Participating in client calls and status meetings as a named team member and handling day-to-day client queries directly.
- Reviewing and editing content from in-house and freelance writers, providing timely, constructive feedback.
- Quickly understanding new therapy areas and working accurately.
- Becoming proficient and confident working within local codes of practice, such as PAAB and ABPI.
- Identifying and helping to shape organic growth opportunities within the account.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a senior or principal medical writer in an agency setting, producing high-quality scientific and creative copy with minimal support.
- A life sciences undergraduate degree.
- Demonstrable experience writing for both healthcare professionals and patients or the public, switching confidently between the two registers.
- Experience with medical affairs and medical education deliverables (publications experience not required).
- Confidence leading and contributing to client calls, and acting as an extension of the client’s account team.
- Working knowledge of ABPI and other relevant codes, with the judgment to flag concerns and propose compliant solutions.
- Experience reviewing and editing copy from in-house or freelance writers, with timely, constructive feedback.
- Self-motivated and comfortable asking for what they need.
- Genuinely comfortable interrogating a brief and proactive about chasing down information.
- Comfortable keeping the internal team in the loop.
- Ability to work remotely and manage own schedule.
- A take-home medical writing/editing exercise will be part of the process.
Skills
- Medical writing
- Scientific writing
- Creative copywriting
- Medical education content creation
- Medical affairs content creation
- Clinical trial material development
- Content review and editing
- Client communication
- Brief interrogation
- Understanding of ABPI and PAAB codes of practice
- Adaptability to new therapy areas
- Remote work proficiency
- Time management
- Self-motivation
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
- Permanent
- Remote
Experience Level
- Senior
- Principal
Education Level
- Life sciences undergraduate degree
- Life sciences PhD (nice to have)
Salary/Compensations
- £55,000–£65,000 per annum
Benefits
- Annual company performance bonus
- Share options
- Company-paid private health insurance
- Pension contribution
- Individual and team training / self-development budget
- Enhanced parental leave
- 25 days’ holiday plus UK bank holidays
- Birthday off
- Additional holiday days based on tenure
- Option to buy additional holiday days
- Optional UK “working together” days with travel contribution
- Quarterly wellbeing perk
- Financial coaching
- Personalised monster character
About the Company
- Word Monster is an agency transforming healthcare communications worldwide, built on scientific excellence and a life-first culture.
- They use proprietary frameworks and the Friction in Pharma® philosophy for an evidence-based approach.
- They are remote-first, offering flexibility in work setup and schedule.
- They foster connection through a virtual 2D office, regular socials, and in-person events like the annual Monster Mash retreat.
Equal Opportunity
- Word Monster is an inclusive employer, leading with fairness, kindness, and respect.
- They welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.