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About Us
Virgo Health works for pharmaceutical, biotech, and device companies to inform and educate healthcare
professionals about the latest developments in clinical research and therapeutic approaches. We leverage our
meetings, digital, and interactive expertise to understand what’s easy and relevant for healthcare professionals to
engage with. We tailor our content and design it to offer choice and active participation. Real, relevant, and human.
Job overview
As part of the newly formed Virgo New York team the ASD will take ownership and produce high quality educational
materials for the pharmaceutical industry and other educational bodies to enhance understanding of the disease
area/product, with the main aim of helping clients to communicate their educational objectives.
Core responsibilities
Writing
Client activity
• Take and correctly implement briefs from the client or client services team
• Act as a senior lead to clients and thought leaders for specified projects/accounts
• Review work of more junior writers and provide feedback to ensure medical writing standards are consistently
achieved
• Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of therapy areas relevant to own accounts, including product data and
educational messaging, terminology, and competitor awareness
• Accurately interpret client/author comments and precisely apply feedback
Team working
• Brief freelancers as necessary
• Work with editorial assistant (or account executive) to manage materials through studio
• Assist manager by proactively managing workload and forecast resource requirements to ensure adequate resource
to meet clients’ needs
• Ensure effective communication with internal team to ensure timely discussion of issues that may impact on ability to
deliver high-quality work on budget
Knowledge
• Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of therapy areas relevant to own accounts, including product data and
educational messaging, terminology, and competitor awareness
• Build knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and health arena
• Keep updated on new developments within medical writing arena and other med ed agency activity
• Utilize understanding of the pharma health environment, applying knowledge towards the implementation and
development of client and new business programmes
• Keep updated on the relevant regulatory codes and legislation
Other
• Accurately input hours worked into timesheets on to SAP
Experience/skills required
Level of experience
Successful track record working within a healthcare communications agency
Qualification
Educated to degree level (or preferably higher) in a biomedical science
Virgo Behaviors
• Team working
• Passionate commitment
• Open communication
• Professionalism and client focus
• Self development
• Detail focus
• Organization
• Commercial awareness
• Embracing change
• Coaching
Key performance indicators
• Performance appraisal and performance objectives
• Bi-annual client service review
• Client feedback
Salary: $105,500-$130,000
Golin has included the base salary range or hourly rate for this role. Actual compensation offered within the range will depend upon, among other factors: a candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience; actual ranges for current or former employees in the role; and market considerations
Virgo is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.
Full Time
$249k-311k (estimate)
11/04/2022
05/01/2023
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