Medical Writer

CMC Connect, part of McCann Health Medical Communications, is a leading global medical communications agency with offices in the UK and US. We work with global and domestic teams from many leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and provide a positive working environment for our staff.

We are incredibly proud of the work we produce for our clients - which makes us incredibly proud of the highly talented and hard-working individuals that make up CMC Connect. We are a team of high performing and collaborative individuals working toward the common goal of scientific excellence no matter the assignment.

We are now looking for a Medical Writer to work on a variety of medical communications materials for print and digital media. The ideal candidate will have experience in medical writing, ideally within industry. You will be able to demonstrate your quality medical writing for abstracts, posters, manuscripts in addition to broader experience writing across other medical communications tactics (e.g. scientific platforms and narratives, lexicons, clinical slide decks, medical education and more).

For the Medical Writer role you will need the right blend of skills to produce high-quality communications.

In this role you will:

• Strive to achieve editorial excellence, producing clear, accurate, grammatically correct and creative written work on a variety of therapeutic areas appropriate to the project brief
• Produce a high quality range of written communications items in accordance with the needs of the client, target audience, target publication medium, level of design/creativity
• Proactively contribute creative ideas, concepts or suggestions to provide added value to projects
• Effectively brief members of the project team, including time allocations, target audiences and client's key messages
• Actively contribute to client/opinion leader meetings and facilitate these meeting as required
• Help monitor project costs against agreed budgets and notify Account Managers of any changes to specification

Applicants must have a life science degree (preferably a PhD) and previous writing experience. A track record in medical communications is essential, along with the ability to co-ordinate the delivery of editorial projects and to provide scientific excellence across a number of accounts and therapy areas.

We are looking for someone who is:

• Curious
• Enthusiastic
• Organized
• Detailed
• Responsive and quick thinking

We offer careers not just jobs, continuously fulfilling our commitment to invest in our team members and met their professional development needs. We build roles around the strengths and aspirations of our staff and in doing so have become an employer of choice for over 100 employees worldwide. The wide variety of clients we work with allows our staff to broaden their experience through multiple and exciting project types. We are exceptionally proud of our company culture; we support and respect our team members, offer great work-life balance solutions and we empower individuals to learn, grow and develop, all in a free-thinking environment of innovation and ideas.

We welcome applicants with disabilities. We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, and you wish to ask, please contact the HR team at .

We are McCann Health, one of the most awarded global healthcare communications networks. We believe that Diversity and Inclusion are foundational to achieving our mission - to help our client's brands and businesses play a meaningful role in people's lives. We view diversity as a business imperative that, when incorporated into all agency practices, becomes a competitive advantage, driving growth and organizational sustainability. As we position ourselves for a future of increased competition and disruption, we're accelerating beyond merely acknowledging differences. Our philosophy is that consistent practices and deliberate actions that foster an inclusive culture unleash the creative power of our talent and our work. We call this Conscious Inclusion.