Senior Medical Writer

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6 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACTLocation: London / Manchester / Oxford / Remote About Ogilvy
Ogilvy was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. David created a culture that deeply respects and cares about its people and clients. Our mission is to inspire people and brands to make an impact and we are committed to attracting, growing, and retaining the best talent in the industry. Ogilvy Health is one of the largest global networks in healthcare communications and provides strategic, integrated communication solutions for our clients, including many of the biggest names in the pharmaceutical industry. We are made up of healthcare communication specialists across the disciplines of medical education and communications; brain sciences; brand promotion; digital and social; strategic planning; public relations and creative/design. We believe we are like no other: we blaze new trails; we encourage a culture of creativity and innovation; we challenge, and we change; and we recognise and reward our team.
About the Role
We're looking for an experienced Senior Medical Writer to join us for 6 months on a Fixed Term Contract . This is a great opportunity to work in a well-established team with a legacy client on an immunology account. You'll find the scientific nature of the content interesting, and working on 5 different products will expand your knowledge and keep the work varied. You will be well briefed and well supported within this excellent team. Perhaps you're just finishing up a contract and looking for some longevity in your next challenge without the commitment of a permanent contract, or you want to dip your toe back into agency life and experience being fully immersed in a team again, this could be a great opportunity!
There are several ongoing initiatives within Ogilvy Health outside of client work that you can choose to get involved in including our culture and social team and our various fantastic DEI groups, created to champion diversity in the industry, our agency and our work. You'll discover that we are a very friendly, non-hierarchical, eclectic team, bound together by a desire to do the best work of our lives.
We have offices in London, Oxford and Manchester so we're happy to look at a location that suits you best. Everyone works 3 days from the office each week and the rest of the week from wherever you work best. There are 2 agency anchor days where we like to bring everyone together to collaborate, socialise and share our best work. These are Tues & Weds for London and Weds & Thurs for Manchester and Oxford. Please speak to us about remote working too.
What You'll Do
Working across 5 different workstreams producing scientific content, you'll work mainly in PowerPoint on reactive slide decks ranging in size from 25-450 slides. You'll also maintain and develop client relationships across those workstreams.
What You'll Need
You're an experienced Senior Medical Writer who is great at managing multiple projects
You're strong on PowerPoint and ideally have experience with EndNote
Experience working collaboratively with internal teams and clients
As this is a Fixed Term Contract, you will be immediately available or on a short notice period
How We'll Support You
Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We'll empower you with the tools you'll need to succeed. We'll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We'll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we'll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you'll be proud, with people you'll be proud to call your teammates.
Benefits
25 days holiday + your birthday off and a paid volunteering day - after 2 years service you can purchase up to an additional 5 days per year
Enhanced parental leave
A generous pension scheme - you pay in 4% we pay 6%, following probation contributions are matched up to 10.5% (17.5% in total)
Choose from either Private Medical Cover (Bupa) OR Dental cover OR a monthly leisure allowance of £45 to spend on your health & wellbeing
Free 1-2-1 Coaching - online coaching for your professional or personal growth provided by Thrive Partners
A comprehensive L&D programme
At Ogilvy, our people are at the heart of what we do: a creative agency that sparks game-changing ideas across culture and business through collaboration, integrity, and a celebration of self-expression.
We believe in building powerful teams with purpose. This means hiring and nurturing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientation, and gender identities - and we relentlessly curate transformative initiatives that make our commitment to fairness, and equity a reality.
Our ultimate mission is to leave a positive impact on the world, creating a better future for all, while supporting and uplifting the global communities we serve. This is central to our mantra of Borderless Creativity.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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