Who we are
Langland, a Publicis Health company, is the only health communications agency that thinks further across Clinical Trial Experience, Medical Strategy & Education, Public Relations & Policy, and Advertising, to create unique value with visionary clients.

What we believe
Health brings us together. In the diseases we suffer, the medicines we create, and the causes we champion, health shows us our collective humanity. When we break the barriers that divide us, when we think further, we can create healthier futures, together.

A passion for craft
Having expert thinking is only part of our story. To ensure excellence in everything we make, we have centred our disciplines around three essential crafts: science, strategy and creativity. 

As a Senior Medical Writer II within the Medical Strategy & Education team, you will act as the content lead on several key accounts and be responsible for the development of well crafted, scientifically sound and strategic deliverables.

You will build strong relationships with clients and colleagues alike, and mentor and manage more junior writers to ensure consistently high standards.

You will always Think Further about new possibilities based on a comprehensive knowledge base, and a drive for innovation and continued improvement. 

Thanks to regular new business wins and steady organic growth, the breath of work is extremely vast and spans many therapy areas.

Key duties:

• Takes responsibility for the day-to-day delivery of scientific content, ensuring quality, accuracy and integrity of individual work and that of more junior team members; delegates as needed to ensure timely execution to a high standard
• Ensures that the scientific strategy is defined and cohesively applied across all deliverables for assigned accounts
• Seen as the go-to content expert for assigned therapeutic areas, and leads the accurate and impactful implementation of the client’s strategic imperatives and communication goals 
• Leads content discussions internally and externally, confidently handling content challenges and guiding more junior team members
• Line manages more junior writers, taking responsibility for their training, performance and development (with guidance from more senior team members as needed)
• Provides research and content support for pitch development and other new business initiatives; identifies the strategic implications of product data and the therapeutic landscape and can confidently present their research in pitches

If you are ready to join our close-knit, ambitious team and play a role in the development and delivery of high-quality medical education programmes, whilst experiencing a myriad of personal and professional development opportunities and collaborating across our four health disciplines, we’d love to hear from you.

Furthermore, we operate a flexible working policy to help ensure your work-life balance is maintained, so whether you want to work from home or from our offices, we can accommodate.

Your approach

• Creative: willing to sensitively challenge the status quo
• Strategic: able to understand the big picture as well as the fine details
• Proactive: able to organise and drive your own work
• Communicative: eager to work with others in an integrated team

Your skills and experience

• Good at understanding and communicating complex science (you should hold a bachelor’s degree in the life sciences [2:1 or above] and ideally a master’s degree or PhD)
• Able to develop strong relationships –based on exceptional verbal, as well as written, communication abilities –and comfortable providing advice and guidance to others
• Extensive medical writing experience within a medical communications agency or an in-house pharma med comms team, demonstrating:
• The ability to craft standard communications to high editorial and scientific standards with minimal supervision
• Content and scientific leadership in client and expert communications
• Review of content to ensure high standards and brief alignment
• An ability to elevate content standards through direct review of work and mentorship of junior writers
• Development of junior writing talent through direct line management and training

An inclusive workplace
The more diverse our team, the more imaginative, intelligent and inspirational our culture and our work will become. Here are some of the ways we help promote diversity at Publicis Health. 

Recruitment 

• Diversity & Inclusion management 
• Anonymised CV submissions
• Mandatory unconscious bias training 
• Career and school programmes to build industry access for people from mixed socio-economic backgrounds

Culture 

• Support communities for women, LGBTQ+, BAME employees and their allies.
• A mental health programme which includes free HeadSpace membership.

Future
Publicis Groupe has committed €45 million to diversity, inclusion and social injustice within the network As part of our dedication to create an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Groupe UK is committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for employees with disabilities and for candidates in our application process.  If you need assistance or adjustment due to a disability, please contact us.