Senior Editor in London

About Ogilvy

Ogilvy, part of WPP, was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. 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 UK is made up of healthcare communication specialists across various disciplines. 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

Are you an experienced Senior Medical Editor looking to make an impact within a dynamic, close-knit medical education team? Do you possess an eagle-eyed attention to detail, a passion for scientific accuracy, and the agility to adapt within a fast-paced agency setting? If so, we want to hear from you! We are seeking a talented Senior Medical Editor to join our dedicated, highly collaborative editing team. In this role, you will be the final line of defense, ensuring that all scientific and educational content is accurate, clear, engaging, and fully aligned with client objectives, style guides, and brand standards. This is more than a copy-editing role; you will act as a champion of quality, helping to streamline editorial processes and flexibly support our medical writers with high-value tasks during varied workflows.

Key Responsibilities:

• Copy Editing & Proofreading: Edit, proofread, and format complex scientific and medical education content across a wide range of channels, formats, and materials.
• Data Checking: Challenge and verify scientific claims, figures, and tables against primary source references to ensure accuracy.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with writers, account managers, and creative teams to deliver high-quality scientific communications on time and within scope.
• Team Development & Mentorship: Provide guidance, support, and peer-to-peer mentoring to other team members, promoting a culture of continuous learning and high editorial standards.

About You

This is a specialist agency role requiring prior hands-on experience in medical copy-editing. Please note: This is not an administrative, journal production, or commissioning editor role. We are looking for an active, agency-experienced medical editor.

Required Experience & Skills:

• Experience: A minimum of 5 years of medical editing experience within a medical communications (MedComms) or Medical Education (MedEd) agency setting is strictly required.
• Technical Rigor: Outstanding proofreading and copy-editing skills with an impeccable grasp of medical terminology, AMA style, and regulatory guidelines.
• Data Literacy: Experience data-checking, referencing, and supporting medical writing teams with scientific cross-checking.
• Agility & Proactivity: High resilience, excellent time management, and the ability to comfortably manage the shifting workloads and deadlines typical of end-of-line agency workflows.
• Communication & Collaboration: High emotional intelligence with the ability to adapt your editing style to different therapeutic areas, client preferences, and internal team dynamics.

Highly Desirable "Nice-to-Haves":

• Veeva Vault Proficiency: Prior experience working with Veeva Vault (or similar client content management systems) for uploading, annotating, and linking references is an advantage.
• Proven Data Checking Experience: Previous hands-on experience thoroughly checking data and scientific statements against source materials.
• Line management: Experience in line management or mentoring colleagues.

How We’ll Support You

Ogilvy celebrates its people. 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

• Generous Annual Leave: 25 days holiday + your birthday off and a paid volunteering day.
• Enhanced Family Support: Premium enhanced parental leave packages.
• Robust Pension Scheme: You pay in 4%, we pay 6%. Following your probation, contributions are matched up to 10.5%.
• Health & Wellness Perks: Choose from either Private Medical Cover (Bupa), Dental Cover, OR a monthly leisure allowance of £45.
• Employee Support Programs: Fantastic assistance via Telus and Unum’s Help @ Hand.
• Coaching & Growth: Free 1-to-1 professional and personal growth coaching provided online.
• Learning & Development: Ongoing, comprehensive training opportunities tailored to your career pathway.

Our ambition is to attract the very best diverse talent to Ogilvy, and to be the employer of choice in the UK. We want everyone to feel welcome when they join us, and once they’re here, for them to want to stay with us, grow their career, and to feel they belong with us. We are an equal opportunity employer and we’re committed to creating an inclusive, welcoming environment for everyone who wants to work at Ogilvy.