Principal Medical Copywriter

Company Description

Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness is a full‑service creative agency operating in the health and wellness space. Our purpose is to unleash the ‘Wellness Effect’ in every person through meaningful personalised experiences, because we achieve greater outcomes when we are fully engaged in our wellness. We believe when our people do well, our work does well, our clients do well, and our patients do well, inspiring even more wellness in the world.

Do Well.

That’s what it is, but the way is guided by four defining principles — curious, creative, discerning, brave. These are the values we look for and nurture in others and ourselves, underpinning a culture of collaborative entrepreneurialism that drives high performance.

Overview

The Principal Medical Copywriter is a senior figure in the creative department, the copywriting team and on client accounts. The role involves both medical copywriting and aspects of management. You’re responsible for translating scientific language into compelling, emotive copy for a range of medical audiences. You have remarkable scientific knowledge and play a lead role communicating with clients, medics and colleagues alike. You will help copywriters develop their craft to deliver materials of the highest quality. In this senior‑level role, you will be viewed as a leader and valued partner by overseeing quality content development, providing scientific guidance both internally and externally on current and new business, and motivating and inspiring the team.

Responsibilities

• Comfortably write and guide the writing of persuasive copy for multiple formats, channels and audiences; quickly translate scientific product data into compelling promotional stories; master the crafting of story flows; employ tone of voice to great effect.
• Work closely with account leads; take responsibility for medical accuracy, writing standards, approval processes and quality control levels on key accounts.
• Confidently lead interactions with clients and colleagues to support overall account management; advise teams regarding complex narratives and portfolio messaging development; constructively resolve difficult conversations.
• Work closely with senior creative colleagues to inform development of relevant creative themes; ensure medical and creative alignment; uphold creative standards; plan and advise on tactical proposals.
• Provide effective primary people management for direct reports; lead, oversee and mentor writers within account teams; proactively provide feedback and support; identify training and development needs.
• Actively involved in resource management, training and recruitment; work with management team to evolve and improve our service offering.
• Provide scientific and strategic counsel for clients and colleagues; maintain a high profile as an expert across a wide range of therapy areas.
• Efficiently manage a broad range of account requests/challenges; identify threats to delivery, offer solutions and challenge approaches; exemplify resilience.
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of brands and competitors; make proactive recommendations for driving organic growth; lead scientific aspects of pitches.
• Engage with existing and potential clients to maximise selling opportunities, showcase creative work and champion the Saatchi brand at all times.
• Support the strategic direction for existing clients and pitch work.

Qualifications

• Extensive proven experience in a medical copywriting role demonstrating:
  • Overarching scientific and content leadership for multiple accounts
  • Responsibility for maintaining high scientific and copywriting standards
  • Development of junior & mid‑level writing talent
• A solid scientific background – at least a bachelor’s degree in the life sciences.
• Expertise in healthcare communications and a thorough understanding of industry regulations.
• Incredible eye for detail.
• Able to develop strong relationships thanks to verbal and written communication abilities; comfortable providing advice and guidance to others; adept at resolving conflict.

Additional Information

Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics – Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical and Income Protection Plans – we also offer:

• WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year.
• “YOU” DAYS – flexibility to take a day off for your well‑being and self‑care without prior notice and additional paid leave for volunteering and charity work of your choice.
• HELP@HAND BENEFITS – 24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level. Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT. Well‑being content and lifestyle coaching.
• FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES – provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity, Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
• FLEXIBLE WORKING & BANK HOLIDAY SWAP – you can switch a religious Bank Holiday (Good Friday or Easter Monday) for another day to celebrate a religious, spiritual, faith or belief‑based day of your choosing.
• GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTS – membership discounts with Soho Friends, local restaurants and retailers in Westfield White City and Television Centre.

Full details of our benefits will be shared when you join us!

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full‑time employees being office‑based three days during the working week.

We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness and assure you that disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process. Please check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our Employee Action Groups.