Junior Medical Writer

At Real Chemistry, making the world a healthier place isn’t just an aspiration—it’s our everyday reality. Our drive to transform healthcare is informed by our blend of deep scientific expertise, human‑centred creativity, and AI‑driven insights, fostering a unique environment where innovation thrives and our people are impact‑obsessed. As a global agency, we provide a full suite of services across healthcare communications and marketing to our clients, including top players in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

We’re looking for curious scientists ready to take their first step into medical writing through Elements, our development programme designed to turn talented scientists into confident, high‑impact medical writers. You’ll learn how to deliver excellent medical content, developing the scientific, strategic, writing, quality, and AI skills needed to build a long‑term career in medical communications.

• Scientific knowledge: Uses a range of resources and AI tools to learn about therapy area and the underlying science, and demonstrates this knowledge in assigned tasks, with support.
• Demonstrates thorough understanding of statistical methods and strong data analysis skills in assigned tasks, with support.
• Applies critical judgement to verify AI outputs against primary sources, with support.
• Strategic knowledge: Actively interrogates briefs for assigned tasks, asking questions, and confirming understanding, with support.
• Uses a range of resources and AI tools, and asks questions to learn about the client’s strategic objectives and medical affairs/commercial contexts (landscape and competitors) for assigned tasks, and demonstrates awareness of these in written work, with support.
• Writing and editorial: Develops content to meet client communication objectives on assigned tasks, with support.
• Uses clear, concise and accurate writing style with appropriate language (e.g., no comparisons, no unverified claims etc.) in assigned tasks, with support.
• Adapts writing style to suit different audiences (e.g. primary and secondary care physicians, nurses or patients) in assigned tasks, with support.
• Structures and writes content for assigned tasks, with support.
• Uses PPT, Word, and Excel to efficiently create scientific content with storytelling impact for assigned tasks, with support.
• Uses AI tools to support quality control processes.
• Quality control: Ensures that all content is accurately and fully referenced for assigned tasks and a reference pack is prepared, with support.
• Conducts data checking and proofreading for assigned projects, with a keen eye for detail and adhering to quality control processes, with support.
• Accurately and efficiently adds reference tags to materials within VVPM, with support.
• Understands the ABPI code and good practice/industry guidelines, and ensures that all content for assigned tasks is adherent, with support.
• Uses AI tools to support quality control processes, with support.
• Project delivery: Takes ownership of executing assigned tasks to deliver high‑quality content within agreed timeframes, with support.
• Critically reviews and corrects their own work before passing to others.
• Proactively seeks support when needed.
• Flags potential barriers (queries and problems) to successful task completion to team members at the earliest stage and suggests solutions, with support.
• Adheres to hours, timelines, budgets, and briefs for a task, proactively seeking clarification when needed and flagging out‑of‑scope changes.
• Prioritises tasks according to timelines, deadlines, and availability of key people (reviewers), and provides timely and accurate communication to the team on status.
• Completes timesheets and expense claims accurately and on time.
• Uses AI tools to support efficient task delivery, with support.
• Client liaison: Responds promptly and appropriately to client requests for assigned tasks, with support.
• Contributes to scientific discussions during meetings with clients, with support.
• May go on‑site to support project delivery.
• Uses AI tools to support client interactions, with support.
• Business growth and new business: Contributes to assigned tasks to support account growth (e.g., research, slide development), with support.
• Contributes to assigned tasks in pitch development (e.g., research, presenting findings to pitch team), with support.
• Uses AI tools to support business growth activities, with support.
• Teamwork: Demonstrates strong communication skills within assigned teams, with support.
• Plays a pivotal role within the writing team, contributing to meetings and initiatives.
• Identifies opportunities to use their skills to support colleagues.
• Proactively gets involved with the agency’s non‑client work, e.g. inspiration/charity/social.
• Shares knowledge, insights and experiences with peers, with support.
• Uses AI tools to support effective teamwork, and actively shares AI tips and learnings with peers, with support.
• Self‑development: Enthusiastically participates in the Elements programme, demonstrating passion for learning and asking questions.
• Engages with all opportunities to learn and seeks opportunities to reflect learnings in assigned work.
• Seeks feedback to improve performance.

You should bring a strong scientific background with a degree in a scientific or medical discipline (post‑graduate degree preferred). A high level of academic achievement is expected. A passion for healthcare, science, medicine, and the pharmaceutical industry is essential, as well as a keen interest in AI technologies. You’ll need to be personable, articulate, and have a keen eye for detail. Previous experience communicating science is desirable.

Real Chemistry offers a comprehensive benefit program and perks. We believe we can do our best when feeling our best, which is why we’ve put together a benefits program designed to give you the support you and your family need at every stage of life. Globally, this includes offices in our key markets with free snacks, generous holiday and paid time off, options for private medical, dental, and vision plans, and support in saving for the future. Other perks include mental wellness coaching and support and access to more than 13,000 online classes with LinkedIn Learning.

For employees within an hour of an office, we expect attendance two days per week. We also actively open new office locations. We are not looking for attendance for the sake of attendance but believe that the opportunity to coordinate in‑office team meetings, 1:1 meetings with managers, taking advantage of on‑site learning, and connecting with client partners is critical.

Real Chemistry is an Equal Opportunity employer. We continually strive to build and sustain an inclusive and equitable work environment where our employees feel empowered to leverage all they bring from their personal lived experience and professional expertise, to make our team the best in the industry. We encourage motivated and qualified applicants to apply without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, ethnic or national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Real Chemistry operates. Should you require accommodations throughout the interview process please let your recruiter know.