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Chameleon Communications International
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London, Greater London
Principal Medical Writer
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Job Description
Overview Here at Chameleon , we hire smart and dedicated scientific experts, like you, who are keen to use their academic background in a career communicating complex scientific data. We offer a rare opportunity to work at the cutting edge of scientific discovery and within a very clear development pathway for those wishing to further their writing career in medical communications. In return, we ask that you do what you enjoy best - work with scientific concepts, data and therapeutic resources to develop outstanding content that will underpin our scientific communications programmes and that your clients will love. Simple, really! Reporting to the Scientific Team Leader, the Principal Medical Writer will be responsible for the production of high-quality medical copy that meets the client's communication objectives, to budget and on time, and for ensuring the quality of the team's editorial output. Working closely with client service colleagues will be responsible for creating high-end medical communications pieces for the client, including publications, meeting materials, promotional and scientific slides and reports, digital deliverables and patient-centred outputs. At Chameleon we operate an agile working environment, with home working and flexible hours - and we have some excellent benefits, because we know how important wellbeing at work is to our teams. The work we do is rewarding and we actually see how it positively affects people, in real time, with our 'Work with a Purpose' Patient Webinars. This is where we get to meet real patients, who tell us their story and how medical communications has helped them along the way. Having long standing trusted strategic partnerships with most of the leading pharmaceutical companies, we work in therapy areas such as Oncology, Rare Diseases, Ophthalmology, Diabetes and Cardiovascular - to name a few. With a genuine focus on quality and a real investment in training, we have a great personal development program - and with large global accounts, we can accommodate a wide-range of disciplines/job functions. Required Skills: Skills and abilities * Strong leadership qualities, even when working under pressure, including: promoting team motivation, being and appearing to be in control, communicating company vision and culture, and having account strategic leadership within the context of writing abilities * Initiative, common sense and a high level of independence * Excellent organizational and time management skills, including when working under pressure * Advanced experience in writing across a range of medical communications media without direct supervision * A high degree of financial understanding and management * Proactive management of client business * Establishing and maintaining professional and productive client relationships * Effective delegation to Senior Medical Writers (SMW), Medical Writers (MW) and Associate Medical Writers (AMW) in the team * Clear communication to team, across departments and to senior management * Conducting themselves professionally at all times, including: * Smart business casual dress in the office and business smart for all client meetings * Prompt time-keeping Qualifications and experience * Degree (2:1 or better) in a biological or medically related subject, preference for higher degree * Usually at least 6 years writing experience in a medical communications agency or similar environment Knowledge * Good working knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and medical communications * Up-to-date knowledge of key compliance guidelines and documentation * Well-trained in all forms of medical communications and education * Good PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Reference Manager/Endnote skills Character and personal qualities * Good team player * Patient, calm, independent and reactive * Enthusiastic and entrepreneurial * Well organised and with good time-management * Great eye for detail * Keen to mentor and develop others Ideal qualities * Able to work independently, to lead where appropriate on certain projects, and to work and interact as part of the team * Able to identify and act on business development opportunities What we offer * A competitive salary * Contributory pension scheme * 25 days' annual holiday, rising to 30 day's after 5 years' service * Life assurance * Subsidised BUPA Private Medical Insurance * Subsidised BUPA Dental Insurance * Enhanced maternity and paternity leave * Charity day (additional to annual leave) * Summer Fridays * Subsidised gym membership * Free annual flu vaccinations * Confidential employee assistance programme * Season ticket/travel loan * Employee referral bonus * Annual eye test support * Comprehensive training and mentoring programmes * Additional retail discounts and benefits available through the Omnicom Group * A rewarding workplace and a fun team environment Chameleon Communications International partners with many of the major top 20 pharmaceutical clients to create the scientific foundat