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Senior Medical Writer, National Healthcare Team
Frankfurt, Germany
Who are we?
Weber Shandwick is a leading global communications network – with earned ideas at the core, the agency deploys leading and emerging technologies to inform strategy, develop critical insights and heighten impact across sectors and specialty areas, including brand and B2B marketing, healthcare communications, change management, employee engagement, corporate reputation, crisis management, data and analytics, technology, public affairs, social impact, and financial communications. Weber Shandwick is part of the IPG DXTRA family and wider Interpublic Group.
What is the role?
Our Weber Shandwick Health team work across accounts in data comms, patient advocacy, corporate comms, disease awareness, media relations and social media, for top pharmaceutical companies and biotechs. The majority of their work is German market specific but there is also the opportunity to collaborate within the wider network across EMEA. This is a great opportunity to lead on a number of established pharma accounts, whilst developing your career in one of the world's leading communications agencies.
We're looking for someone to support the team across a number of top pharma accounts as a Senior Medical Writer taking responsibility for developing HCP targeted PR texts – translating complex medical studies and data into media text.
Responsibilities include:
- Supporting the team to develop healthcare communications and media content across a range of outputs
- Supporting the client directly on scientific and content matters
- Reviewing work of other team members
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with team and internal stakeholders.
- Supporting with new and organic business development as required.
Who are you?
- PhD or higher life sciences degree
- 3+ years in a medical communications agency as a Medical Writer
- Strong knowledge of types of media text
- Experience writing for a HCP audience
- Experience taking complex medical data and translating into media text
- Fluent in German
- Fluent in English
Experience would be ideal in:
- Supporting domestic, EMEA, or global PR teams.
- Writing experience in oncology, cardiology, respiratory or immunology therapy areas.
- Experience in a networked PR agency.
Anything else?
We are based in Frankfurt but have health teams in Cologne, Munich, and Berlin so the right candidate could be based in any of these locations.
This would be a hybrid position with 2 days per week in the office.
We are a flexible bunch, so please do reach out if you have flexibility requirements and we'll be happy to chat!
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