Senior Medical Editor
Ogilvy Health UKAbout Ogilvy
Ogilvy was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. David created a culture that deeply respects and cares about its people and clients. 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 the disciplines of medical education and communications; brain sciences; brand promotion; digital and social; strategic planning; public relations; and creative/design. 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.
In medical education, our approach is founded on expertise that combines biomedical science, learning theory and behaviour change to create impactful medical and professional education.
We’re ‘Scientifically Grounded, Creatively Driven’.
About the Role
Are you a meticulous and passionate Medical Editor ready to ensure excellence in groundbreaking healthcare communications?
We're on the lookout for a highly skilled and experienced Senior Medical Editor to join our dynamic and supportive team! This is an exceptional opportunity to lead the quality and accuracy of scientific content for some of the biggest names in pharma, working on high-profile accounts that are truly changing lives.
This isn't just an editing role; it's an opportunity to join a people-focused agency that has a heavy emphasis on personal wellbeing and the needs of its team members. We foster a culture where you'll be working with friendly and supportive teams who genuinely care about your success and growth. We believe in the power of doing it together, collaborating closely to achieve shared goals and elevate our collective output.
You'll be contributing to significant, multi-million-pound accounts with global reach, ensuring the highest standards for materials that have real-world value in the healthcare industry. We are committed to doing the right thing – upholding the highest ethical and scientific standards in all our communications. We offer hybrid working from our vibrant London or Manchester offices, or the option for fully remote work, allowing you to thrive wherever you are.
What You’ll Do
As a Senior Medical Editor, you'll be at the heart of our quality control, responsible for:
- Ensuring Editorial Excellence: You'll be editing for key accounts to ensure excellence in the quality, accuracy, clarity, and functionality of a wide range of material types across diverse therapy areas. This means incredible variety in your day-to-day work, all contributing to the best work of our lives.
- Shaping Processes: You'll contribute to the development of style guides and editing processes, refining our editing workflow to maintain our high standards.
- Leading & Mentoring: You'll have the opportunity to line manage junior editors, guiding and developing the next generation of talent, fostering a spirit of doing it together.
- Making a real impact: Your meticulous eye will directly support therapies in areas like cardio-renal metabolic disease, and potentially neuroscience, immunotherapy, and dermatology, ensuring all communications are flawless and impactful. This is about more than just words; it's about doing the right thing for patients and healthcare professionals.
- Expanding your horizons: We're committed to your growth. You'll have ample opportunities to expand your role and get involved with tasks beyond editing, such as company initiatives, research projects, and even new business development, all contributing to the best work of our lives.
- Shaping your career: We encourage you to steer and manage your own learning, with plenty of on-the-job training and mentorship to help you progress your career in the direction you choose.
What You’ll Need
- Your strong scientific foundation is key to understanding complex data and ensuring its accuracy.
- You're a seasoned editor with a proven track record in a med comms agency setting.
- Extensive experience of quality control processes, including editing and conducting close-reads.
- Proven experience of creating and applying style guides.
- Ability to create and manage EndNote databases, and conduct searches in a variety of databases (e.g., familiarity with PubMed MeSH search terms and the use of tools such as PubReMiner).
- Understanding of copyright requirements, ability to obtain permissions/assess licensing options, and knowledge of and compliance with key guidelines, including Sunshine Act and ABPI guidelines.
- Experience in cardio-renal metabolic disease is highly desirable. Bonus points for neuroscience, immunotherapy, or dermatology!
- Experience with pharma systems such as Veeva, PubMap, SourceClear, etc., for management of content approvals is a plus.
Benefits
- Private Medical Cover OR Monthly Leisure Allowance (£45!) OR Dental Cover
- 25 days annual leave, plus a day off for your birthday and a paid volunteering day
- Access to our excellent Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provided by Lifeworks
- Access to a range of fantastic resources in our L&D Academy
- A dedicated Culture Committee who keep us entertained throughout the year with a range of inclusive sociable events - we like to have fun!
- 1:1 coaching to support your personal and professional development
- A generous pension scheme, with contributions matched up to a total of 17.5% (i.e. you pay in 7%, Ogilvy Health pays in 10.5%)
- Take advantage of season ticket loans, cycle-to-work scheme, property rental assistance, and generous employee discounts.
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. For us, diversity, equity and inclusion is integrated into everything that we do. We believe that for creativity to flourish, everything about how we work must have diversity at its core. Your race, colour, ethnic, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, have no bearing on our hiring decisions, but we encourage everyone to feel free to express their true selves in an environment we are consistently striving to make as inclusive as possible.
We aim to facilitate an accessible and positive application experience for all candidates. If you require any adjustments from us to support you through the process or expect to require any adjustments to working conditions to be able to best perform in the role, please let us know. We are happy to consider all reasonable adjustments.
If you live with a disability and you would like to take advantage of our offer of a guaranteed interview under the Disability Confident Scheme, please ensure you fill out our voluntary Equal Opportunities Questionnaire when applying.