[Hiring] Principal Medical Writer @M3 USA

PLEASE NOTE: Though this position will be remote flexible, the candidate needs to reside in the United Kingdom

About M3 Inc:

Founded in 2000, with start-up investment capital from Sony, M3’s mission is to make use of the internet to increase, as much as possible, the number of people who can live longer and healthier lives, and to reduce, as much as possible, the amount of unnecessary medical costs. Key achievements of M3 Inc. include:

• Named in Fortune’s 2020 ‘Future 50’ list, ahead of Facebook and Amazon
• Ranked in Forbes’ 2020 Global 2000 list of the world’s largest public companies
• M3 is the only company incorporated after the year 2000 to be included in the Nikkei 225 Index
• Listed in Forbes’ ‘Asia’s 200 Best Over a Billion’ in 2019
• In 2020 M3 founded the ‘M3: Stop COVID-19 Fund’ and pledged one billion yen to support COVID-19 related initiatives

M3’s legacy lies in the power of trusted physician platforms. Around the world, M3 organisations leverage these highly engaged digital communities to deliver medical education, job placement, and market research, to improve global patient outcomes.

This role sits within Doctors.net.uk, a subsidiary of M3 Inc. Doctors.net.uk is the UK's largest professional network of doctors; a closed community used by over 50,000 doctors daily and with a total membership of over 245,000. Products range from a trusted email communications platform to robust news and educational web pages along with our world-class sponsored pharmaceutical content and doctors’ own user-generated content. Our mission is to continually improve these offerings as well as identifying new ways to support our community of doctors throughout their careers.

We are looking for creative, resourceful and enthusiastic writers to join our team. The Medical Writing team at M3 (EU) is responsible for producing a wide variety of content for doctors.net.uk, including promotional material, conference highlights, videos, case studies, education modules and more, for a range of clients spanning the pharmaceutical industry, charities and wider healthcare sector.

Full-time preferred; part-time or flexible working hours considered.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Writing, editing, proofreading and quality checking content
• Attending occasional client meetings to plan, scope and discuss campaigns
• Planning campaigns with the wider team
• Working closely with the Design, Account Management and Programme Management teams
• Mentoring and training junior members of the writing team and liaising with external contractors
• Potential for travel for international and national medical conferences

• Must have a 2:1 in a life sciences degree (preferably a PhD)
• Must have at least 5 years’ experience of copywriting/ content creation in the pharmaceutical, commercial or digital industry
• Ability to write clear and concise, scientifically accurate copy
• Experience in writing content about prescription-only medicines in compliance with the ABPI code of practice
• Experience in writing promotional educational and/or educational materials for UK HCPs
• Preferred: experience with creating offline and online reference packs
• Preferred: experience working with approval systems eg Veeva PromoMats
• Excellent attention to detail
• Happy to work across a wide range of therapy areas
• A keen interest in working in healthcare communications
• Ability to build strong working relationships and surpassing expectations
• Ability to get involved and show initiative

Behaviour

• Able to develop and maintain strong professional relationships
• A clear concise communicator at all levels who develops trust easily, and both internally and externally to the organisation
• Excellent time management skills
• Willingness to get involved and show initiative to improve and make internal processes more efficient

Communication

• Must be able to communicate clearly and concisely throughout the organisation

Employee Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave
• Participation in a company bonus scheme linked to personal and company performance
• Group Life Cover 4x salary
• Pension 4%/4% employee/employer contributions
• Vitality after probation
• Staff discount scheme
• Discounted gym membership​

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