We are looking for a team member who has experience of independently developing high-quality medical content in line with client’s strategic plans, with the ability to translate complex clinical data to deliver compelling content that engages audiences across a range of deliverables.
Full time. Location: Our offices are in London, Macclesfield, and Manchester. We are open to applications from all over the UK as we have remote and flexible hybrid working policies.
About the Role
A Senior Medical Writer can create synergy between science, technical information, and commercial objectives to deliver compelling programmes. They are able to translate complex clinical data to deliver compelling content that engages the audience across a range of deliverables.
Senior Medical Writers at Lucid are responsible for delivering strategic and scientific value to key Lucid Group accounts. They are ambassadors for Lucid Group, helping build the profile and client base of the Company.
Key Responsibilities
- Independently develop high-quality medical content in line with client’s strategic plans.
- Write content that meets physicians’ needs, anticipates these needs, and supports client decision making.
- Maintain the highest levels of quality and accuracy on any given project, using multiple writing styles and adapting as needed.
- Create synergy between science, technical information, and commercial objectives to deliver compelling programmes.
- Acquire outstanding knowledge of client data and understand both therapy area and commercial objectives.
- Champion excellent standards in everything they are involved in.
- Build relationships with clients based on outstanding writing and knowledge, serving as an invaluable scientific and strategic partner.
- Build effective internal partnerships with other capabilities to successfully deliver the project plan on time and to budget.
- Work with the account management team to highlight new opportunities.
- Ensure excellence is always delivered for all projects, on time and on budget.
- Contribute to the pitch process and new business proposals.
- Mentor others and implement processes that improve efficiency.
- Support scientific reviews to ensure factual accuracy and adherence to regulatory requirements/code, and provide quality feedback to junior writers.
Essential Criteria
- A degree in a scientific, medical, or life sciences field.
- Experience managing own time in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment.
- Experience working in an agile environment.
- Experience working collaboratively and efficiently in a cross‑capability team.
- Experience writing for a variety of medical/scientific audiences.
- Proven ability to create high‑quality medical/scientific content.
- Experience working in a healthcare communications agency environment.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience delivering a wide variety of medical writing outputs.
- Experience creating content for digital/online and omnichannel outputs.
- Competent and confident as a therapy area expert.
- Competent and confident contributing to medical/scientific discussions.
- Proven ability to build professional external partnerships through work.
- Experience reviewing colleagues’ medical writing.
- Experience coaching or mentoring others.
What You’ll Be Working On
- Medical writing.
- Mentoring.
- Quality control.
- Building relationships.
- Various exciting projects.
- Medical reports.
Benefits of Working With Us
- Discretionary bonus scheme.
- Contributory pension with Lucid contribution up to 5% of basic salary (enrolment after 3 months of employment).
- Cycle to work scheme.
- 25 working days holiday, one celebration day of your choice, four Christmas closure days plus eight bank holidays per annum (pro‑rata for part‑time).
- Flexible holiday buy and sell scheme.
- Family‑friendly policies.
- Private family health and dental cover, including employee assistance programme and a comprehensive employee rewards scheme.
- Four times basic salary life assurance cover.
- Medicash healthcare cash plan (Level 1 company cover).
- Season ticket loans.
- Regular incentive schemes aligned to individual and team performance.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds and identities. We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment experience to everyone. This commitment to inclusion is explicitly inclusive of race, colour, sex, age, pregnancy, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression or disability.
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