Job Order: 5788
Staff Representative: Tim Jadwin
Position: Medical Writer
Location: New Jersey
Company Summary:
A smart, award-winning pharmaceutical advertising and communications agency with major clients.
Description:
The Medical Writer is responsible for being the medical and technical information source for internal teams and clients. The Medical Writer conceptualizes innovative initiatives to support marketing strategy while assuring that all projects are accurate and meet program objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Develop adequate scientific knowledge base for assigned primary and secondary products.
- Understand marketing strategies and objectives for assigned products.
- Develop manuscripts that are consistently "on target", i.e., meet the stated objectives of the project, follow the outline, are within the job specifications as defined by tem/client, follow journal specs, and are at the appropriate level and tone for the intended audience.
- Meet required deadlines
- Determine adequacy of references provided for the project and obtain additional references or information as necessary.
- Provide accurate citations in text, a bibliography, and appropriately underscored (or highlighted) references for medical review.
- Address all inquiries and incorporate all revisions requested by internal and client reviewers.
- Participate on product teams.
- Develop ability to reasonably estimate time required to complete specific projects.
- PhD, PharmD or MD degree (Preferred).
- Familiarity with biomedical literature and AMA style guidelines.
- One to Three years experience as a medical writer in an advertising agency or pharmaceutical firm.
