At Real Chemistry, making the world a healthier place isn’t just an aspiration—it’s our everyday reality. Our drive to transform healthcare is informed by our blend of deep scientific expertise, human-centred creativity, and AI-driven insights, fostering a unique environment where innovation thrives and our people are impact-obsessed. As a global agency, we provide a full suite of services across healthcare communications and marketing to our clients, including top players in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Our #LifeatRealChem culture is rooted in our people—we believe we are best together and are committed to excellence for both our clients and colleagues. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting your career, if you share our passion for healthcare and connection, we invite you to explore our opportunities. Discover your purpose. Embrace innovation. Experience #LifeatRealChem. ## Key Responsibilities
Scientific knowledge:
Has a good understanding of assigned therapeutic areas
Effectively analyses and interprets scientific data to work on a wide range of assigned projects
Strategic knowledge:
Understands the medical affairs and commercial spaces within which clients work
Reviews literature and competitive information to continually expand understanding of brand/marketplace and emerging competitors and shares findings and implications with teams
Participates in meetings and strategic discussions with clients, authors, and advisors
AI
Confidently and efficiently uses AI tools to support assigned tasks, ensuring efficiency and accuracy in their work
Seeks out new opportunities to apply AI tools in to improve personal workflow and task management
Project ownership:
Takes some responsibility for day-to-day delivery of scientific content under supervision of MW2 or SMW and higher
Ensures communication objectives are met on assigned projects
Editorial:
Adapts writing style to suit different audiences (e.g. primary and secondary care physicians, nurses or patients)
Structure and writes more commercially focused or complicated materials such as story flows/strategicframeworks, competitor intelligence, advisory board reports, etc. with clear supervision from SMW or higher
Quality control:
Ensures all work is referenced appropriately and is provided with a full reference pack
Ensures all work is tagged appropriately on VVPM
Is fully adherent to and shows a good working knowledge the ABPI code of conduct
Demonstrates knowledge of good practice/industry guidelines and ensures project work is compliant with these with supervision from senior team
On site: May go on-site across a variety of events and interacting with clients and faculty to develop and finalise content
Client liaison: Has begun to have client contact for content development on straight-forward projects and escalates queries in more challenging scenarios
Project management
Adheres to project schedules and briefs
Understands key dates in project timelines and keeps the account team apprised of status on projects by providing timely and accurate communication
Proactively clarifies how a project status is tracking versus the number of hours available
Participates in the tracking of project deliverables, identifying impact of out-of-scope changes
Adheres to project budgets, or proactively provides appropriate reasons not to
Teamwork: Trains/mentors junior writers on writing and company processes
Qualifications and skills
You should bring a strong scientific background with a degree in a scientific or medical discipline (post-graduate degree preferred). A high level of academic achievement is expected
A passion for, and profound understanding of, healthcare, science, medicine, and the pharmaceutical industry is essential, as well as a keen interest in AI technologies
You’ll need to be personable, articulate, and have a keen eye for detail
You should bring previous experience as a (junior) medical writer at an agency or within a pharmaceutical organisation
