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:
Uses a range of resources to understand the science underlying assigned projects
Communicates relevant therapy area knowledge to the wider team to keep them up to date
Learns new therapeutic areas quickly and demonstrates this knowledge
Demonstrates strong analytical skills
Strategic knowledge:
Uses a range of resources to understand the product strategy related to assigned projects
Demonstrates awareness of brand strategic objectives in written work
Assimilates and has an appreciation of the medical affairs and commercial contexts within which clients work, with guidance
Performs research to support assigned project work (KEE mapping, collating data from resources) and reviews literature and competitive information to continually expand understanding of brand/marketplace and emerging competitors
Seeks to understand the strategic intent in their work
AI
Incorporates AI tools responsibly and appropriately into their tasks with guidance from team members
Actively seeks to learn about available and new AI tools
Shares insights and learnings with peers about using AI
Project ownership:
Participates in the execution of established editorial deliverables, creating, maintaining and taking ownership of assigned projects
Uses therapy area knowledge to ensure communication objectives are met on assigned projects (under supervision of senior editorial team)
Project development:
Actively participates in the briefing process for assigned work – interrogating the brief and confirming understanding
Flags with account lead(s)/line manager at the earliest stage any potential barriers to successful project completion and suggests solutions
Editorial:
Uses clear, concise and accurate writing style, with understanding of the typical language which should/should not be used (comparisons, unverified claims etc.)
Adapts writing style to suit different audiences (e.g. primary and secondary care physicians, nurses or patients) under supervision of the senior team
Structures and writes straightforward documents (e.g., slide decks, websites, training programmes)
Quality control:
Checks and prepares reference packs
Adheres to quality control processes, including accurate referencing, data checking and proofreading
Keen eye for detail
Accurately and efficiently adds reference tags to materials within VVPM
Understands and adheres to the ABPI code of conduct under guidance of the senior team and following training
Critically reviews and corrects their own work before passing to others
On site: May go on-site in a supportive role
Client liaison: Responds promptly to requests and liaises with clients with appropriate support from more senior team members
Growth and new business:
Understands the processes and terminology involved in new business
Actively contributes to assigned areas of proposal development and pitch activity
Undertakes and presents research to a pitch team
Facilitates team input via brainstorms as part of a pitch team
Project management
Demonstrates strong organisational skills
Understands the importance of adhering to project schedules and briefs
Ensures clarity on timelines, deadlines, and the availability of key people (reviewers)
Proactively clarifies the number of hours available for each assigned project and key dates in project timeline and keeps the account team apprised of status on projects by providing timely and accurate communication
Prioritises workload accordingly
Completes timesheets and expense claims accurately and on time
Understands the importance of adhering to project budgets
Business and environment:
Immerses themselves in the medical communications and pharma industries, clients’ companies and therapy areas
Engages with every opportunity to establish an awareness of developments, innovations and trends
Seeks opportunities to reflect these in project work and flags ideas to teams
Proactively gets involved with the agency’s non-client work, e.g. inspiration/charity/social projects, as required
Self-development
Enthusiasm for learning
Asks questions and prioritises learning
Engages with every opportunity to establish an awareness of developments, innovations and trends. Seeks opportunities to reflect these in project work and flags ideas to teams
Immerses themselves in the medical communications and pharma industries, clients’ companies and therapy areas
Seeks feedback and proactively feeds back to improve individual performance
Participates in the performance review process to deliver against objectives
Teamwork:
Demonstrates strong interpersonal communication skills
Shares insights and experiences with peers to support their professional development
Plays a pivotal role within the writing team, always leading by example and demonstrating knowledge of good practice/industry guidelines
Recognises where they can use their skills to support colleagues in both the Writing and Account teams
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 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
Previous experience communicating science is desirable
