Medical Copywriter

Ogilvy Health is focused on driving superior outcomes in the ever-changing healthcare environment, an increasingly complex and evolving marketplace. We inspire brands and people to impact the world by keeping our audiences' health and wellness needs at the center of every touchpoint. Ogilvy Health delivers insight, creativity, innovation, and engagement solutions for all healthcare stakeholders, patients, and consumers across the healthcare continuum. Through borderless creativity-operating, innovating, and creating at the intersection of talent and capabilities- Advertising, Experience, Public Relations, Health, and Consulting work fluidly across 131 offices in 93 countries to bring forth world-class creative solutions for our clients.
A Medical Copywriter at Ogilvy Health collaborates within a multi-functional team of Creatives, Client Services, Strat Planners and Project Managers. They are involved in a wide range of projects, including quality assurance, taking writing projects from first draft to final release, reviewing Creative copy for accuracy and compliance, coming up with tactics for brands, and doing research for both existing and prospective clients. Medical Copywriters will have their work checked by a Creative Copywriter when necessary, and report to a more Senior Medical writer for mentorship and quality assurance.
What You'll Do
Write copy for any kind of promotional piece across any medium
Attend project briefs, and work with the cross-functional team
Work with Art Directors at project inception to understand specs and text restrictions
Be a champion for assigned brands
Collaborate with other Creatives to achieve the project's communications objectives
Responsible for copy updates for assigned projects, and/or delegate
Manage and source reference documents for your brands, and/or delegate
Be a resource for the cross-functional team on regulatory issues (PAAB, ASC, etc.)
Provide insight into disease state and therapeutic landscape for your brands
Proofread when needed
Participate in brainstorms and ideation sessions
Review and sign-off on pieces prior to release
What You'll Need
Promotional Medical/Pharmaceutical and/or CME experience is a must
1-2 years' experience as a copywriter, in an agency or similar environment
Ability to craft engaging, digestible copy for any audience in any channel
Excellent command of English grammar, punctuation and spelling
Professional knowledge of medical terminology and expertise at articulating pharmaceutical process/requirements and manage regulatory submissions
A team player who is: Eager to collaborate and is solutions-oriented and resourceful, an avid listener and learner and can manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
Dynamic thinking with skill for simplifying complex concepts
Meticulous - attention to detail is a must
Accountable, independent, and mindful of others
Self-motivated
How We'll Support YouOgilvy Health celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We'll empower you with the tools you'll need to succeed. We'll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We'll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we'll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you'll be proud, with people you'll be proud to call your teammates.
Ogilvy Health Canada employees are encouraged to bring their ideas, experiences and perspectives, gleaned from their varied backgrounds to the workplace.We strive to create an environment in which all employees can feel comfortable to contribute to their fullest potential without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
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The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications.
Salary Range
$65,000 - $115,000 CAD
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