Associate Medical Director

Company Description

CoLab is a fully integrated, cross-discipline team that provides best-in-class services in a fluid and modular way. With our clients at the center, we create brand movement at the speed of people’s lives by connecting real-time data with world-class creative, content, and media in service of growth and ROI. 

CoLab is a “power of one” solution, encompassing data, media, and production. By drawing from across the vast Publicis Groupe network, we are uniquely positioned to deliver innovation and specialized skills to our clients, as well as enriching opportunities and inclusive benefits to our employees. We pride ourselves on combining the energetic atmosphere of a startup company with the stability and experience of a global leader.

Job Description

The Associate Medical Director is a medical writer and mentor to copywriters on health care professional brands! He/she is responsible for generating promotional and educational content to be used in marketing to HCPs. In this capacity, the Associate Medical Director has oversight for the accuracy and relevance of content crafted for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and device industry clients. 

Responsibilities 

• Under the mentorship of the Medical Director works with copywriters to build materials for scientifically complex therapeutic areas 
• Potentially write content for 
• Sales aids 
• Advertisements, print and online 
• Speaker presentations 
• Educational and promotional videos and animation 
• Professional web sites 
• Letters to healthcare professionals 
• Insert appropriate citations in all copy they generate 
• Collaborate with art directors on projects requiring alignment between image and copy 
• Support/defend copy in regulatory meetings 
• Revise copy based on feedback from client’s regulatory boards 
• Educates creative and marketing teams about clients products and the diseases they treat 
• Contributes to new business pitch content when necessary, including communicating agency’s professional marketing insights at new business presentations 
• Stays abreast of the medical literature related to client’s brands 
• Maintains detailed knowledge of key competitors (strengths, weaknesses, positioning, performance) 
• Proactively and independently conducts research on the product and/or therapeutic category 
• Generates measurable insights and perspectives on disease-related topics, treatment categories, and healthcare professional attitudes and behaviors 
• Supervises medical writers on his/her accounts 

Qualifications

• Master’s or Doctoral level el (MD, DO, PhD, PharmD) degree in healthcare; clinical experience beyond graduate training preferred 
• At least four years experience writing medical healthcare agency materials 
• Healthcare agency experience (preferred) or pharmaceutical, biotech, or device company experience 
• Familiarity with US pharmaceutical marketing regulations 
• Familiarity with pharmaceutical industry medical-legal review processes 
• Some instructing and mentoring experience 
• Ability to read and interpret medical literature 
• Facility with Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, EXCEl, Prism, and other related programs 

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. 

About Publicis Health 

Publicis Health is the premier global health and wellness communications network. We are one of the four solutions hubs of Publicis Groupe, the third-largest advertising and media company in the world, giving us unparalleled global reach. We manage top-tier agencies specializing in promoting innovative solutions in advertising, medical education, clinical trial program development, sales and marketing, digital, market access, and medical and scientific affairs. Our nearly 6,500 employees work at 15 agency brands across 60 offices located in 10 countries. We are a connected solutions hub, equipped for continual business  
transformation in today’s world. We integrate services across our global offices and brands to deliver on our clients’ needs. Each of our agencies brings a unique approach to business, which makes us even stronger together. We understand the rapidly changing healthcare environment and leverage it to maximize the potential of our clients’ brands.  

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