Head of Content - Medical Copy

Surrey, UK (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and shape medical copywriting across media, turning complex science into persuasive, audience-ready storytelling while guiding clients through concepting and production; build and lead a medical copy team, manage budgets and supplier flows, and pursue new creative opportunities in healthcare.

  • Lead creative concepting and production across media with a focus on medical accuracy, brand strategy, and commercial viability.
  • Foster a high-performing medical copy team, cultivate client relationships, and identify growth opportunities for existing and new business.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Actively write, conceptualise, and oversee medical copywriting and creative work across a broad range of media (concepts, websites, animations, social media, gamification, etc.).
  • Transform complex science into clear, persuasive, and award-winning creative storytelling that benchmarks against international standards
  • Actively contribute to and lead brainstorms based on client briefs, ensuring a deep understanding of brand and customer experience (Cx) strategy.
  • Optimize and evolve network approaches to content generation, embracing modular content, AI, and emerging tech to balance high-impact creativity with production efficiency.
  • Manage, nurture, and support the day-to-day running of the medical copywriting team.
  • Support the booking, scheduling, and distribution of the content team, managing direct reports, freelance support, and external suppliers.
  • Build strong, trusted relationships with clients, guiding them through the complexities of creative concepting, output development, and production.
  • Identify, unlock, and pitch new creative opportunities for existing and prospective clients, participating actively in new business pitches.
  • Ensure all creative ideas and executions align with commercial forecasts, remain realistic to client budgets, and comply with agency financial policies.
  • Serve as a core member of the management team representing the creative content function, collaborating closely with Client Service, Medical, Digital, and Strategy Leads.
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Havas Life London

We are an award-winning, fully integrated medical communications agency that is 100% dedicated to creating standout communications in healthcare. We are part of Havas Health.In this changing landscape, we believe that truly successful communications start by strategically aligning promotion, medical education and PR, across the product lifecycle. Our experience spans numerous disease areas and ranges from pre-launch creative concepts and marketing plan development to post-launch communications. We have knowledge and experience of UK and international healthcare schemes, from peer-review publication planning through to consumer education; from strategic consultancy to effective tactical implementation.

Thames Ditton, England, GBR
109 employees (48 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
21.1%
Direct
63.9%
Referral
8.5%
Social
4.3%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~107

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
31 (28% of company)