Medical copywriter

Medical Copywriter

OLIXIR is a next‑generation healthcare agency, created by uniting FCB Health London and McCann Health London as part of Omnicom Health’s evolving European structure. By bringing our teams together and combining our strengths, we’re building something entirely new: a more agile, more connected, and more ambitious partner for healthcare brands. OLIXIR blends award‑winning creative excellence with deep scientific expertise, strategic thinking that drives meaningful brand growth, and fully integrated production at scale. We’re also unlocking new innovation opportunities, powered by AI and future‑focused ways of working.

While our name is new, our people, values, and commitment are not. You’ll find the same trusted teams, the same high standards, and the same passion for creating work that makes a real difference to patients and healthcare professionals – alongside new possibilities to grow, innovate, and shape what’s next. OLIXIR is built for the future of healthcare communications – and this is just the beginning.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop compelling promotional copy that meets the client brief and is scientifically accurate.
• Develop an understanding of relevant therapy areas, media formats and marketing techniques.
• Establish yourself internally as a medical copy expert.
• Write clearly and concisely, adhering to relevant style guides.
• Maintain acute attention to detail, with an emphasis on consistency and continuity.
• Ensure content is compliant to the ABPI code of practice or relevant regulatory requirements, and is backed up by the necessary research.
• Proficient using Veeva, FUSE and Proof.
• Analyze complex scientific and clinical information to provide a clear, succinct summary targeted at the relevant audience.
• Produce high‑quality medical copy for a range of channels including sales aids, websites, videos and animations, leave pieces, and patient information materials.
• Participate in proprietary workshops.
• Be well organised and able to manage multiple workstreams ensuring deadlines are met.

Client Relationships

• Actively participate in briefing sessions and client meetings where required.
• Establish rapport with client medical teams to ensure accuracy of client materials.

Business Development

• Strengthen understanding of the pitch process and support medical research and copy development for new business pitches with supervision, when required.
• Look for ways to add value to the accounts you work on, be able to pitch these internally and contribute to pitching them to clients.

Disability Confident

As an employer committed to accessibility and disability inclusion, we strive to develop a diverse workforce that provides us with a wider range of skills and experience. We are continuously improving our recruitment process to support individuals with physical or learning disabilities. The goal is to improve accessibility across all aspects of Olixir to hopefully encourage potential job applicants to join us. If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia, a medical condition or an individual need – which you believe may affect your performance in selection, we’ll be happy to make adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best.