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Life Sciences Copy Supervisor

Chicago, IL

We Are:

Accenture Interactive Life Sciences- a new breed of agency that believes that better experiences lead to better health. Our team focuses on creating experiences that empower people to take greater ownership of their health and improve the pathway to care for patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals

Join our team of curious and collaborative life sciences strategists, creatives, experience designers, technologists, and data scientists to drive customer success and business results globally at scale. We craft impactful marketing activations inside world-class customer experiences by focusing on driving brand and demand across every touchpoint. If you're passionate about audience and content strategies, websites, portals and engagement platforms, creative campaigns and lifecycle marketing and more - and have expertise in creating content for the life sciences sector, join us. In combination with all other Accenture Interactive groups, we are "The Experience Agency" Visit us at: www.accenture.com/accentureinteractive

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Job Summary:
A copy/content leader who has a background in writing for healthcare audiences (HCPs, patients, caregivers, etc.). They understand how to develop content that will capture interest, build trust and work in a highly regulated industry - life sciences and/or health sector. They are collaborative with team members from multiple disciplines, including art/visual design, but also client services, performance marketers, data/analytics, strategy and more. They understand how to create unique content for immerging media and tech (especially helpful in unique healthcare platforms).

The copy supervisor has experience writing/evaluating copy based on clinical product information, can find compelling narratives in clinical data and prescribing information, and can talk shop with both life science brand marketers as well as healthcare system/provider and patient audiences. You are expected to become familiar with the product, science, and strategic issues for each product you work on, and experience on multiple therapeutic categories will be key. We're looking for a multi-faceted writer that has the flexibility and experience in writing long-form editorial, short compelling content, conceptual advertising copy, and more. They will also understand how to create content that aligns to a respective client's strategic objectives. If you have apassion for making a difference inpatients' lives, andcan thrive in afluid,fast-paced, energeticenvironment, we'd love to talk to you! Listen deeply. Be creative. Execute.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Participates in strategic planning and project meetings with internal and client teams as needed
  • Plans develops and writes materials as assigned, working under the close supervision of the scientific staff on specific initiatives to ensure alignment with strategic objectives
  • Partners with art direction/visual designers as well as other creative team members to develop highly visual and engaging materials that maintain a high level of scientific accuracy, compelling campaign creative, and achieve our client's strategic objectives
  • Partners with internal team and provides onsite support at key client meetings or events
  • Familiar with Veeva Promomats and generally how to annotate creative deliverables/submissions within MLR-review platforms(s).
  • Attends and participates in MLR reviews as needed (Experience in live reviews will be key).
  • Secures references as needed through the appropriate channels to provide full support of all claims within a deliverable and provides clean delivery of reference packets for internal and client teams
  • Collaborates with editorial to resolve grammatical or stylistic errors or concerns
  • Takes a proactive solutions-oriented approach into all tasks
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Qualifications

YOUR EXPERIENCE: Basic Qualifications
  • 7+ yrs Conceptual healthcare/medical writing experience, preferably in a health care marketing or communications agency, healthcare publication company, internship, preceptorship or equivalent
  • Expert writing and editorial skills with a thorough knowledge of AMA style and medical terminology expertise
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Proven organizational and timeline prioritization skills; scheduling flexibility to accommodate work volumes and the ability to manage multiple assignments
  • Bachelor's degree, advanced medical or scientific degree (MSc, PhD, PharmD) preferred or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience
SET YOURSELF APART: Preferred Qualifications
  • Advanced degree in the Life Sciences (MD, PhD, PharmD)
  • Residency, fellowship and publication/writing experience or experience in medical or pharmaceutical field strongly preferred
  • Experienced at strategic brainstorming, campaign development and creative execution writing email copy, advertising (digital, print, banners), brand messaging, web copy, video scripts, marketing collateral
  • Experience in Oncology, Neurology, Rare Disease, Patient Services, or related areas
Travel
For now, all Accenture business travel, international and domestic, is currently restricted to client-essential sales/delivery activity only, but following the pandemic you will be expected to attend period meetings on the West Coast, particularly in the Seattle region.
Please note: The safety and well-being of our people continues to be the top priority, and our decisions around travel are informed by government COVID-19 response directives, recommendations from leading health authorities and guidance froma number ofinfectious disease experts

WHERE YOU LIVE: Within 90 minutes of an Accenture office

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All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.

For details, view a copy of the Accenture Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Policy Statement .

Requesting An Accommodation

Accenture is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.

If you would like to be considered for employment opportunities with Accenture and have accommodation needs for a disability or religious observance, please call us toll free at 1 (877) 889-9009, send us an email or speak with your recruiter.

Other Employment Statements

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.

The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Additionally, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company's legal duty to furnish information.

Job ID: AccentureInc-00933791
Employment Type: Other