Medical Advisor

Skills

• Keen interest in and understanding of science
• Solid medical writing skills, rigor, meticulousness and understanding of medical concepts and terminology
• Meticulous work ethic to ensure accuracy of information and supporting sources
• Ability to navigate, interpret and execute within the boundaries set by various regulatory bodies including PAAB and ASC
• Strong organizational skills and sense of responsibility
• Ability to understand, analyze, interpret and synthetize scientific, clinical and medical information
• Good composure under pressure and ability to meet very tight deadlines
• Ability to multitask and work in a team effectively

Requirements

• Bachelor or Master of Science, Pharmacology, or a related discipline
  or
  Degree in English writing, journalism, communication, marketing or any related discipline, with a strong interest in science
• Advanced written English, intermediate to advanced spoken English: Clients include global affiliates and those located in the rest of Canada. Due to industry requirements and limitations, most collaterals are also executed in English.
• Experience of 5+ years as a medical writer and/or medical strategist in an advertising agency
• Knowledge and application of PAAB Code and Advertising Standards Canada (ASC) Code
• Multiple therapeutic areas work experience preferred
• Mastery of MS Office suite software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Main responsibilities

Medical advising

• Participates in brief development with client services for required content and ensures content and objective is aligned with brand strategy;
• Writes the outline and the copy (scientific, clinical, medical or creative) based on a project brief;
• Sources/references documents and upload them based on different client’s portals for medical/legal/regulatory internal review;
• Attends client meetings to determine strategic communication plans for brand optimization;
• Develops messaging strategy and suggest innovative tactics for the advertising campaigns;
• Work with the creative team to develop concepts and/or impactful layouts;
• Work with the account service team to find solutions to short timelines or heavy workloads;
• Be a master of the Pharmaceutical Advertising Advisory Board Code (PAAB), and Advertising Standards of Canada (ASC) and Food and Drug Act
• On-going/frequent participation in client brand team meetings is often required for continuity of understanding and relevant course correction;
• Engages with client to determine strategy and deliverables for upcoming sales meetings;
• Works with client service on develop tactical proposals and brand plan for clients’ upcoming fiscal year;
• Engages with clients and is prepared to support them in internal meetings/concept testing (which can include but is not limited to rep training workshops, attending CME, participating in market research and/or concept testing).