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Who We Are:

ConcentricLife UK, a part of Accenture Song, is a full-service health and wellness advertising agency spanning three distinct specialist practices that bring over 20 years of deep subject matter expertise: healthcare (ConcentricLife), rare disease (ScoutLife), and wellness (RitualLife). Our core mission is to create brands that live at the very centre of the human health experience.

From ConcentricLife, we build brand experiences that change health trajectories and restore life. We study human behaviour to put wellness brands at the centre of daily Rituals. We find and connect the underserved to care with ScoutLife.

We are a supportive, and collaborative community where great minds and talent gather together to discover something unexpected. We encourage each other to dream like visionaries, and to embrace the do with hustle and agility. We are spirited and know how to have fun. We love to be challenged. We know smart always wins, and above all else, We never settle.

As a testament to our success and culture, ConcentricLife has been named Agency of the Year 9 times, most recently in 2021, and awarded Best Places to Work by MM+M in 2019 and 2023.

Collaboration

Importantly, while the aim is to build a strong global offering, ‘CLUK’ is connected to the wider US Concentric Life agency and can share resources where necessary, such as brand designers, project managers, creative teams, medical writers, medical directors, video editors and animators via the agency’s inhouse studio team known as ‘The Furnace’.

In addition, as part of Accenture Song, we can also utilise the Song studio team in London and in the Accenture Song network across EMEA, Africa and Costa Rica, giving us a broad scope of talent to draw upon.

Who We Are Looking For:

Concentric is seeking a meticulous Senior Editor (ideally with a science background) who will be responsible for editing and proofreading copy to the highest standards for various audiences and formats, including print and digital materials, and is the “expert” on his/her brand(s) as well as on agency process. In addition, the copy editor is sure to follow ConcentricLife policies, processes, and procedures and ensures that their output is of the highest quality.

What You Will Do:

  • Editing and proofreading of internal and external pieces for sense, organization, grammar, spelling, punctuation, consistency, flow, style, formatting, and clarity
  • Fact checking references for all materials, ensuring that content is accurate and that all claims are supported
  • Bringing all materials into alignment with client-specific style guidelines and/or ABPI guidelines
  • Ensuring promotional copy complies with ABPI regulations
  • Attending start-up, hot sheet, and status meetings for assigned brand(s)
  • Helping to create/maintain style guides for each assigned client/brand
  • Managing time effectively to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of all materials
  • Completing weekly timesheets by 9 am Monday deadline
  • Other editorial duties as needed

Reports to: Group Editorial Supervisor

Qualifications

What You Bring:

  • Minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in medical editing for a pharma agency or pharma company
  • Excellent spelling and grammar
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Comfortable with medical/scientific terminology and pace of pharma agency workflow
  • Experience with (or ability to learn) electronic routing system
  • Strong knowledge of AMA Manual of Style 11th Edition
  • Familiar with ABPI (FDA, PhRMA a nice to have) and other rules and guidelines governing pharmaceutical marketing
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (particularly Outlook) and Adobe Acrobat, including marking up PDFs electronically
  • Ability to work beyond shift hours when necessary

What We Value:

  • LIFE; Never Stop Learning, Seek to Invent, Lead Fearlessly, Act Like an Entrepreneur  

These are the tenets of our company. We value what makes each of us different, and we believe in challenging one another to push boundaries through positive encouragement and motivation.

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