Medical Copywriter
Roche · Riga · €2,200/month (stated in the posting)
At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.
The Position
The Global Digital Hub growing business line within Roche Services & Solutions Center. Our main purpose is to strengthen the digital capabilities of Roche globally by supporting central initiatives with Social Media Management, Brand Support, Digital Publishing Services, Marketing Automation, Content Creation, and Creative Design.
The Medical Copy and Content Team within the Global Digital Hub operates under the Content Creation Chapter. This specialized team focuses on generating commercial content intended for various digital formats (emails, videos, banners, infographics, websites etc.). Their work plays a crucial role in supporting the communication strategies developed by Roche's global and local business teams.
The Opportunity
As a Medical Copywriter (Junior Medical Writer), you will support the growing Medical Writing Team within Roche Services & Solution Centre in developing medical writing & digital content solutions for our business partners. You will be part of formulating and identifying current and future content needs and support different content creation initiatives.
In addition, you will work with Senior Medical Writers to ensure the effective deployment of resources and tools to support and ensure that writing activities are conducted efficiently, cost-effectively, and in accordance with the business needs.
As a Medical Copywriter you will commit to continuous professional development and you will uphold the highest standards of scientific accuracy, quality, and compliance with all applicable industry guidelines, both local and international.
As an emerging expert, you will:
Engage in continuous learning and development. Participate actively in mentorship and training programs to gain comprehensive knowledge of Roche’s therapeutic areas and enhance medical writing skills. This includes attending workshops, seminars, and one-on-one mentoring sessions to ensure the production of high-quality scientific documents.
Assist in writing and editing medical content for different formats/digital channels and platforms, including information for patients, educational materials for HCPs (slides, posters, speaker briefs and presentations for conferences), newsletters, medical reports/study summaries, and materials for use in public relations teams.
Exhibit excellent writing skills and be open to working on briefs across various outputs and disease areas with internal support.
Understand and analyze briefs by identifying key components and formulating relevant questions for clients. Proactively identify and raise potential issues with briefs that may affect delivery.
Demonstrate high-level self-editing to understand common proofing errors and ensure client-ready quality.
Accurately reference and create marked-up packs, ensuring the authenticity and authority of source files with clear, accurate mark-up and appropriate filing.
Adhere to regulatory frameworks and research specific guidelines for accurate writing.
Manage multiple concurrent projects across a range of therapeutic areas, delivering on agreed timelines.
Monitor deadlines and ensure projects are delivered on time.
Prepare content for LMR approval in VVPM (incl. referencing).
Partner with the Creative teams to develop content.
Proactively contribute creative ideas, concepts or suggestions to provide added value
Exercise excellent interpersonal/communication skills for effective and professional liaison with the internal team, clients, healthcare professionals and other key stakeholders and to obtain comprehensive briefs and responses to queries.
Who You Are
We are looking for dynamic individuals who are highly involved and passionate about content writing. Furthermore, you have:
Degree in medical sciences or similar.
0-2 years of experience in a similar role (internships or academic projects are a plus).
Effective time management and excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Collaborative attitude - working effectively across our diverse resources and business stakeholders, good interpersonal skills to work as part of a team combined with the ability to engage with leaders.
Ability to interpret data, excellent attention to detail, consistency, clarity, and scientific rigor.
Native-level written and spoken English, additional languages (Spanish, Italian, German, French) are a big advantage.
Customer-service mentality & can-do attitude.
Natural communicator and relationship builder.
Experience with the standard IT applications, preferably including Google suite. Quick learner, passionate about technologies.
Ability to work in a fast-paced and changing environment, ability to prioritize tasks.
In Exchange we provide you with
Development opportunities: Roche is rich in learning resources. We provide constant development opportunities, free language courses & training, the possibility of international assignments, internal position changes and the chance to shape your own career.
Excellent benefits & flexibility: Roche Annual Bonus, Monthly transportation allowance, Home Office set - up equipment, Health Insurance, Life/Accident insurance, Full salary when on sick leave for the first 9 days, Eyeglasses settlement, One-time payment options for various events in the life e.g. wedding, childbirth, Service Awards: We value loyalty with additional holidays and bonus payment, Work in a hybrid model (2 days/week from the office)
A global diverse community, where we learn from each other. At Roche, we cooperate, debate, make decisions, celebrate successes and have fun as a team. Our leadership is very focused on people, creating a strong, inclusive culture, so you always have the chance to share your opinion.
Salary starts from 2200 EUR gross/monthly. Final salary depends on the successful candidate's level of experience, skills and qualifications.
Who we are
A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.
Let’s build a healthier future, together.
Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.