Job Order: 5517
Staff Representative: Tim Jadwin
Position: Copywriter
Location: New Jersey
Company Summary:
A smart, award-winning pharmaceutical advertising and communications agency with major clients.
Description:
Position Summary:
Develop concepts and write promotional copy for assigned accounts.
Responsibilities of Position
- Prepare manuscript copy for all promotional projects on assigned accounts
- Participate in job opening meetings
- Develop sufficient scientific knowledge base for assigned products
- Understand marketing plans for assigned products, contribute to development whenever possible
- Participate in conceptual phase of project development
- Interact with art director from the inception of a project through its completion
- Meet all client requirements for manuscript submission for all assigned accounts
- Meet assigned deadlines, or notify immediate supervisor and account coordinator two days prior to deadline if copy due date can not be met
- Obtain and highlight all references as needed and as required by individual accounts
- Route copy through internal channels and obtain necessary signatures (e.g. copy supervisor, account supervisor, medical director)
- Participate in client presentations when appropriate
- Attend meetings that pertain to market research or sales training whenever appropriate
- Seek opportunities to work with sales representatives whenever appropriate
- Ensures high-quality and timely completion of assigned projects
- Demonstrates a growing ability to excel in - and an eagerness towards - developing campaign concepts
- Adheres to and supports agency procedures/policies
- Advises supervisor of status of jobs and anticipated developments
- Builds productive relationships with all team members
- Develops a positive working relationship with assigned clients
- Demonstrates qualities of a team player
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to think conceptually; visually as well as verbally
- Ability to work quickly while avoiding mistakes associated with haste
- Ability to solve problems
- Attention to detail
- Ability to gain the respect of others
- A sense of humor
- Qualifying for this position normally requires the following:
- Four-year college degree
- Medical agency experience preferred/Familiarity with biomedical literature
- Experience in advertising copywriting
- Computer literate in Word, WordPerfect, Windows or similar package
