Medical Copywriter Global Rare Disease Unit (RDU)

Cape Town - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30-10-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Language requirements: Business English

Location: Full time (5 days a week remote EST timezone aligned or with significant overlap)

Fixed term contract: The role will be a contract for 2026 with a high possibility of extension beyond

About Greenpark

Greenpark is a global award-winning performance-driven content leader and brand publishing Purposeis to help brands create meaningful connections that impact peoples lives through performance-driven contentfor search and social. Our unique expertise in Omnichannel Search & Insights Creative Content and Performance Tech are delivered to our clients via an ad agency and in-house model.

We do this for a global client portfolio including Unilever Campari Group AIA Sanofi Nestle Lipton Kimberley Clark Kelloggs Emma Sleep De Beers and more.

About the role

We are seeking a Medical Copywriter for our global pharmaceutical client. This medical copywriter should possess an understanding of pharmaceutical marketing and be able to communicate brand objectives to authentically connect with audiences. The Copywriter will need to translate complex details of various therapeutic areas with a ocus on Rare Diseases Unit (RDU) with a generalist ability to cover other areas such as Oncology; Cardiovascular Renal and Metabolism (CVRM); Respiratory & Immunology (RIA); and Vaccines & Immune Therapies (V&I) and thoroughly understand the products their scientific position brand guidelines and marketing goals to develop digestible promotional content and messaging across channels.

This position requires a highly detailed creative thinker with excellent storytelling abilities as well as a love for life sciences research and annotation. This role will help craft bold and evocative marketing messages promotional-only training materials and digital content that engages and influences sales teams HCPs and patients and their caregivers.

What youll do

Creating and executing innovative and effective content strategies and communication campaigns based on secondary market research and insights

Analysing available data for a market competitors and the needs/preferences of our audience to help our team create relatable and captivating content

Responsible for ensuring the quality of all externally facing content and adherence to our brand voice tone and writing style

Interpret creative briefs to develop and produce creativity from concepts through execution

Monitoring the execution of the established plans and strategies

Deciding on content formats and publishing dates

Managing the creation of editorial calendars and adhering to the proposed timelines

Supporting creative teams with feedback and guidance on scientific accuracy

Research and understand the clients needs and target audiences through an online search review of existing research and interviews with subject matter experts

Write original copy and edit content for a range of marketing and communications materials; use references and annotations as needed

Collaborate with a team of client service managers strategists and creative staff on timelines allocated resources and creative execution

Present copy concepts and final deliverables to the internal team and to the client as needed and participate in client pitches on occasion

Revise copy based on internal and client feedback/direction

Participate in the regulatory responsibilities and requirements to gain asset approvals

Meets established deadlines or provides reasonable notice of special circumstances requiring deadline extension

About you

Personal Qualities for Success in This Job

You are a Data-driven storyteller that is capable of synthesizing complex concepts into engaging narratives that deliver real value to customers (HCPs & Patients) and position the brands superiority

Communicate effectively including active listening and taking direction

Manage complexity and recognize when to ask questions

Resourcefulness particularly with knowledge application and problem-solving

Customer focus mainly by learning how to anticipate customer needs

Ensure accountability by following through and taking responsibility

Strong skills in time management prioritizing and organizing with attention to detail and ability to adhere to deadlines

Exceptional writing and research skills

Ability to work independently and with a team to meet deadlines

Excellent organizational skills and multitasking ability

Desired background:

Minimum 7 years experience in a fast-paced high-volume environment in promotional content development for pharma industry (pharma marketing/health care advertising/sales/ copywriting)
A degree/diploma in health science (medicine/pharma/biology/biosciences etc) AND/OR a degree/diploma in communications with experience of copywriting for pharma promotional marketing. Any additional marketing degree/certification/diploma will be a plus
Experience with print digital assets in pharma marketing. Experience with global brands will be a plus.

Required Experience:

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Language requirements: Business EnglishLocation: Full time (5 days a week remote EST timezone aligned or with significant overlap)Fixed term contract: The role will be a contract for 2026 with a high possibility of extension beyondAbout GreenparkGreenpark is a global award-winning performance-driven...