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Medical Communications Jobs

Medical communications – sometimes shortened to Med Comms – is part of Healthcare Communications that includes Healthcare Advertising, Healthcare PR, Editorial and Market Access & HEOR. Each discipline is focused on the needs of pharmaceutical and healthcare businesses and organisations.

Medical communications jobs can be found either in house, working for a pharma or healthcare client, or within specialist communication agencies. In an agency, there are a greater variety of roles, which are split into two categories; account management and communications.

With responsibility for the day-to-day running of an account or project, an account manager for a medical communications agency is the main point of contact for the client and is responsible for delivering their brief on time and to budget. Most account managers have a science degree or similar and they need to have great communication skills as well as being organised and calm under pressure.

Other medical communications careers include medical writers and editors. A medical writer produces high quality copy, which neatly translates complex scientific information and statistical data into engaging, on-message content which can be used for a range of marketing and promotional material. To ensure they have a good grasp on the content they are writing, medical writers tend to have a PhD in a science or relevant experience in a similar role.

Editorial Managers or Directors in medical communications agencies are usually more senior, and have experience in medical writing as well as proofing and editing copy for publication.

Medical Editors work closely with medical writers to ensure the content is clear and precise.

Medical Communications Salaries

Starting salaries in medical communications range from $60,000, Associate Directors would earn $120,000 and higher for senior roles. Each company structures their salary and benefits differently and some of the perks are fantastic!

As a leading recruitment agency in the field, Paramount has contacts with agencies great and small across the USA.

Medical Communications Jobs


Check out our latest Medical Communications jobs, view our recent Healthcare Communications Salary Survey report or send us your resume.


Senior Scientific Director

New York Competitive Permanent

An opportunity to join a a full-service medical marketing, communications, and education organization that specializes in creating unique scientific/medical affairs, medical education, commercial, and...

Scientific Director

New York Competitive Permanent

An opportunity to join a a full-service medical marketing, communications, and education organization that specializes in creating unique scientific/medical affairs, medical education, commercial, and...

Associate Scientific Director

New York Competitive Permanent

An opportunity to join a a full-service medical marketing, communications, and education organization that specializes in creating unique medical affairs, medical education, commercial, and payer solu...

ACD Copy (pharma)

New York 150000 Permanent

Paramount Recruitment is currently working with a global Life Science Consultancy who pride themselves on delivering exceptional solutions to improve customer value and company outcomes. The client is...

Art Director (pharma)

New York 100000 Permanent

*This position requires 2-3 years of experience working in pharmaceutical advertising* Paramount Recruitment is working with is a well-established Healthcare Communications Network comprised of s...

Account Supervisor - Market Access

Chicago 75K - 90K Permanent

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIESThe account supervisor is in charge of creating long-term advertising and marketing plans and strategies in collaboration with clients and internal account teams. overall...

Publications Account Manager

Chicago 90K - 105K 90000 -105000 Permanent

Publications Account Manager – Medical Communications – Client ServicesUSA – Remote - Publications - Medical CommunicationsParamount Recruitment are working alongside a highly recogn...