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# Senior Medical Writer at Ogilvy Health Canada

- **Company:** Ogilvy Health Canada
- **Location:** Toronto, Canada
- **Compensation:** $65k–$115k
- **Posted:** 2026-10-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-24
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ogilvyhealthcanada/jobs/4745030005

## Job description

Senior Medical Copywriter

Ogilvy Health Canada

About Ogilvy Health:

Ogilvy has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since the company was founded by David Ogilvy 75 years ago. It builds on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity – innovating at the intersections of its advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities with experts collaborating seamlessly across over 120 offices in nearly 90 countries. Ogilvy currently [ranks](https://www.ogilvy.com/ideas/ogilvy-becomes-first-network-top-both-warc-creative-100-effective-100-consecutive-years) as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC, signifying its ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities. Ogilvy is a WPP company (NYSE: WPP).

For more information on us, visit [OgilvyHealth.com](https://ogilvyhealth.com/), or follow Ogilvy Health Canada on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ogilvy-health-canada/mycompany/).

About the Role:

A Senior Medical Copywriter at Ogilvy Health collaborates within a multi-functional team of Creatives, Client Services, Strat Planners and Project Managers, and is a leader in the Writing Department. They are involved in a wide range of projects, including quality assurance, taking writing projects from first draft to final release, reviewing Creative copy for accuracy and compliance, mentoring, presenting to clients, coming up with tactics for brands, and doing research for both existing and prospective clients. Senior Medical Copywriters will have their work checked by a Creative Copywriter when necessary, and report to a more senior Medical writer for mentorship and quality assurance.

## What You’ll Do

- Help foster a collaborative environment
- Write copy for any kind of promotional piece across any medium
- Attend project briefs, and work with the cross-functional team
- Work with Art Directors at project inception to understand specs and text restrictions
- Be a champion for assigned brands
- Collaborate with other Creatives to achieve the project’s communications objectives
- Manage copy updates for assigned projects, and/or delegate
- Manage and source reference documents for your brands, and/or delgate
- Be a resource for the cross-functional team on regulatory issues (PAAB, ASC, etc.)
- Provide insight into disease state and therapeutic landscape for your brands
- Proofread when needed
- Participate in brainstorms and ideation sessions
- Participate in conceptual development as part of senior creative team
- Present internally or to clients
- Review and sign-off on pieces prior to release

## What You’ll Need

- Relevant education (Science degree)
- Medical/Pharmaceutical and/or CME experience is a must
- 4+ years’ experience as a copywriter, in an agency or similar environment
- Ability to craft engaging, digestible copy for any audience in any channel
- Excellent command of English grammar, punctuation and spelling
- Professional knowledge of medical terminology and expertise at articulating pharmaceutical process/requirements and manage regulatory submissions
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
- Dynamic thinking with skill for simplifying complex concepts
- To be a team player who is:
- Eager to collaborate and, at times, lead
- Solutions-oriented and resourceful
- An avid listener and learner
- Meticulous – attention to detail is a must
- Accountable, independent, and mindful of others
- Self-motivated

## How We’ll Support You

Ogilvy Health celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We’ll empower you with the tools you’ll need to succeed. We’ll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We’ll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we’ll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you’ll be proud, with people you’ll be proud to call your teammates.

The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications.

Salary Range $65,000—$115,000 CAD

## About Ogilvy Health Canada

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Ogilvy Health Canada is a specialized healthcare communications agency that delivers brand-building, medical education, and customer engagement solutions for pharmaceutical and healthcare clients as part of the global Ogilvy network.
- **Entity Type**: Division of a Public Company (parent WPP plc; NYSE: WPP)
- **Headquarters**: Toronto, Ontario, Canada (with a second office in Montreal, QC)
- **Founded**: 1948 (parent Ogilvy founded by David Ogilvy; Canadian health practice established later)
- **Founders**: David Ogilvy (founder of Ogilvy)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Healthcare advertising and marketing communications
- **Target customers**: B2B – pharmaceutical companies, biotech firms, healthcare organizations (HCP, patient, and payer audiences)
- **Mission**: “To inspire brands and people to impact the world” by keeping audiences’ health and wellness needs at the center of every touchpoint.

## Products & Services
- **Brand Development & Promotion**: Full-service creative strategy, HCP and consumer promotion, and brand planning.
- **Medical Education (MedEd)**: Scientific content development and continuing medical education (CME) programs.
- **Data, Intelligence & Strategy**: Data-driven insights, market research, and analytics to inform campaign strategy.
- **PR, Social & Influence**: Public relations, social media management, and influencer programs tailored to healthcare.
- **Experience & Innovation**: Digital transformation, customer experience design, and omni-channel engagement.
- **Market Access & Payer**: Communication strategies to support pricing, reimbursement, and market access.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (part of WPP, which has a market cap of ~£8B as of mid-2025)
- **Key Metric**: Revenue is not publicly disclosed for the Canada entity; LinkedIn reports 34 employees as of June 2025
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Parent company WPP; clients include major pharmaceutical companies
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount declined ~27% YoY (from ~47 to 34); recent hiring activity for Account Manager, CME positions suggests selective growth in medical education

## Competitive Advantages
- **Global network leverage**: Access to Ogilvy’s worldwide resources, proprietary tools, and cross-market expertise.
- **Deep healthcare specialization**: Decades of experience navigating regulatory environments and delivering compliant, impactful campaigns.
- **Integrated service mix**: Combines creative, medical, PR, digital, and data capabilities under one roof, reducing need for multiple agency partners.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI integration**: The agency is actively exploring how artificial intelligence can transform pharma marketing, with internal initiatives and client-facing pilots (see LinkedIn posts on AI in pharma advertising).
- **Digital transformation**: Emphasis on new delivery models and ways of working to unlock the promise of AI and improve outcomes.
- **Talent retention and diversity**: Continued investment in employee development and inclusive culture to attract and retain top talent.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Ogilvy positions itself as a “people-first” company with a focus on continuous learning, career growth, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Employee resource groups like RedLotus, Black Diaspora, and Pride support belonging.
- **Work model**: Hybrid presence expected in Toronto and Montreal offices; specific remote policy not publicly detailed.
- **Perks**: Part of a global creative network with opportunities for cross-border collaboration; emphasis on mentorship and professional development.
- **Engineering/creative environment**: Creative teams account for 66% of staff (Marketing 49%, Design 17%), with directors and specialists making up the majority of roles.

## Sources
1. [LinkedIn – Ogilvy Health Canada](https://ca.linkedin.com/company/ogilvy-health-canada)
2. [Ogilvy Canada Careers Page](https://www.ogilvy.com/ca/careers)
3. [Ogilvy Canada About Page](https://www.ogilvy.com/ca/about)
4. [Ogilvy Health Global Site](https://www.ogilvyhealth.com/)
5. [Greenhouse Careers – Ogilvy Health Canada](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ogilvyhealthcanada)

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