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OPEN CAREERS EVENT - 12 JANUARY 2017 - OXFORD

This was the eleventh time we have run what is now established as an annual event in Oxford. Once again we had an enthusiastic audience of post-docs and DPhil/PhD students and others from the biomedical sciences departments within and around Oxford and from other Universities across the UK, who met with a number of medical communications professionals for a highly engaging session which presented medical writing and account management in MedComms as attractive career options. We explained how areas of the UK such as Oxfordshire, London and Cheshire are home to numerous leading medical communications agencies that serve the global pharmaceutical industry... and they're crying out for good staff! These agencies are looking for individuals with: a genuine enthusiasm for science and its application to the world of medicine the ability to work independently within a small-team environment. MedComms can literally take you all over the world and provides attractive long-term career pathways. Date: 12 January 2017 Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre (MSTC), South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PL [Directions here] Timetable: 10.30 Registration and coffee 11.15 Welcome and Introduction by Peter Llewellyn, NetworkPharma and presentations by: Vicky Lawson - Darwin Healthcare Communications The agency perspective; what we do, how we do it, what we look for in a new staff, and the training and career opportunities ahead. [VIEW PRESENTATION - PDF] Jenny Fanstone, Freelance Medical Writer Been there, done it, got the tee-shirt. Life in MedComms [VIEW PRESENTATION - PDF] Julia Walton, Director at Media Contacts Tricks and tips for gaining that elusive first job [VIEW PRESENTATION - PDF] 13.00-15.00 Lunch and informal discussion with a broad mix of junior and senior staff from 12 leading medical communications agencies. Agencies that attended were as follows: 7.4 Limited, Adelphi Communications, Ashfield Healthcare Communications, Darwin Healthcare Communications, Fishawack Group, Highfield Communication, Insight Medical Writing, inVentiv Medical Communications, McCann Complete Medical, NexGen Healthcare Communications, Oxford PharmaGenesis and Prime Global.

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