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Company profile - Life Science Advertising Agency
In this Research Assistant job in London, you will be joining an independent healthcare creative agency that has been creating stand-out communications for landmark brands for nearly 3 decades.

They have a creative reputation with decades of success in the IPA Best of Health, PM society and PMEA awards, particularly, and have multiple European Campaign of the Year awards to their name. That translates into client effectiveness, and they believe a high standard of workplace wellbeing is critical to success.

Job description - Research Assistant
In this Graduate Research Assistant job in London, you will be joining an independent healthcare creative agency that offers fantastic opportunities for training. Your role will be literary research heavy, and tasks will include producing detailed summaries of the latest scientific publications across rare disease, oncology, pharmaceuticals and medicine, keeping up to date with industry news, and partnering with the creative team to ensure scientific accuracy and manage campaign referencing.

You'll need to have a flair for science and fantastic attention to detail, as you will be expected to keep your finger on the pulse to support the creative and client services teams.

Key behaviours

• Approaches work with a can-do attitude which helps the team to deliver exceptional work.
• Responsible for the management of their own workload, providing clear summaries of information that will drive creative excellence, profitability and operational effectiveness.
• Approaches every task with precision and rigour, catching the small details others might miss to ensure work is delivered accurately, consistently and to the highest standard.
• Demonstrates genuine care for the welfare of the team & clients.

Key responsibilities - Research Assistant
In this Research Assistant job, your responsibilities will include:

• Retrieve, organise, and archive peer-reviewed journal articles and clinical trial data.
• Monitor specific therapeutic areas for newly published data and competitor updates.
• Providing research paper summaries to support the creative/client services teams and drive projects forward.
• Collates information required for the brief in a clear, summarised way.
• Acting as a safe pair of hands to review references and the scientific integrity of creative work before it's shared with clients, ensuring it meets the high Agency standards.
• Annotate reference documents accurately using platforms like Veeva Vault.
• Build and maintain reference libraries.
• Ensure all materials adhere to industry guidelines, compliance codes (ABPI).
• Analysing and reporting on projects, brands and competitors to gain insight into key trends.
• Step into an Account Executive role during peak periods to assist with client management, project tracking, and agency operations.

Job requirements - Graduate Research Assistant

• A 2.1 degree in a science-based subject from a university.
• Master's degree or 1 year's industry experience/internships in an academic laboratory or literary review role.
• A real interest in science and an interest in learning more about a continually evolving sector.
• Strong attention to detail.
• A knack for research.
• A proactive approach to your work and the ability to take on constructive feedback.
• A great work ethic - you won't shy away from hard work and will strive to prove yourself!
• Great organisational skills - you'll be able to prioritise tasks effectively to manage your workload.

Benefits of the job - Research Assistant

• A competitive starting salary of £28,000 - £32,000 DOE.
• Beautiful West London offices (with WFH one day per week) with an in-house gym.
• MyZone heart rate monitor (MZ-3) and app.
• Company medical insurance.
• Comprehensive training.
• Flexible working times are dependent on your day.

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