Join the #monsterverse
We live a life-first culture
Welcome to Word Monster Careers – where work meets life in a whole new way!
If you're on the hunt for a remote role that puts your life first, join our core team. We offer unbeatable flexibility, paid overtime, and perks that amp up your life outside of work – from healthcare to a wellbeing budget.
This isn't your typical med comms gig. Our dynamic work opens doors to hone your skills and grow in diverse therapy areas. We're all about career paths that suit you, and we're big on intrapreneurship. Got an idea? We've got the tools to make it happen.
It's medical writing, but not as you know it.
Connect with us and stay tuned for future opportunities!
Our perks and benefits
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🌎 Please note that benefits may vary for those working outside of the United Kingdom
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✨ Flexible, remote-working team
2nd in the GPTW's UK's Best Workplaces for Wellbeing (2023)
2nd in the GPTW's UK's Best Workplaces for Women (2022)
2nd most flexible consultancy/agency (Flexa 2022)
4th most flexible company worldwide (Flexa Top 50 Awards 2021)
5th most flexible company worldwide (Flexa 100 2022)
6th in the GPTW's UK's Best Workplaces for Women (2023)
6th most flexible emerging company (Flexa 100 2023)
11th in the GPTW's UK's Best Workplaces for Wellbeing (2022)
14th in the GPTW's UK's Best Workplaces (2023)
76th in the GPTW's UK's Best Workplaces (2022)
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📆 Up to 44 days annual leave
25 days of standard annual leave
8 bank holidays
1 birthday day off
Up to 5 days for long service (starting after 2 years)
The option to buy a further 5 days each year
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🩺 Private health insurance
Enhanced health insurance with Vitality (fully paid by us)
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🍏 Quarterly wellbeing gifts
Because you deserve it
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🕥 Paid overtime
Only if you want to, and at higher rates than regular pay
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😴 Paid sick leave
And paid special leave and carer's leave too
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🏦 Pension
Starts after your probation
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👶 Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
12 weeks full pay for maternity and 4 weeks full pay for paternity
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🪜 Career progression and personal development
We’ve developed clear core competencies for every role and each member of the team has the opportunity to work on an internal initiative in line with their skills and interests
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🧠 Dedicated training budgets
For individual training/self-development and team training
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💜 Mentoring/shadowing/training programme
6-week mentoring/shadowing and 6-week medical writing fundamentals training for associates and medical writers
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📈 Company share options
Every team member has share options because everyone deserves to benefit from our success – additional share options set aside for key people in key positions
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🪙 Financial coaching
Ran by our friends at Octopus Money Coach
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🥳 Regular team socials and joint-working days
Things like comedy nights, summer BBQs, Christmas parties and fun togetherness days in various locations around the UK
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🧳 Annual Monster Mash
A time for the team to kick back, reflect, recoup and have some fun
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🎮 Meta Quest 2 VR headset
So you can connect with us for our weekly virtual meetings, socials and collaboration sessions
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😎 Company-branded schwag
Personalised monster character and the obvious work essentials: laptop, monitor, laptop bag, keyboard, mouse and MS 365
Word from the top
It started with my own situation. I had a 2-year-old and a heavily pregnant wife. Sitting in traffic on the daily made me miserable and was seriously affecting my mental health. I’d get to work and have already had enough.
So, I thought I’d ask my employer if I could work from home.
It went like this.
Me: “Can I work from home a few days a week?”
Manager: “No”
Me: “Why not?”
Manager: “Because you learn more in the office”
So, I thought to myself: Screw this!
Life’s too short to be worrying about deadlines, timelines, stressful clients when you just want to be at home to do bathtime or see your kids take their first steps. Why should we not put our personal lives before our working lives? If we build our lives around our friends, families, ambitions and hobbies then we can feel happier and more fulfilled. And in turn this is going to make you work harder, smile more and build a more positive company culture all round. I’ve now built the company I wished existed when I was a writer.
From our people
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Three words to describe Word Monster: friendly, expert, and passionate. A great medical communications agency with incredible team members, and it's amazing to work in!
Beatriz
Medical Writer
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Word Monster stands by what they say – life first. It is a nurturing and supportive environment filled with a family of experience medical writers who kick a$% at writing with bite. It truly is the best place to work.
Emma
Senior Medical Writer | SEO Lead
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Joining Word Monster was the best career decision I’ve ever made. The variety of clients and projects has supercharged my medical writing skills and done wonders for my confidence. Though the role has pushed me out of my comfort zone, I’ve never felt anything but completely supported by my fellow monsters.
Laura
Principal Medical Writer
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An incredible place to work with talented, supportive team members and continuous growth opportunities!
Vaishali Gursal
Medical Writer
Word Monster loves when you bring the real you to work.
Word Monster is full of unique, talented, creative, and quirky monsters. We know that diversity is the spice of life. It doesn't matter what your age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, or ethnicity is, everyone is welcome. We believe that when you bring exceptional people of all backgrounds together, that’s when the magic happens! We’re inclusive – we want to get to know, and work with, the REAL you!
Our vision:
Lead the way in a flexible, inclusive working environment, and pushing the boundaries with continuing to adapt and improve on the way we recruit, train and retain our staff and leaders.
Our mission:
Bring your true self to work every day. We celebrate our differences, ensure everyone has the tools to reach their own potential, and do so in a safe, flexible working environment.