Health Communications Video Script Writer/Producer

Authentica Media

1d • $70,000 - $100,000

About The Position

This is not a typical “content” role.

Why This Role Matters

The stories we tell influence:

· whether patients seek treatment

· how quickly clinicians adopt new technology

· how efficiently life-changing therapies reach the people who need them

The right fit for this role has experience in:

· understanding complex medical science quickly

· thinking critically

· connecting deeply with patients and clinicians

· turning those connections into creatively engaging, interview-driven video videos

Who We Are…

We are an award-winning B2B creative video agency specializing in medtech and pharma. We create branded, documentary-style interview-driven video content aimed at clinicians, patients, and employees.

Our core focus is to help patients get access to the life-changing medical innovations they need through our engaging, authentic storytelling.

Our big, hairy, audacious goal? Help bring 150 life-changing medical innovations to patients who need them by 2034. And everyone on our team is deeply committed to the cause with team tenure ranging from four years to eleven years!

What This Role Actually Is

You are the internal subject matter expert and narrative lead on each project.

This is a client facing role where you develop and own the story end-to-end — from needs assessment, pre-script writing, pre-production, on set interviews, through post production and editing.

You are responsible for shaping the narrative before the shoot, directing and adapting it in real time during interviews, and ensuring the story comes together clearly and accurately in the final edit.

Approximately 60% of this role focuses on clinician-facing content and 40% on patient-centered storytelling.

You will:

· Listen to clients explain their business problem and learn as much as you can about the medical innovation and disease states they support

· Learn from clinicians who explain how they use the innovation, which features and benefits matter to them, and how it benefits patients.

· Interview patients with compassion and understanding of their unique situations

· Speak and write in a way that earns respect and understanding from clinicians as well as be able to switch gears/TOV into patient-facing storytelling, depending on the audience.

What We’re Really Looking For

You are someone who:

· Understands and has some end-to-end experience with the corporate/branded documentary film production process

· Can quickly learn complex medical and engineering innovation topics and explain them clearly

· Is both analytical and emotionally intelligent

· Is outgoing and warm, comfortable engaging in conversations with clients, experts and patients alike

· Has demonstrated the ability write compelling interview-driven scripts.

· Thrives in ambiguity and can create structure

What You’ll Do

This role requires ownership across the full storytelling lifecycle:

1. Learn Fast, Go Deep

· Independently research and synthesize complex medical topics—often with limited public information—so you can engage clients and clinicians as a credible, informed partner from the very first conversation

2. Discovery & Client Partnership

· Lead early discovery conversations with clients to understand the business problem

· Translate client goals into clear storytelling strategies

3. Shape the Story Concept Before Production

· Work with clients to define:

· audiences (clinicians/patients/employees)

· messaging

· creative strategy

· Conduct in-depth pre-interviews to uncover emotional truth, narrative arcs, and key story beats—not just facts

· In a pre-script, layout the story structure, dialogue and visual opportunities that will make an audience care

· Work with production team to spec visuals (b-roll and graphics) and to ensure scripts can be executed by the production team within the budget and timeline

4. Lead Interviews On Set

· Conduct on-camera interviews

· Charm patients and clinicians to help them be their best on camera

· Conduct on-camera interviews

· Gather content that closely matches the pre-script, plus extra unexpected goodies

5. Create the Narrative

· Turn interviews into video scripts that match the creative brief, balancing emotional truth, clinical accuracy, and regulatory guidelines

· Work with producers and post-production team to ensure content stays on brief through final delivery

· Support the editorial process to completion with your subject matter expertise, keeping the client’s interests in mind.

You May Come From

· Healthcare or science journalism (patient or clinician storytelling)

· Medical communications, MedTech or pharma marketing, or clinical communications

· Healthcare-focused PR (especially within MedTech or pharma)

· Non-fiction or interview-driven storytelling (with exposure to complex subject matter)

Requirements

• Experience working in healthcare, medtech, pharma, or clinical environments
• Proven ability to learn complex topics fast and explain them succinctly
• Strong writing + storytelling ability
• Experience interviewing patients and clinicians Meticulous communication and thinking—able to operate in highly regulated environments where precision, accuracy, and professionalism are non-negotiable
• High attention to detail
• Willingness to travel
• Understands and has some end-to-end experience with the corporate/branded documentary film production process
• Can quickly learn complex medical and engineering innovation topics and explain them clearly
• Is both analytical and emotionally intelligent
• Is outgoing and warm, comfortable engaging in conversations with clients, experts and patients alike
• Has demonstrated the ability write compelling interview-driven scripts.
• Thrives in ambiguity and can create structure

Nice To Haves

• Experience navigating legal, medical or compliance guidelines in regulated content environments

Responsibilities

• Listen to clients explain their business problem and learn as much as you can about the medical innovation and disease states they support
• Learn from clinicians who explain how they use the innovation, which features and benefits matter to them, and how it benefits patients.
• Interview patients with compassion and understanding of their unique situations
• Speak and write in a way that earns respect and understanding from clinicians as well as be able to switch gears/TOV into patient-facing storytelling, depending on the audience.
• Independently research and synthesize complex medical topics—often with limited public information—so you can engage clients and clinicians as a credible, informed partner from the very first conversation
• Lead early discovery conversations with clients to understand the business problem
• Translate client goals into clear storytelling strategies
• Work with clients to define audiences (clinicians/patients/employees), messaging, and creative strategy
• Conduct in-depth pre-interviews to uncover emotional truth, narrative arcs, and key story beats—not just facts
• In a pre-script, layout the story structure, dialogue and visual opportunities that will make an audience care
• Work with production team to spec visuals (b-roll and graphics) and to ensure scripts can be executed by the production team within the budget and timeline
• Conduct on-camera interviews
• Charm patients and clinicians to help them be their best on camera
• Gather content that closely matches the pre-script, plus extra unexpected goodies
• Turn interviews into video scripts that match the creative brief, balancing emotional truth, clinical accuracy, and regulatory guidelines
• Work with producers and post-production team to ensure content stays on brief through final delivery
• Support the editorial process to completion with your subject matter expertise, keeping the client’s interests in mind.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees