Editorial Lead, Conference Programming

About the role

Ragan Communications is seeking an experienced content creator and event producer to join our fast-growing events division as the Editorial Lead of our highly successful conferences and other learning programs. Apply your content skills to create content for conferences, webinars and training that resonate with Ragan audiences for virtual and live events. This is an outstanding opportunity to be part of a vibrant community of communications, marketing and digital professionals who turn to Ragan for their learning, development and networking. The position is full-time, remote with some travel.

Responsibilities

• Recruit/liaise with industry experts as speakers for our live and virtual conferences, workshops and webinars.
• Write conference agendas that sell tickets and wow an audience.
• Become a subject matter expert to create highly engaging session topics and agendas that resonate with internal and external communications professionals alike.
• Take your agenda to the next level by working directly with your Ragan colleagues and relevant speakers to plan session(s), then moderate and host on the live or virtual stage.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in communications, journalism, media or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years producing content for live and/or virtual events.
• Minimum of 7 years of editorial/writing experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to juggle fast-moving projects.
• Ability to travel domestically 4-5x per year.

Benefits

• Our core values – Connection, Curiosity, Innovation, and Integrity – guide all we do and help define what’s important to us at Ragan.
• Comprehensive health benefits
• 401(k) with strong employer match
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance
• Flexible work environment
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• Professional development support
• Early close Fridays all year