Senior Editor, Conferences & Events
About the role
Bionews is looking for a Senior Editor to build and lead the editorial strategy and content programming across live and virtual rare disease conferences and events. In this role, you will shape the narrative by curating high-impact agendas, securing interviews, delivering real-time reporting, and transforming complex industry trends into compelling digital content. As an editorial leader, you will bridge the gap between journalism and experiential production, collaborating across content, audience development, sales, and our advocacy teams to deliver best-in-class event coverage that’s credible, accessible, and engaging for our audiences.
This is a remote position with frequent travel required to attend conferences in person (expected to attend 3-4 in-person events per year). Expect travel to fluctuate seasonally based on the conference calendar.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the editorial strategy across a range of rare disease conferences, aligning coverage with audience needs and business objectives
- Identify high-impact research, clinical developments, emerging trends and technologies, as well as other newsworthy stories
- File timely, accurate stories under deadline pressure from the conference floor
- In collaboration with the Events Manager, lead conference planning, including editorial calendars, coverage priorities, freelance staffing and assignments, budgets, and pre- and post-conference content
- Attend select conferences in person, covering keynote sessions, new data, and patient/adv