Bionews, Inc.

Editor

• Develop and execute editorial strategy across rare disease conferences, aligning coverage with audience needs and business objectives
• Identify high-impact research, clinical developments, emerging trends, technologies, and other newsworthy stories
• File timely and accurate stories under deadline pressure from conference floors
• Lead conference planning with editorial calendars, coverage priorities, freelance staffing and assignments, budgets, and pre- and post-conference content
• Attend select conferences in person and cover keynote sessions, new data, and patient or advocacy news in real time
• Partner with advocacy, editorial, news, audience development, commercial, sales, community, and patient advisory teams
• Lead the end-to-end editorial process from story ideation and assignment through reporting, editing, fact-checking, and publication
• Assign, edit, and publish news stories, research summaries, interviews, and analyses
• Translate complex scientific information into clear, accurate, and engaging stories
• Conduct interviews with researchers, clinicians, advocacy groups, and industry leaders
• Coordinate onsite reporters, freelancers, and contributors
• Serve as senior editorial lead at key conferences and lead fast-paced news coverage
• Recruit, vet, and onboard freelance reporters covering medical and scientific conferences
• Manage freelancer budgets, deadlines, and performance
• Identify key sessions, connect with sources, and align coverage with community priorities
• Integrate conference coverage with broader editorial planning and breaking news needs
• Incorporate audience feedback into conference coverage strategy
• Report on coverage performance and continuously refine strategy based on audience engagement and community input

Senior Editor, Conferences & Events

• Coordinate assignments for freelance writers, editors, and medical reviewers
• Track deadlines and follow up on outstanding work
• Enter and update project information in Jira
• Ensure articles are in the correct workflow stage and move through the editorial pipeline
• Contact physicians by email or LinkedIn about medical review opportunities
• Lightly edit pages after medical review and complete final checks before copy editing
• Build and format pages in WordPress
• Update project trackers and organize files in Google Sheets, Drive, and Docs
• Organize payment information, release forms, and contributor paperwork
• Assist with other editorial and administrative tasks as needed

Senior Editor, Conferences & Events

Assistant Editor