Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Questex is a global events, media, and business information company that helps marketers and buyers connect efficiently and effectively. The Staff Writer will cover Fierce Biotech by producing daily news and features, developing sources, investigating industry documents, collaborating with the newsroom, and contributing to multimedia and social media content.
Responsibilities
- Writing daily news stories and longer-form features for Fierce Biotech
- Developing a beat and building a strong network of sources
- Mining public records, court documents, regulatory filings, clinical trial data and company disclosures for original stories
- Brainstorming and delivering features that help Fierce Biotech engage and grow its audience
- Collaborating with editors and reporters across the newsroom on major stories and special projects
- Creating or contributing to audio and video content, including podcasts and short-form video
- Actively engaging on social media to promote stories, connect with sources and grow Fierce Biotech's audience and voice
- Traveling occasionally to cover major industry conference and events
Skills
- Minimum two years of newsroom experience required, with a experience covering the biotech or pharmaceutical industry
- Degree in journalism or a related, writing-intensive field
- Ability to work a regular workday with a start time of 8:00 a.m. ET to support newsroom coverage and team collaboration
- Strong writing and reporting skills, with knowledge of AP style
- Demonstrated ability to report quickly, accurately and with nuance
- Comfort reading regulatory materials and other industry documents
- Experience with multimedia storytelling, including podcasting, video or on-camera work
- Comfort speaking publicly, including moderating panels or participating in live or recorded discussions
- An understanding of how to use social media as a reporting and audience growth tool
- A collaborative mindset, strong news judgment and enthusiasm for building expertise over time
- You proactively seek to adopt and implement diversity into your work, including valuing diverse backgrounds, experiences and thinking. You also embrace creating and nurturing a culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging
- Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
- Strong team player and ability to work well with others
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future
Benefits
- Vacation - 15-20 days depending on years of service
- 12 Paid Holidays
- FitOn Health, access to a leading digital wellness platform that offers premium in person and online classes
- Cariloop, help support with the complexities of caregiving addressing everything from prenatal care to end-of-life planning.
- Health and Welfare Benefits (medical, dental, vision, life, and others)
- Parental Leave
- Online Educational Learning Library of over 16,000 courses for employees to enhance and develop their skills
- Access to Mental Health Resources-Talkspace, & Employee Assistance Program
- 401k, with Matching Contributions to include educational webinars sponsored by our 401K partner
- Mission-driven culture with an enthusiastic, professional team
- Work-life balance
- Discounts through various partnerships
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