The landscape of the life sciences industry is as vast and varied as the professionals who work in it. Some online resources aim to serve the entire space. We wish them luck. Instead, our goal is to be the most valuable resource for a specific segment of the industry – discovery and early stage drug development – and the professionals who make their living there. The Drug Discovery Online community is not made up of generalists. They’re specialists, like us. We deliver in-depth content from authoritative authors and sources because that’s what our community demands.
The primary role of the Chief Editor for Drug Discovery Online is to attract, engage, and retain the attention of drug research and development professional readers. The chief editor will accomplish this goal by becoming an established, trusted, and prolific creator of influential multimedia content that’s truly helpful to our readers and keeps them coming back for more.
Essential Job Duties
- Create unique and compelling content – at required quality, volume, and frequency – across relevant media channels. Ensure this content attracts, engages, and retains the attention of drug discovery and development professionals.
- Help us attract, continually grow, and retain an audience of drug discovery professional readers by endearing yourself as a value-enabling influencer in the Drug Discovery space.
- Produce and host 10-12 Drug Discovery Online Live (virtual) panel discussions per year.
- Develop and promote new content formats and products designed to expand the Drug Discovery Online reader base.
- Leverage all relevant forms of social media (with special emphasis on LinkedIn) to raise your profile and influence among drug discovery and development professionals and attract their ongoing engagement with Drug Discovery Online and its content.
- Attend and participate in relevant industry events with the goal of creating compelling content, elevating your profile as an industry influencer, and establishing/maintaining the engagement of drug discovery and development professionals.
- Establish, maintain, and grow an Editorial Advisory Board for Drug Discovery Online. Leverage the Board to provide cause/theme and media format guidance and serve as a source of content.
- Become/maintain your position as a trusted and revered source of invaluable information and influence among drug discovery and development professionals.
Additional Job Duties
- Attend editorial team meetings and collaborate with all members of the Life Science Connect editorial and production team.
- Travel to events and locations in support of the Drug Discovery Online brand (4-6 times per year).
- Leverage personal network to connect and promote other Life Science Connect staff and products.
- Interact and collaborate with the commercial aspect.
- Extract and leverage data to inform performance.
Required Skills / Experience
- Uniquely qualified to serve the industry. The Drug Discovery Online Chief Editor must be, or quickly become, a subject matter expert, an uncommonly adept facilitator of subject matter expertise, or both.
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with a demonstrable portfolio of work.
- Ability to work on a deadline and, specifically, create content on a deadline.
- Incredible interviewer who can listen actively and respond on the fly.
- Can transform concepts and ideas into multimedia content that’s ready for publication and posting.
- Extensive experience working in the Life Sciences space in a public, market-facing capacity.
- Demonstrably deep network of executive-level Life Sciences contacts, which can be easily accessed and leveraged.
- Comfortable “talking shop” with highly technical/scientific readers.
- Ability to communicate – and create content – using all relevant formats (e.g. online, offline, audio, video, in-person).
Preferred Skills / Experience
- Well-versed and familiar with content creation tools, ranging from word processing to video creation to audio creation.
- On-camera broadcast media experience (audio/video).
Life Science Connect offers a generous compensation package. In addition to a competitive salary, you'll enjoy:
- Medical/vision/prescription/dental coverage for you and your family.
- 100% company-paid short- and long-term disability insurance.
- 100% company-paid life insurance.
- 401(k) with dollar-for-dollar company match up to 6%.
- 15 vacation days and 6 personal days on day 1.
- 13 company-paid holidays.
To view all our job postings and showcases for some of our employees, visit: https://lifescienceconnect.com/careers/.