Staff Writer

An Amazing Career Opportunity for a Staff Writer! 

At Questex, you can make an impact by helping marketers and buyers connect more efficiently and effectively. Questex is a leading global events, media, and business information company, yet we are still a place where your voice is heard, and your ideas are appreciated. So, you can make an immediate difference in our success while advancing your career.

Questex drives business forward through a rich engagement platform centered on leading events and surrounded by data insights and digital communities.

Check us out here: www.questex.com

We are looking for a journalist to deliver daily news and a steady flow of features that put the news in context for our readers. This role will support Fierce Biotech, covering the companies, science and deals shaping the industry.

The ideal candidate is eager to build sources, break news and dig into the why and how behind the day’s biggest developments. Our readers are sophisticated and deeply informed, and they look to Fierce for reporting, insights and perspective they can’t get anywhere else.

This person will also have a strong commitment to editorial quality and ethics, a passion for deeply reported journalism and the drive to grow into a trusted voice on their beat. Just as importantly, this role requires someone who is comfortable representing Fierce publicly—on camera, on stage and across social platforms.

As our Staff Writer, you’ll support Questex’s success by:

• 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.

What we will love about your background:

• 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. 

• Why we are here:  Helping people live longer and live better by focusing on the Experience Economy.   
• What we do:  We connect buyers and sellers.   
• How we do it:  Easy to work with. We deliver superior results. Provide world-class experiences.   
• Our DNA is our guiding principles:  Collaboration, Honesty & Transparency, Curiosity, Growth, Fun, Purpose Driven   

At Questex, we listen to each other and to our customers. And we have fun in a fast-paced, vibrant and supportive environment. We’re big on ideas, not on rigid processes, rules or org charts. We know that life can be unpredictable, so we’re flexible and adaptable to change.    

At Questex, you will join a fast-growing company of bright and ambitious but easygoing people from a diversity of professions, experiences and backgrounds. We keep it real. Like to take the lead? Go for it! We encourage innovative thinking and action. Whether you like to create things, manage things or sell things, you can make your mark at Questex.   

Our mission is to create inclusive experiences and opportunities for all, empowering individuals and communities, ensuring that everyone can see themselves represented in our offices, virtual spaces and our work. 

With offices in Washington D.C., Singapore, and United Kingdom and a grand span of remote locations in the US, we are always on the lookout for talented people to join our team.