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Assistant Editor
TriStar Event Media, LLC – Overland Park, KS
TriStar is a full-service media company that partners with leading healthcare associations to create and publish specialty content, sell and manage a variety of sponsorship programs, and support association marketing initiatives. Our content teams plan and produce custom news, clinical, and promotional content targeting healthcare professionals (HCP) around the world. Our content offerings include custom news sites and specialty print publications, HCP educational resources, association member news and promotions, and more.
We offer a collaborative, fast-paced environment where creativity and strategic thinking are encouraged. Our team is passionate about helping our clients succeed, and we empower each other to push boundaries, take initiative, and grow professionally.
About the Role
We’re looking for a full-time Assistant Editor who wants to learn our niche business while performing key editorial and project management tasks. This includes writing, editing, and managing news and social content for our association clients.
The successful candidate must be highly organized with strong project management skills and the ability to maintain efficient content workflows. Exceptional writing skills are a must, and medical/healthcare writing experience is a plus. Candidates should have an eye for story selection with social promotion in mind, and the ability to use digital content creation and management tools, as well as social media platforms. Experience with Google Analytics and similar tools is preferred. Occasional travel may be required during association events, often for five or six days at a time.
If you’re a creative and critical thinker with a passion for custom publishing, we invite you to join our fast-growing company that’s redefining communication strategies in the healthcare association market. Recent college graduates who are just starting their careers are encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities
- Write, edit, and manage high-quality news, promotional, and clinical content
- Collaborate with editors, designers, and digital staff to ensure successful placement and promotion of content between print and digital properties
- Oversee digital content strategies for healthcare news sites
- Develop new content ideas informed by website analytics, editorial brainstorms, and SEO
- Create content for social media accounts to promote meeting news and information
- Work with designers to develop social media graphics and visuals
- Work with internal teams to track and analyze website traffic and content performance
- Assist with the ongoing development of digital content best practices for news sites, emails, and social channels
- Seamlessly manage multiple conversations and projects with a wide range of content creators and third-party partners
- Provide editorial and creative support for other internal departments, including content creation for advertising and marketing collateral
- Collaborate with editors and other staff to develop and update project production schedules
- Manage internal workflows for text-heavy, industry-supported content
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, or related field
- Experience in online and/or print journalism
- Exceptional writing skills with sound editorial judgment and working knowledge of AP style; medical writing experience and familiarity with AMA style are preferred
- A keen eye for editing
- Proficiency in WordPress or similar digital publishing platforms
- Computing skills, including experience with Mac, Google Workspace, Adobe Creative Cloud, MS Office; basic knowledge of HTML is a plus
- Familiarity with SEO tools and best practices to facilitate content discovery
- Experience posting stories across a variety of social media channels
- Experience manipulating and editing photos digitally is a plus
- Strong organization and time management skills
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Advanced oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work on a team and independently
- Ability to travel to association events as necessary
- Ability to work evenings and weekends during association events
- A genuine interest in healthcare topics, both clinical and research-based
- Strong desire to stay current in digital publishing trends
TriStar offers a highly competitive compensation and benefits package for full-time employees that includes health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), compensation time for weekend work, and more. In our hybrid work environment, the editorial team currently works in-office one day per week.
Interested applicants should apply via the external link below. The application process includes a 15-minute survey and access to a portal to upload a resumé and writing samples.
Copy Editor
TriStar Event Media, LLC – Overland Park, KS
TriStar Event Media, LLC, an industry-leading event publishing company, has an immediate opportunity for a Copyeditor to join the award-winning editorial team in our Overland Park office. Experience editing medical content is a plus, but applicants with experience in a straight news environment will also be considered. The ideal candidate must be comfortable proofing for grammar and consistency as well as massaging text to improve flow and clarity. Full-time and part-time applicants will be considered.
Essential Functions
The Copyeditor’s primary responsibility is to edit and maintain quality control over all editorial content on TriStar’s association projects, producing the best possible publications and news sites for the company’s association clients and their members. The Copyeditor will also review TriStar’s internal copy as assigned, including but not limited to marketing and promotional copy, legal copy, and contract language. The Copyeditor is also responsible for creating editorial and digital content for TriStar’s association clients as assigned. This includes writing for products such as news sites and meeting newspapers, meeting programs and exhibit guides, meeting apps, and other digital products. The Copyeditor will also serve as the lead editor of select projects, providing editorial project management for TriStar’s association clients, and as a backup for other editors, as needed. The Copyeditor is responsible for collaborating with TriStar’s internal project teams to execute all assigned projects on deadline.
Responsibilities
- Copyedit and maintain quality control over all TriStar editorial content
- Manage time to accommodate overlapping projects
- Review all content updates to meeting news sites and emails, ensuring necessary elements are properly displayed, arranged, and formatted
- Proofread major TriStar communications to associations and advertisers, including project ratecards, post-meeting reports, and advertising email campaigns
- Create meeting preview, session preview, city guide, and other editorial content from provided information, online research, and source interviews, as needed
- Assist with planning and creation of social media posts and graphics, browser alerts, and other traffic-driving tactics for meeting news articles, as needed
- Provide support for the collection, editing, and formatting of user-submitted content, as needed
- Assist with scriptwriting and internal review of TriStar-produced videos and podcasts, as needed
- Maintain TriStar’s in-house editorial style guide
- Conduct an annual review of TriStar’s in-house editorial style guide and update the guide with input from the editorial team
- Review and approve editorial proofs
- Utilize writing and editing skills to produce high-quality editorial content for association clients
- Oversee the planning, editorial production, and creation of news products, meeting programs, and exhibit guides, as needed
- Communicate with TriStar’s association clients to achieve editorial objectives, as needed
- Work with internal project teams to plan and execute projects on deadline
- Travel onsite for daily production of meeting newspapers and news sites when necessary
- Maintain collaborative, positive working relationships with TriStar’s clients and employees
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, or related field
- Experience as a print editor, digital editor, or medical writer
- Exceptional writing skills with sound editorial judgment and working knowledge of AP style
- A detailed eye for editing
- Computing skills, including Mac, MS Office, Adobe Creative Cloud, Google Workspace
- Strong organization and time management skills
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Advanced written communication skills
- Ability to work on a team and independently
- Ability to work evenings and weekends during association events
- A genuine interest in healthcare topics, both clinical and research-based
TriStar offers a highly competitive compensation and benefits package for full-time employees that includes health, dental and vision insurance, compensation time for weekend work and more. We offer a hybrid work environment. The editorial team currently works in-office one day per week.
Interested applicants should apply via the external link below. The application process includes a 15-minute survey and a portal to upload a resumé and work samples.
Freelance Medical Writer
TriStar Event Media, LLC – Overland Park, KS
A nationally recognized content leader in the healthcare association industry, TriStar Event Media is looking for experienced freelance medical/science writers to produce session news coverage for medical meetings.
Pre-meeting assignments involve interviewing speakers (researchers, trial investigators, clinicians, etc.) and writing session preview articles. Meeting assignments involve attending sessions, as assigned, and writing summary/recap news articles on tight deadline in TriStar’s onsite pressroom. Recap articles are typically published within hours, so the ability to distill research news quickly is essential and exceptional writing skills are a must. Working knowledge of AP style is required.
TriStar covers some hybrid meetings where remote reporting may be possible, but the ability to travel to large convention cities (San Diego, Chicago, Washington DC, Orlando, etc.) is preferred. Experience covering medical meetings is a huge plus, but applicants with experience in a straight news environment will also be considered. Experience reporting on medical research, particularly cancer research, is a plus.
Interested applicants should apply via the external link below. The application process includes a 15-minute survey and a portal to upload your resumé and writing samples.
Graphic Designer
Location: Headquarters in Overland Park, KS | Employment Type: Full-Time
About TriStar
TriStar is a full-service marketing agency partnering with some of the most recognized and influential healthcare associations and pharmaceutical companies. Our team of experts develop strategic content and creative advertising opportunities that expand reach, enhance engagement, and drive sustainable revenue across digital, print, and live events. We are committed to exceptional customer service, ensuring seamless execution at every stage of the process.
That commitment starts with our team. We foster a collaborative, fast-paced environment where creativity and strategic thinking thrive. Our team is passionate about helping clients succeed, and we empower each other to push boundaries, take initiative, and grow professionally. If you’re looking for a dynamic workplace where your ideas make an impact, we’d love to have you on board!
About the Position
We are seeking an experienced and talented Graphic Designer to join our design team. The successful candidate will work on multiple projects simultaneously, meeting deadlines while maintaining high design standards in a fast-paced (and fun) environment. Thriving in this position requires a grasp of BOTH print and digital mediums. Strong organizational skills and self-motivation are required, as our designers are responsible for managing their own workload. Some client interaction may be required, and inter-departmental collaboration is essential.
Key Responsibilities
- Digital Projects: You will be responsible for the look and feel of websites, email campaigns, as well as targeted website advertising assets and social media graphics for our association partners. You will work closely with our digital team to ensure cohesive branding across platforms.
- Print Projects: Working with other designers, editors, salespeople, and production personnel from concept to completion, you will design and send print publications to press. This may include magazines, newspapers, event programs, and brochures.
- Marketing Projects: In addition to client projects, you will be responsible for a variety of marketing materials, including but not limited to project proposals, reports, email marketing, media kits, case studies, and slide deck presentations that require great attention to detail.
- Some travel in the spring and fall may be required, including some weekend work. (Travel with a companion once a year, on us!) Projects requiring travel typically involve onsite design work and/or live photography.
Qualifications & Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field with a minimum of 5 years of professional experience designing marketing collateral, print publications, websites, email campaigns, social media and mobile app graphics, and slide decks.
- Expert knowledge of typography rules and styles for publication and website design and layout
- Talent and creativity to prepare designs, mockups, and artwork in accordance with internal and external branding guidelines while also meeting standards of the graphic arts and prepress industries
- Ability to work evenings and weekends during association events (up to 3–4 times per year)
- Photography experience
Required Software Competencies
- Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Id, Ai, Ps, Acrobat), FIgma, Google Workspace tools, and some familiarity with Microsoft office tools
- Proficiency with the following tools will support a smooth transition in the role: Trello, WordPress, Litmus, HubSpot, and BugHerd
- Video editing experience is a plus, but not required
Professional Skills
- Versatility and adaptability to thrive on a variety of projects and design challenges across print and digital platforms
- Ability to thrive in a deadline-driven environment while maintaining a “grace under pressure” mentality
- Desire to keep abreast of current design trends and software
- Strong organization and time management skills
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Advanced oral and written communication skills
- Ability to manage the work of self and others
- Ability to work on a team and independently
- Strong focus on customer service
Compensation and Benefits
TriStar offers a competitive compensation and benefits package for full-time employees that includes health, dental, and vision insurance, 401k, one paid companion flight annually while traveling for work, compensation time for weekend work, and more. We offer a hybrid work environment. The design team currently works in-office one day per week. Local candidates preferred.
To join our award-winning design team, please apply via the external link below. The application process includes a brief survey and access to a portal to upload your resume. Please include a link to your online portfolio.
Project Manager
Location: Headquarters in Overland Park, KS | Employment Type: Full-Time
About TriStar
TriStar is a full-service marketing agency partnering with some of the most recognized and influential healthcare associations and pharmaceutical companies. Our team of experts develop strategic content and creative advertising opportunities that expand reach, enhance engagement, and drive sustainable revenue across digital, print, and live events. We are committed to exceptional customer service, ensuring seamless execution at every stage of the process.
That commitment starts with our team. We foster a collaborative, fast-paced environment where creativity and strategic thinking thrive. Our team is passionate about helping clients succeed, and we empower each other to push boundaries, take initiative, and grow professionally. If you’re looking for a dynamic workplace where your ideas make an impact, we’d love to have you on board!
About the Position
We are seeking a highly organized, detail-oriented, and energetic Project Manager to join our Project Management team. This role involves managing multiple projects concurrently, ensuring timely and successful execution of media tactics. As a Project Manager, you will collaborate with advertisers, internal teams, and some of the most prominent associations in the United States. The ideal candidate excels at keeping projects on track through proactive communication and strategic foresight. Minimal travel is required.
Key Responsibilities
- Stakeholder Liaison: Act as a primary liaison among association partners, advertisers, and vendors
- Ad Management: Collaborate with advertisers to ensure timely delivery and compliance with material specifications; efficiently handle late submissions and necessary edits
- Ad Approval Coordination and Communication: Oversee the ad review and approval process in partnership with clients and vendors
- Cross-Department Collaboration: Work closely with sales, design, editorial, and digital teams throughout the project planning, sales cycles, and execution process
- Client & Team Support: Provide exceptional customer service to advertisers, association partners, vendors, and internal team members
- Timeline Compliance: Adhere to strict production schedules and deadlines
- Efficient Output: Deliver high-quality work with speed and accuracy
- Workflow Flexibility: Adapt quickly to changing priorities and handle last-minute assignments effectively
- Detail Orientation & Problem Solving: Demonstrate strong attention to detail and apply effective problem-solving skills
- Quality Assurance: Ensure quality control of all projects
Qualifications & Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, Business, or a related field
- 3–5 years of professional experience in project management, advertising, or media execution
- Familiarity with media planning and buying processes, timelines, and terminology
- Understanding of print production and digital ad specs/formats
- Proven ability to manage projects independently from initiation through completion
- Experience working with external vendors and internal cross-functional teams
- Proven track record of remaining calm and focused in high-stress, time-sensitive situations
- Knowledge of ad trafficking and performance trafficking tools
- Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
- Highly detail-oriented with commitment to accuracy
- Ability to produce high-quality work in a fast-paced and collaborative environment
- Problem-solving mindset with proactive follow-through
- Proficient in Google Workspace
- Experience with Trello, HubSpot (or similar CRM platforms), and Adobe Creative Suite is a plus
- Willingness to travel occasionally (approximately 6 times per year)
Why Join Us?
- Work with a collaborative, forward-thinking team.
- Lead high-impact projects that drive company success and client relationships.
- Access opportunities for career growth and professional development.
- Enjoy a competitive compensation and benefits package. Includes health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), compensation time for weekend work, and more.
- Thrive in a hybrid work environment. The Project Management team currently works in-office one day per week.
Apply Now
Interested applicants should apply using the external link below. The process includes a brief 15-minute survey and a portal to upload your resumé.
Who We Work With
ABOUT TRISTAR
TriStar is a full-service marketing agency serving healthcare associations. Our custom media solutions bring association and industry supporters together in mutually beneficial ways, delivering amazing experiences for members and meeting attendees. This includes engaging journalistic content that reaches audiences via diverse channels. We build non-dues revenue with our proprietary royalty-share model by leveraging our experienced sales team and extensive industry knowledge for end-to-end services across media channels. Our partners benefit from risk-free collaboration on marketing and planning for events and beyond, supported by our industry resources and tailor-made strategies.
