Science Storytelling, Editorial Director

WuXi AppTec • ,

11d

About The Position

WuXi AppTec is building an editorial and creative capability to bring stories about how science becomes medicine to broader public audiences. The Editorial Director will discover and shape stories about the science, people, and collective effort behind medical progress, drawing on the company’s work alongside companies and scientists around the world. Content may include deeply reported articles, documentary films, animated explainers, short videos, and other formats. The role focuses on helping audiences understand how innovation happens, what meaningful progress takes, and how people can see a place for themselves in that work.

The Editorial Director leads editorial development from research and concept through interviewing, scripting, and production, while personally writing and editing content. They develop narratives that are accessible and engaging to general audiences while remaining intellectually substantive, scientifically accurate, and consistent with editorial quality and brand integrity. The role also uses emerging technologies across the creative process and collaborates with internal teams and external partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in journalism, communications, film, life science, medicine, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in journalism, science or health media, documentary, editorial storytelling, science communications, or related fields.
• Significant experience in journalism, documentary development, editorial leadership, screenwriting for factual content, or a related field.
• A strong portfolio of original, research-based storytelling that makes complex subjects compelling to general audiences.
• Excellent interviewing and reporting skills, including the ability to move beyond prepared answers and uncover meaningful detail.
• Exceptional writing and editing ability, with a strong command of narrative structure, accessible language, and audience engagement.
• Ability to understand scientific material, evaluate sources, and work productively with subject-matter experts.
• Strong editorial judgment about accuracy, relevance, fairness, and the distinction between established findings and future possibilities.
• Experience translating a story into a clear creative brief, treatment, or script and guiding collaborators through execution.
• Experience working in global teams across time zones and cultural contexts.

Nice To Haves

• Reporting or storytelling experience in science, medicine, biotechnology, or another technically complex field.
• Experience developing documentaries, animated factual content, or original editorial series.
• Experience working across written and audiovisual formats.
• Experience building an editorial initiative, publication, program, or creative team.
• Experience managing commissioned work and external creative or production partners.

Responsibilities

• Identify stories about science and medicine creation that can engage and inspire broad public audiences.
• Transform complex scientific subjects into narratives that are understandable and engaging to audiences without scientific expertise.
• Lead editorial development from research and concept through interviewing, scripting, and production.
• Personally write and edit articles, story outlines, documentary treatments, scripts, and interview guides.
• Develop narrative structure, characters, pacing, and visual approaches that make stories intellectually substantive and human.
• Develop storytelling across video, digital, social, editorial, and emerging formats.
• Apply emerging technologies to accelerate research, ideation, prototyping, production, and content adaptation.
• Explore new storytelling technologies and formats to reach audiences in fresh and relevant ways.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners while maintaining scientific accuracy, editorial quality, and brand integrity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director