Job Description
Job Title:
Science Writer (2 year contract, renewable)
Posting Start Date:
19/11/2024
Job Description:
Job Description
The candidate will boost the Faculty of Science's presence by developing impactful long- and short-form content for different audiences. The candidate will possess excellent writing skills and competencies to make technical content accessible to laymen.
Content creation
- Proactive in collecting and verifying newsworthy information.
- Conduct research on assigned topics for story development.
- Develop original and quality content according to briefs.
- Competent in translating complex technical / scientific content into copy that resonates with laymen.
- Merge complex information from different sources into a single, coherent story.
- Familiar with SEO optimisation to incorporate key terms for site traffic.
- Maintain consistency in content and ensure alignment with editorial requirements.
- Develop and manage high quality image bank (photographs and videos).
- Adept in different short- and long-form writing styles for different mediums (web, print and socials), including, but not limited to corporate publications, marketing assets, corporate/news messaging, blogs, video scripts, Q&A documents, social-media style content, etc.
- Ensure that all content is timely, accurate and relevant to the different needs of external and internal stakeholders.
- Advanced editing and proofreading for accurate and factual content and correct language.
Stakeholder relations
- Build relationships with content sources / stakeholders for sustained pipeline of stories.
- Research and interview content sources to incorporate their views into communication assets.
Events Organisation
- Support team on coordination and logistics for events execution.
Other ad-hoc projects and duties, as assigned.
Qualifications/Requirements/Other Info
- Relevant degree qualifications.
- Interest in science communications.
- Must be able to meet strict deadlines, manage multiple projects concurrently and work well under pressure.
- Excellent writing skills with proven work experience, backed with a good portfolio of published articles.
- Competent in long- and short-form content.
- Organised with attention to detail.
- Hands-on experience with content management systems (e.g., wordpress), photo and video editing software is a definite advantage.
- Solid project management skills.
More Information
Location: Kent Ridge Campus
Organization: Faculty of Science
Department : Dean's Office
Job requisition ID : 25028