The Scientific Writer role is to draft quality content for diverse sectors and verticals, ideally from a technical/ scientific background. Primary Responsibilities
Assist various client teams in writing news releases, media invites, Q&As, speeches, features, bios and other communication material such as corporate/business presentations in PPT or other such software
Review, edit and rewrite all written material (to include traditional, digital, and social media content) as required by team members
Understand the requirements of various teams and convey the clients key messages adequately and appropriately through effective use of language
Support teams by providing error-free media-worthy material
Consult and guide client-handling teams on matters related to media requests
Interact with team members and support them in building accurate communication measures
Efficiently manage deadline-oriented workflow of releases, invites and requests from various team members on a daily basis
Contribute to the development of new concepts, techniques or ideas at brainstorming sessions
Support the project manager in ensuring that resources are in place to cover delivery of all written deliverables
Requirements
Ideally, a Bachelors/Masters degree in English Literature/Journalism/Communications with 3-5 years of experience in communications, public relations or journalism, or equivalent work experience
Strong news sense and be well aware of global developments. A keen awareness of niche and emerging technologies is an advantage.
The role requires a high performing, achievement-oriented professional with a keen understanding of the dynamic media environment as well as suitable soft skills to seamlessly navigate a high-pressure client environment
Previous experience as a member of a corporate communications team preferred but not required
Excellent grammar, editing, writing and re-writing skills;
A wordsmith who can provide error-free editorial content that is media-ready
Ability to recognize the key messages of clients and offer effective ways to convey them to the relevant target audience
Keen interest in writing content for sectors including defence, aviation, cybersecurity
Capable of rapidly handling industry-specific research to add value to the editorial content and other communication materials for the teams
Completely thorough with local, regional and global current-affairs
Quick with computers especially skilled in MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
Proficiency in English
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