Scientific Communications Manager

Tustin, CA (On-site)

$80K/yr – $115K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the science-led content engine for marketing, turning complex biology into credible, customer-facing materials that educate researchers and strengthen product messaging across formats.

  • Content Strategy: shape messaging across notes, articles, web content, campaigns, and guides to balance scientific integrity with customer value.
  • Editorial Collaboration: partner with Marketing, Product, R&D, and Commercial to align content with customer needs, market trends, and campaign goals.
  • Quality and Voice: ensure communications are scientifically credible, commercially useful, and consistent with the brand standards.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Strategize, create and refine scientific marketing content across formats such as application notes, technical articles, web content, campaign copy, email content, product messaging, FAQs, guides, and educational resources.
  • Review materials for scientific accuracy, clarity, and credibility to maintain scientific integrity and commercial relevance.
  • Translate complex technical information into accessible language without oversimplifying, ensuring customer understanding and engagement.
  • Partner with Commercial Managers, Product Marketing, R&D, and Marketing to align content with customer needs, market trends, product priorities, and campaign goals.
  • Help shape product and application messaging from the customer perspective: what the audience needs to know, why it matters, and what action or understanding should follow.
  • Support brand and campaign initiatives by bringing scientific depth, technical clarity, and customer relevance to the content.
  • Help ensure Zymo Research’s communications are scientifically credible, commercially useful, and aligned with the brand’s voice and standards.

Requirements

  • Background in life sciences, biology, molecular biology, genetics, microbiomics, epigenetics, genomics, or a related field.
  • Strong scientific literacy with the ability to understand technical workflows, product applications, and researcher needs.
  • Excellent writing and editing skills across technical, educational, and marketing formats.
  • Ability to translate complex science into content that is clear, accurate, engaging, and customer-focused.
  • Strong judgment around scientific accuracy, claims, positioning, and credibility.
  • Customer-first mindset with the ability to write from the reader’s perspective, not just the scientist’s perspective.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with marketing, commercial, scientific, product, and creative teams.
  • Detail-oriented, organized, and comfortable managing multiple content projects at once.

Preferred

  • Experience in a life science company, biotech, diagnostics, scientific publishing, technical marketing, or scientific communications agency.
  • Familiarity with molecular biology workflows such as sample collection, DNA/RNA extraction, NGS, microbiome research, epigenetics, or related areas.
  • Experience supporting marketing campaigns, product launches, application content, or customer-facing technical resources.
  • Familiarity with SEO, content strategy, digital marketing, or web content best practices.
  • Ability to support multiple formats, including presentations, video scripts, social content, long-form articles, and sales enablement materials.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance Coverages
  • EAP Sessions
  • Vacation Time plus Company Holidays
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Generous 401(K) with matching
  • Employee Referral Bonus
  • Complimentary fruit, snacks, and beverages
  • Complimentary catered lunches on Thursdays
  • Complimentary EV Charging
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Zymo Research Corporation

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Since its inception in 1994, Zymo Research has been proudly serving the scientific community by providing innovative, reliable, and high quality research tools at affordable prices. Our vision..."The Beauty of Science is to Make Things Simple" is now truer than ever. Whether it's epigenetics, DNA, RNA, E. coli, or yeast based research, our philosophy remains the same: To provide the highest quality products in the industry while ensuring they are both simple to use and reliable in their performance.Zymo Research is historically recognized for its innovation of high quality nucleic acid purification technologies. Under the branding DNA Purification Made SimpleTM and RNA Purification Made SimpleTM, our technologies are pushing the limits of what is possible with nucleic acid isolation. As The Epigenetics CompanyTM, Zymo Research has also received much attention for its rapidly expanding portfolio of epigenetics products and services. It is our objective to develop and provide the most comprehensive set of tools for DNA, RNA, and epigenetic research and analysis available today. Thousands of peer-reviewed scientific publications from researchers around the world feature our technologies. Through innovation, our scientists have made streamlined DNA methylation detection possible, pioneered the micro-elution column for DNA and RNA purification, developed the simplest and the most sophisticated methods for high-quality plasmid DNA purification, and patented the first RNA purification directly from Trizol without phase separation among many other leading technologies in the industry.At Zymo Research, we are committed to quality and guarantee that all of our products and service will meet and exceed your expectations. We pledge to be honest and responsible for everything we do with you. We will treat you as we would like to be treated. Together, we will build a brighter future.

Founded in 1994
Irvine, California, USA
197 employees (11 in marketing)
52% recommend to a friend
54% CEO approval

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