Senior Science Writer-Marketing - 1728

Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end content pipeline for complex optical products, coordinating technical writing, media, and site updates to support NPI, product revisions, and a better buying experience.

  • Content Delivery: Drive cross-functional content creation for NPI, website updates, and a range of marketing collateral.
  • Project Leadership: Lead projects and ad hoc teams ensuring timely, accurate outputs across multiple streams.
  • Portfolio Guidance: Shape website organization and product road mapping to help customers choose from a 20k+ item portfolio.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Project Management: Plans, develops, and executes the successful and timely delivery of high-quality technical content in support of New Product Introduction (NPI), website updates, product discontinuation/supersession, acquisitions, tradeshows, social media posts, video/animation projects, or other marketing collateral
  • Project Oversite: Leads projects or ad hoc teams as needed to meet business needs
  • Content Strategy: Ensures customers can make informed and efficient decisions on which product(s) best serve their needs amidst a portfolio of 20,000+ items, developing/implementing proposals for website (re)organization as needed
  • Timely Updates: Consistently meets deadlines, producing technically accurate content that meets company standards all while handling multiple projects at different stages of production and at all levels of technical difficulty
  • Communication: Guides graphics and digital marketing staff by clearly and effectively communicating desired outcomes to obtain the necessary images, videos, and animations for a successful presentation
  • Coaching/Mentorship: Able to coach junior team members and assist Editorial Content Strategists by reviewing updates to presentations created by other Science Writers to support NPI, product revisions, product feedback, and general website improvements, ensuring they follow Thorlabs' standards and are technically sound
  • Website Enhancements: Collaborates with the eCommerce Project Manager and marketing management to develop, test and implement tools (e.g., configurators) that are necessary for new product introduction or an improved customer buying experience
  • Product Road Mapping: Provides feedback to aid in defining new products and/or product enhancements through participation in the internal product development forum

Requirements

  • Advanced degree in Physics, Optics, Lasers, or a closely related field or a bachelor's degree plus 10 years of equivalent work experience
  • 5+ years of significant hands-on laboratory experience and familiarity with photonics equipment
  • Expertise in writing brand-consistent content that meets project goals and addresses user needs
  • Strong Organizational and Planning Skills
  • Great presentation and communication skills with the ability to understand the audience, to structure effective presentations, and distill key messages to effectively inform and persuade
  • Ability to flourish with minimal guidance, in a dynamic, fast-changing environment, and to be proactive in times of ambiguity
  • Excellent writing and presentation skills in English
  • Ability to Multitask, Be Detail Oriented, and to Solve Problems, All While Under Tight Time Constraints
  • Familiarity with SEO best practices

    Benefits

    • Contributed Pension Scheme -Group Life Cover -Private Health Care -Group Income Protection & more
    • At Thorlabs there are lots of opportunities for inhouse customised training and development that accelerates your career progression. We have free onsite parking, free refreshments, as well as an entertainment area in our large canteen for your enjoyment.
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    Thorlabs

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    Thorlabs is a leading designer and manufacturer of photonics equipment for research, manufacturing, and biomedical applications. Founded in 1989, Thorlabs is headquartered in Newton, New Jersey with approximately 2,500 employees at manufacturing and sales offices in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Sweden, Japan, China, and Brazil. As a vertically integrated company we design, develop, and manufacture our product portfolio of over 20,000 items.

    Founded in 1989
    Newton, New Jersey, USA
    1.5K employees (31 in marketing)
    74% recommend to a friend
    63% CEO approval

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    Social
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