Senior Science Writer-Marketing - 1728

Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end technical content delivery for NPI and product lifecycle, coordinating multi-channel assets and website organization to help customers choose from a large catalog.

  • Drive timely, accurate content across NPI, website updates, product changes, tradeshows, social media, and video assets.
  • Coach junior writers and align visuals with editorial standards to support product revisions and site improvements.
  • Collaborate on tools and roadmap feedback to improve the customer buying experience for 20,000+ items.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Project Management: Plans, develops, and executes the successful and timely delivery of high-quality technical content in support of 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.
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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

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
737.7K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$19.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
53.6%
Direct
40.4%
Referral
4.6%
Social
0.6%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
31 (2% of company)

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