Job Description

Description
The NSF Partnership to Advance Throughput Computing (PATh) is looking for a student science writer to promote the impacts of the project on research and campuses across the country.
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The writer will work between 15 and 29 hours per week, as mutually agreed upon. Work hours will be flexible, but mostly between 8am – 5pm, Monday – Friday.
Duties Include
Feature Writing: Produce 1 long-form and a few short stories per month for web and newsletter distribution, highlighting the impacts and achievements of PATh and other related science projects. The writer will interview researchers and other story subjects from across the country, as well as relevant PATh staff. Duties also include drafting and proofing copy, conduct fact-checking, contributing to the editorial and social media strategy and copy-editing of other stories.
Website Publishing: Edit and/or create webpages in support of the above across websites relevant to PATh and related projects. Contribute ideas for website content and strategy.
Social Media: Draft social media posts to promote PATh efforts and the research it impacts. Assist with monitoring, analyzing, and reporting on audience engagement and related metrics across social media outlets such as X (Twitter), LinkedIn, etc.
Other related duties on an as-needed basis, and per interests/experience.
Requirements
Candidate must be a student or recent graduate interested in a temporary position. The ideal candidate will be majoring in communications, journalism, or related area with strong skills in writing, editing, and social media. Must demonstrate great attention to detail, be able to work with minimal supervision, and conduct oneself in a professional manner.
Though not a requirement, prior experience with any of the following is a plus:
Science feature writing
Web content creation, management, and/or design
Social media content generation and engagement analysis
Graphic design, video production, and/or other visual communication formats
Adobe Creative Suite (and/or open-source alternatives), Markdown, HTML, CSS, Git/GitHub.
Computational research
To Apply
Please submit a resume, cover letter, and 1-2 writing samples.

Job Tags

Temporary work, Flexible hours, Monday to Friday,

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