Together with our sponsor, Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD), a brand of Bio-Techne, we are delighted to announce our fourth Researcher Insights report for the autumn of 2023: with focus on cell and gene therapy.
About Researcher:
Researcher is a content creation and discovery platform used by 2.5m industrial and academic researchers across 7,000 different institutions. Our free app helps scientists find relevant papers and information for their work and stay up to date with recent publications. We also create original and insightful content together with academics and commercial partners.
Our Content:
Over the past year, our content has generated substantial attention in the science community and the wider audience. Our carefully curated Insights reports represent a high-quality special collection of articles created in collaboration with leading experts and scientists in their field. Each article showcases recent, groundbreaking research paper or project with significant impact, supported by credible and well-referenced sources. Every month, we invite specialists from the academia and beyond to give talks on our online-based Researcher Live event platform. Through our content, we foster engaging discussions and facilitate the widespread dissemination of knowledge.
Role Summary:
Researcher is looking for communicative, creative and diligent freelancers with academic background in a Life Science subject (PhD student or above) to help produce scientific content and organise online events on our platform Researcher Live.
You will join a team of talented freelancers and regularly receive work opportunities (individual tasks) through our Slack channel. The role offers substantial flexibility as you can contribute as much or as little as you choose, allowing PhD students and other early career academics to engage alongside their other projects. Passion for writing, communication and enthusiasm for developing event hosting and organisational skills are essential. Background in multiple disciplines is desirable but not essential.
In this role, you will be engaging with academics from various backgrounds to help create exciting Live talks and content for our website and Insights reports. You don't need a lot of prior experience but willingness to receive and incorporate feedback is a must. You will have sufficient training in the first days of your role and will be able to continuously communicate with our Managing Editor through our Slack channel.
If you are interested in gaining skills in a start-up environment, learn how to put together exciting and meaningful content pieces to help the research community, we encourage you to apply.
What we expect of this role:
- Researching and sourcing experts from different Life Sciences academic fields to give talks on our platform Researcher Live
- Setting up the events on our platform and actively promoting them on social media to ensure attendance (high attendance will receive additional payment)
- Chairing the events online on our audio-only platform, ensuring seamless delivery and the comfort of the speaker and the audience
- Ability to handle technical difficulties in stride
- Writing engaging, well-references and accurate scientific articles (linked examples can be found here and here)
- Appreciation for feedback and eagerness to improve, particularly in terms of writing skills and style
What we are looking for:
- PhD students, Postdoctoral Researchers, Practitioners, Professors or Lecturers within Life Sciences or Medicine.
- Organised and resourceful individuals who can leverage their connections in the science community and their scientific understanding to produce high-quality content for our website and app
- Excellent scientific and non-scientific communication skills, as well as confidence in hosting events online
- Article referencing skills and attention to detail
- Aptitude for assimilating and processing scientific information from different fields and disciplines in order to produce quality written materials
- You need to have the resilience and positivity to keep trying when things are hard or don’t go right the first time.
- Some specific examples of experience in academia, life sciences, publishing, pharmaceuticals, sales or marketing in media would be an advantage.
What we can offer you:
- You will have the opportunity to enrich your career portfolio showcasing any events you organised and chaired. Articles written by you for our Insights reports will be under your name and will help you develop a list of published scientific writing
- You will receive expert feedback and enhance your scientific writing skills in collaboration with our Managing Editor
- We will help you develop skills outside academia, invest in your personal development, helping you gain skills and experiences that will support you through your career - whether academic or not
- You will get experience in marketing, event organising, hosting, scientific writing and teamwork
- The role is remote and we are happy to consider candidates from around the world.
How we work:
You will work from home, using Slack to communicate with our Managing Editor. Opportunities for jobs will be listed regularly which you can volunteer to take on. Assistance will be available to you as needed.
Payment is based on delivery, and will depend on amount of work completed, e.g. number of organised events per event series. Typical payment for event series is between £360 and £480 with opportunities for bonuses. Typical payment for articles will be between £150 and £275 with opportunities for bonuses.
How we work:
Please follow this link and complete the application form here.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask Kristine, our Managing Editor, via email at kristine.lennie@researcher-app.com. Finally, if you’re not completely confident about whether you qualify for the role, but feel strongly interested in it, we’d urge you to apply - you’ve got nothing to lose.
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