Content Specialist (Science)

MDPI Romania; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading publishing house is seeking a Content Specialist to develop and implement science content strategies. The ideal candidate will have a PhD, experience in content creation, and knowledge of SEO and social media practices. This role offers flexible working hours, a supportive work culture, and benefits including a health cash plan and perks through Perkbox.

Benefits

Flexible Working Times

Special Days Off

Friendly working environment

Health Cash Plan

Cyclescheme

Techscheme

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in content creation in a business setting.
• Knowledge of content and communication best practices.
• Interest in science and scholarly publishing.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement content strategies.
• Create multi-channel content.
• Contribute to team meetings on campaigns and performance metrics.

Skills

Content strategy development

SEO best practices

Blog writing platforms

English language skills

Social media content creation

Organizational abilities

Education

PHD in any subject

Tools

WordPress

Medium

Substack

Job description

Role Overview

The Content Specialist will work within our global corporate communications team and is responsible for developing and implementing a range of science content strategies to communicate with key stakeholders. Demonstrable experience of delivering first class science communications for websites, blogs, social media and video is preferable.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in the development and implementation of always on campaigns
• Participate in the development and implementation of major campaigns
• Propose multi-channel (blog and social media) and multi-format (long form, text, video, podcast) content ideas to support campaign objectives
• Conduct the necessary research to create multi-channel/ multi-format content ideas that support MDPIs brand
• Responsible for ensuring the publishing/sharing/promotion of their content
• Contribute to the creation of at least four blog posts per month
• Participate in relevant team meetings on key topics related to workload such as SEO, Content, Campaigns, Performance Metrics
• Review articles from other contributors, as part of the peer-review system
• Other comms/content work as required

Skills and Qualifications

• PHD in any subject.
• 1+ years of experience of developing, coordinating or creating content in a business setting
• Good knowledge of blog writing platforms such as WordPress, Substack, Medium etc.
• Good knowledge of content and communication best practices
• Good knowledge of SEO best practices
• Some knowledge of key social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube for business (previous experience of creating content beneficial).
• Some knowledge of promotion and marketing strategies
• Excellent English language skills (written and spoken), other language skills are beneficial.
• Good organizational, analytical and prioritization abilities.
• Interest in science, science communications and/or the scholarly publishing industry.

Benefits!

• Flexible Working Times
  You are able to start work anytime between 7-9am, and finish between 3pm-6pm.
• Special Days Off
  Getting married or moving house? No need to use up your holidays, MDPI offer paid time off for such occasions.
• Our Culture
  A friendly working environment with monthly lunch parties, office snacks and seasonal events.
• Perkbox
  You will have access to our benefit platform called “Perkbox.” This will provide you with a range of discounts and benefits across various retailers, including savings on food, drinks, tech, travel, and more.
• Health Cash Plan
  After passing probation, employees are enrolled into our private health membership with Bupa. You can claim money back on dental, doctors, and prescriptions amongst many other health services
• Modern City Centre Office
  Located next to Piccadilly Gardens, our office is a 10 minute walk from both Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Oxford Road train stations. There are also tram stops outside of the building.
• Cyclescheme
  Save between 25-39% on a bike and accessories.
• Techscheme
  Save up to 10% on tax when purchasing tech equipment from places such as Ikea and Currys
  
  About MDPI
  A pioneer in scholarly open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities since 1996. Our mission is to foster open scientific exchange in all forms, across all disciplines. We operate more than 400 diverse, peer-reviewed, open access journals supported by over 66,000 academic editors. We serve scholars from around the world to ensure the latest research is openly and broadly available.
  MDPI is headquartered in Switzerland with additional offices in Europe, Asia and North America. We are committed to ensuring that high quality research is made available as quickly as possible. We also support sustainability projects, with sustainability as a key theme in many journals and through the MDPI Sustainability Foundation.
  Initiatives
  
  At MDPI, we develop and maintain various platforms in order to better serve the scientific community. Please find here-below a list of our main platforms:
  https://www.mdpi.com/
  https://sciprofiles.com/
  https://sciforum.net/
  https://www.scilit.net/
  https://www.preprints.org/
  https://encyclopedia.pub/