Digital Content Specialist

Overview

Please note: We are a remote-first organization so you can work from anywhere in India You may be required to travel to our Mumbai office based on business requirements or for company/team events.

Impact Science is Cactus Communications’ flagship science communications agency at the intersection of academia, research, and policy, providing influential communication solutions across the spectrum of academic and government bodies. Focused on enhancing the outreach of research and policy narratives, we amalgamate content, design, and web development prowess to deliver impactful communication strategies.

We are on the lookout for a Digital Content Specialist who will be a cornerstone in translating intricate manuscripts from diverse domains such as Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Humanities into engaging and accessible content forms such as news stories, research summaries, blog articles, and infographics. This role mandates a harmonious blend of scientific understanding, digital content expertise, and a flair for creative articulation, aimed at amplifying the essence of research, interviews, and policies.

Responsibilities:
• Manuscript Translation: Distill the essence of manuscripts across varied disciplines and craft engaging plain language summaries, research stories, and blog articles, ensuring the integrity and accuracy of scientific narrative.
• Document Summarization: Distill the essence of manuscripts or policy documents across varied disciplines and craft engaging plain language summaries, research stories, blog articles, infographics, and video scripts, ensuring the integrity and accuracy of scientific narratives.
• Content Creation and Review: Engage in the creation, review, and proofreading of diverse content formats, including brand infographics, explainer videos, and social media campaigns, ensuring relevance, accuracy, and creativity.
• Interviews articles: Leverage scientific acumen to interact with prominent personalities and start-ups, curating insightful questions and creating compelling content based on the interactions.
• Social Media Copy: Utilize a profound understanding of social media nuances across platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram, to craft, review, and optimize social media content and campaign concepts.
• Report Reviews: Undertake the sanity check and meticulous proofreading of formal long-format reports, ensuring coherence, accuracy, and adherence to formatting standards.

Qualifications And Prerequisites:
• 2 to 5 years of relevant experience in allied roles in digital or science communication agencies.
• Master’s degree in science is preferred or an equivalent in Mass communication is also suitable.
• Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills, with a keen eye for detail.
• Profound ability to comprehend and translate manuscripts across a spectrum of scientific disciplines.
• Mastery in social media best practices, coupled with the ability to craft engaging and platform optimized content.
• Aptitude for coordinating across diverse operational verticals, ensuring project excellence and timely delivery.

Additional Information

CACTUS is a culture-driven company powered by its people, their passion, and their inspiration. All Cactizens live by the culture and values that define us. We value people for their talent, personality, competency, and the ability to learn and grow. We create a work environment that allows people to thrive and show their best performance. We believe in meritocracy. We take pride in our diversity. We strive to embrace diverse voices and create an inclusive workplace. We encourage all Cactizens to talk openly about their ideas and opinions and provide feedback to anyone who is a part of CACTUS, regardless of designation, experience, or seniority. We also encourage them to place their trust and be open to differences in opinions and feedback.

About CACTUS

Cactus Communications is a science communication and technology company. We specialize in AI products and solutions that improve how research gets funded, published, communicated, and discovered. We offer editorial, translation, education, and training solutions for researchers; strategic and tactical scientific content solutions to global life science organizations; AI-powered scholarly publishing products for journals and researchers; and solutions for science dissemination and engagement with peers, public, and policymakers for wider research outreach. We have offices in London, Princeton, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, and Mumbai; a global workforce of over 3,000 experts; and customers from over 190 countries.

Awards and Recognition
• Cactus Communications has consistently ranked among the top 20 on the global list of the Top 100 Companies for Telecommute Jobs since 2016.
• Recognised as ‘Employers of the Future’ two years in a row in 2023 and 2022, in a study by LeadUp Universe, Fortune India and Work Universe
• Recognised as One of India’s Top 100 best Workplaces for Women by Great Place To Work® in 2022
• Winner of ‘Best Innovation Leveraging AI Services’ at AWS AI Conclave 2022
• Recognized as one of the Best Companies for Millennials 2019 by Times Ascent and Learning & Organisation Development Roundtable
• Emerged as one of India’s Top 10 Safe Workplaces for Women in a survey conducted by Rainmaker in 2019
• Ranked #1 among India’s Great Mid-Size Workplaces by Great Place to Work® Institute in 2017