Thank you for your interest in a career at GoldBio!
At GoldBio, we strive to exceed the expectations of our customers, vendors and strategic partners through quality of products, excellent service and attention to detail. Our sustainable business model and relationships with others in the supply chain allow us to provide researchers and scientists with uniquely low prices, while maintaining the highest quality in the industry. We stand behind all our products to the fullest extent with the hope that they will be used in discoveries that benefit all.
We are always looking for bright and energetic people to join our team. Please send a resume with cover letter explaining why you'd be a great fit for GoldBio to [email protected].
Freelance Scientific Writer and Editor
Job Summary
As a freelance scientific writer and editor, you will use your expertise to write, review, fact-check and thoughtfully edit new and existing scientific content.
This role will allow you to build your scientific writing skills, reaching broader audiences, and making scientific communication more accessible.
The ideal candidate will have a thorough understanding of good lab practices and have at least 7 years of laboratory and experimental design experience, preferably in the areas of protein expression and purification, molecular biology or cloning.
You must be able to perform meticulous literary research, work both independently and communicate with a team, be comfortable working remotely and have excellent comprehension of English grammar and writing.
If you are a problem-solver, inquisitive, curious, creative and ever-learning, this is the job for you.
This is a freelance role within the marketing department.
Expected Compensation and Hours:
- $33 per hour
- Invoiced by the freelancer on the 15th and 31st of each month
- Flexible schedule with a request to usually work 30-40 hours a week (some flexibility can be built into this)
Qualifications and Skills
- PhD in molecular biology with an emphasis on protein research and/or cloning
- At least 7 years lab experience
- Extensive literary research experience
- Experimental design experience
- Thorough understanding and adherence to good lab practices
- Troubleshooting experience (both in lab, and through literary research)
- Great with grammar and spelling
- Comfortable writing detailed protocols
- Comfortable peer-editing
- Comfortable using Chat GPT
- Comfortable learning new skills
- Able to self-teach
- Exceptional organizational skills
- Experience in Microsoft office
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- Ability to think critically and creatively
- Attention to detail
Bonus Skills (not required, but a huge plus)
- Experience with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
- Understands factors influencing search engine optimization (SEO)
Job Responsibilities May Include
- Identifying and writing scientific articles, supplementary content, or protocols.
- Editing scientific content for factual accuracy, grammar, logic, structure, and syntax
- Content development such as support documents and articles
- Review previously generated content and revise/update as needed.
- Perform literature-based research and organize data into charts, tables, diagrams, figures and illustrations.
- Conduct literature research and maintain an organized reference library.
- Develop documentation and content for future product release.
- Use competitor analysis tools to research and develop content strategy.
About Working for GoldBio
GoldBio has been serving life science researchers for more than 30 years, being the go-to supplier for high-quality, low-price reagents. We are dedicated to the success of those whom we supply. By providing researchers with the best chemicals possible, we help our customers “Discover More”.
Gold Biotechnology is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, ethnicity, gender, veteran status, or on the basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. All candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the U.S. GoldBio is not able to sponsor applicants for work visas.
Company Culture
- Laid back but hardworking environment.
- Free to think creatively, make mistakes, learn and explore.
- Extremely collaborative.
To Apply
Be sure to include a cover letter along with your resume detailing your experience and interest in this position. To email your resume and cover letter, please send it to kmartin@goldbio[dot]com.
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GoldBio is an equal employment opportunity employer. Employment at GoldBio is based on qualifications, merits and abilities. Gold Biotechnology®, Inc. does not discriminate in employment opportunities based on race, religion, color, sex, age, marital status, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, sexual preference/orientation or veteran status with regard to any position or employment for which the applicant or employee is qualified.
