Full-Time Remote Staff Position: Script Writer Application

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Role

NutritionFacts.org is seeking full time script writers who will be responsible for searching, reading, and analyzing the peer-reviewed scientific literature and creating cohesive, interesting, evidence-based scripts to be edited and narrated by Dr. Greger and turned into videos posted on NutritionFacts.org. The ideal candidate is passionate about NutritionFacts.org’s mission, detail-oriented, experienced with reading research papers, creative, articulate, and thrives in a remote setting.

Responsibilities

• Search, secure, and scrutinize the primary medical/nutrition literature
• Compile a synthesis of the science on a certain topic into a series of cohesive narratives
• Create annotated scripts to instruct motion graphics designers how to turn narratives into NutritionFacts.org videos

Requirements

• Experience reading the peer-reviewed medical literature
• Experience writing, preferably in a medical/nutrition field
• Enjoys working independently in a remote setting
• Ability to communicate ideas effectively with a remote team
• Creative, detail-oriented, and articulate
• Can manage time effectively, organizing and completing multiple projects within set deadlines
• Preferred: Professional medical/nutrition and/or writing background