In this role you'll contribute to the company's positioning and future growth, defining our place and voice in an exciting, rapidly evolving field.
Your responsibilities
Act as lead storyteller and editor, own copy and content across all channels and keep the ZI brand voice and product messaging consistent across.
Create and edit accurate and creative output across different formats; from newsletters, application notes, and blog posts to video scripts, employer branding content, and digital copy.
Own social media strategy and execution on LinkedIn.
Collaborate effectively across teams, including with designers, website managers, performance marketers, scientists, and senior stakeholders.
Your profile
5-7 years of experience in journalism, science communication, or content roles with editorial ownership, ideally with a journalism background.
A track record of making technical or scientific material engaging to a wide range of audiences; from scientists to knowledgeable lay people.
Comfort operating independently: pitching your own stories, setting your own priorities, defending your editorial calls.
Strong social-native instincts - you know how a story changes shape from long-form to a 30-second clip to a single post.
Enough physics literacy (or hunger to learn fast) to hold your own in a conversation with a quantum scientist and to ask the right questions.
Native or native-level writing skills in English; comfort working in a scientist- and engineer-heavy culture where precision is paramount.
Excellent communication skills with a natural knack for relationship-building.
We offer a diverse work environment with an open and transparent company culture where personal development forms the basis of our success. We thrive on cooperation and support distributed decision-making that allows everyone to take responsibility and generate substantial impact from the start and on many levels.
Now is a great time to join the team.
We look forward to receiving your resume and motivation letter.
Skills Required
- 5–7 years of experience in journalism, science communication, or content roles with editorial ownership
- Track record of making technical or scientific material engaging for scientists and knowledgeable lay audiences
- Ability to operate independently, pitch stories, set priorities, and defend editorial decisions
- Strong social media instincts and ability to adapt stories across long-form, video, and social formats
- Physics literacy or ability to learn quantum science quickly
- Native or native-level English writing skills
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
- Journalism background
What We Do
Zurich Instruments develops and manufactures advanced products for Quantum Computing and Periodic Signal Measurement. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, with subsidiaries and offices in Germany, Japan, USA, South Korea, France, and China, we are committed to providing high-quality instrumentation and direct support to our international customers, scientists, and technologists who are dedicated to measuring complex phenomena using our instruments. Our product range includes: - Quantum computing control systems - Lock-in amplifiers - Arbitrary waveform generators - Impedance analyzers - Phase-locked loops - Digitizers - Boxcar averagers Our team comprises individuals who are passionate about technology and work together with a collaborative and innovative approach. As part of the Rohde & Schwarz family, we are a high-end instrumentation company with steady growth and we're always looking for talented individuals who thrive on challenges and want to shape the future of technology alongside us!
