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At AlertMedia, everything we do supports our mission: To save lives and minimize loss by identifying active threats globally and facilitating timely communications when an emergency threatens personal safety and business continuity.
Our core values drive us in our important mission of keeping people safe:
- We’re humans not robots
- Customers always come first
- We work better together
- Simplicity is our strength
- Our reputation is priceless
- Hard work pays off
AlertMedia is seeking a Part-Time Contract Meteorologist to join our growing Global Intelligence Team. You will play a vital role in ensuring our customers receive timely, accurate information about major global weather events and natural disasters—along with their potential impacts on employee safety and business continuity.
This position will work 24 hours per week supporting a 24/7 operation and with a schedule that will include overnight hours and weekend days. Though a full-time, permanent role is not guaranteed, a successful candidate could be transitioned to one after several months depending on performance and business needs. Initial training will take place on weekdays, with plans to shift the position to overnight hours, Saturday through Tuesday.
As one of the fastest growing software companies in the nation, we’re focused on finding the best talent and building the best team to continue accelerating our rapid growth to keep up with our demand!
Who you are:
You are an entry-level meteorologist excited to join a growing team of hazard-focused meteorologists embedded within AlertMedia’s Global Intelligence Team. This unique role blends meteorology with high-level forecasting, natural hazard monitoring, storytelling, and journalism. You’ll assess disruptions from weather and other hazards—wildfires, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, and more—using your expertise, traditional forecasting tools, and open-source intelligence tools, including social media, to confirm real-world impacts like power outages, evacuations, and travel disruptions. You thrive in a fast-paced, breaking-news-style environment and excel at delivering timely, actionable insights.
Strong writing skills are essential, as most customer communication is through clear, concise alerts. You’re comfortable multitasking, often jumping between hazard zones as new threats emerge. You collaborate well, make sound decisions under pressure, and can work independently during overnight hours with minimal supervision. With global clients and worldwide hazard coverage, this is your chance to support life safety and business continuity on a global scale.
What you get to do every day:
- Analyze global forecast models, radar and satellite imagery, surface observations, and official products from international meteorological agencies to identify and assess weather events that may impact our global client base.
- Compose and deliver timely, high-urgency alerts focused on areas at risk for significant impacts. With a broad global footprint, you'll consistently monitor and prioritize multiple active systems.
- Collaborate with Global Intelligence Analysts to guide the collection of on-the-ground impact details before, during, and after disruptive events.
- Use social media and other open-source tools to identify and verify real-time impacts from weather and natural disasters.
- Support senior meteorologists in responding to customer questions, creating situation reports, and assisting with briefings or webinars as needed.
What you bring to the role:
- Bachelor's degree in Meteorology or Atmospheric Science
- Strong forecasting skills with the ability to clearly communicate threats in plain language
- Ability to multitask with keen attention to detail
- Familiar with forecasting tools and eager to analyze global weather data while sourcing information from diverse news and open-source channels
- Composure under pressure in a fast-paced workflow
- Team-oriented mindset with strong collaboration and communication skills
- Excellent writing, typing, and real-time news gathering abilities
- Willingness to work non-traditional hours, including overnight shifts, weekends, and occasional holidays
- While previous experience covering international weather or natural hazards through a journalistic lens isn’t required, genuine interest, enthusiasm, and a collaborative spirit will set you apart
- Position is open for remote location except for in the following states: Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Louisiana, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, West Virginia.
Why you’ll love working at AlertMedia:
- Competitive base salary + amazing rewards and incentives – we love celebrating each other
- Commitment to community service with opportunities to give back
- A Best Places to Work company 9 years in a row and numerous other awards
- Access to brand new downtown office with 360-degree views of Austin, high-tech building gym, and nearby running trails
- Ongoing career development with our Learning & Development team
About AlertMedia:
AlertMedia helps organizations protect their people and businesses through all phases of an emergency. Our award-winning threat intelligence, emergency communication, and travel risk management solutions help companies of all sizes identify, respond to, and recover from critical events faster and more confidently. AlertMedia supports essential communication for thousands of leading businesses—including DHL, JetBlue, Coca-Cola Bottling, In-N-Out, and Walmart—in more than 130 countries.
We are an equal opportunity employer focused on creating a collaborative and exciting place for all to work. Ensuring a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace for all people is key to our success and core to our values. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
This is an amazing opportunity to be part of our wave of momentum and take our company, and your career, to the next growth stage. We'd love to get to know you better and share how we serve our amazing customers. For more information, please visit www.alertmedia.com.
Come join us in our mission to save lives and minimize loss through effective communication.
AlertMedia does not currently sponsor applicants for work visas.
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What We Do
AlertMedia helps organizations protect their people and businesses through all phases of an emergency. Our award-winning threat intelligence, emergency communication, and travel risk management solutions help companies of all sizes identify, respond to, and recover from critical events faster and more confidently. Our team of in-house intelligence analysts and meteorologists work around the clock to monitor thousands of data sources around the world, providing our customers and employees with verified, credible information to protect them from impending threats.
AlertMedia has been recognized both nationally and locally for its exceptional company culture, most recently being named to Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces list for 2023. We were also named to Forbes’ list of America’s Best Startup Employers for two consecutive years, Austin Business Journal’s Best Places to Work for nine consecutive years, and Built In Austin’s 100 Best Places to Work in Austin.
Located in the heart of downtown Austin in the "smartest building in the city", AlertMedia inspires and invests in our employees through continuous developmental experiences, including Career Month, community volunteering, mentorship programs, Employee Resource Groups, and weekly "Tuesday Lunches" where the company comes together to learn about and discuss any business updates. AlertMedia also facilitates a robust internship program, working with universities (including HBCUs), non-profit organizations like Hiring Our Heroes, and similar partners to invest in the future of our diverse workforce.
Why Work With Us
AlertMedia employees have a strong connection to our mission and product. An anonymous employee survey recently revealed 99% of our people feel the work they do is important and making a direct impact, 94% feel our diverse, grow-from-within culture is collaborative and supportive, and 92% are taking advantage of our career development opportunities
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Our hybrid policy provides flexibility so employees can work and collaborate from home or in our Austin offices, either full- or part-time. We ask employees in Austin to join us on Tuesday for company-sponsored lunch to connect and learn together.
