Would you like to be the Node’s new Community Manager?

After two fulfilling years working at the Node and Development, I have decided to move on and embark on a new adventure. That means, my job is up for grabs! I’ll probably write a more personal reflection closer to my leaving day in mid-July, but for now, I’d like to briefly talk about what this role entails and hopefully persuade some of you to apply!

If you’re interested in science communication and would like to help contribute to the developmental and stem cell biology community in a unique way, this role might be a good fit for you! You’ll still be very much in touch with the scientific community, even if you’ll no longer be running experiments. If you know anyone who might be interested, do share this opportunity with them.

Below are my main tasks:

Running the Node

• Commission content: behind the paper stories, interviews, meeting reports, discussions, perspectives… anything you think the community will be interested in reading about
• Provide editorial feedback on drafts from researchers
• Write and produce your own content
• Manage the Node’s social media channels: Bluesky, X, LinkedIn, Facebook
• Maintain and develop the site: make sure the site is up-to-date, provide user support, and steer the development of the site (we are turning 15 this year and as the online environment continues to evolve, there are always opportunities to try out new things)

Working as part of the ‘Community Managers’ team

• Collaborate with the two other community managers of preLights and FocalPlane: we share tips on running our sites, bounce ideas and co-organise webinars and workshops
• Provide cover and support

Working as part of the Development team

• Write Research Highlights: usually once a week
• Conduct interviews: ‘people behind the papers interviews’, longer single-person features of scientists from a variety of career stages
• Manage the journal’s social media channels: Bluesky, X, Facebook, Instagram
• Help out with the Development presents… webinars: promotion, video editing of the recordings
• Write press releases

Attending conferences

• Go to meetings and conferences, both within the UK and abroad, mostly society/community-based meetings: represent the Node/Development, promote our work, network with people, learn about the latest science

Check out the full job advert:

https://www.biologists.com/about-us/work-for-us/

For any informal enquiries, you can get in touch with me (joyce.yu@biologists.com) or with Alex Eve (alex.eve@biologists.com).

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