WGME seeks an enterprising and aggressive reporter to join our team of investigative and consumer reporters. We are looking for someone with a clear understanding of how to dig for a story, research it, write it with an edge, and use strong storytelling and TV production to make it impactful and memorable. The ideal candidate is an aggressive reporter with deep curiosity and unrelenting commitment to get to the bottom of an issue and hold individuals accountable.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Develop and maintain contacts and sources in the community to enterprise story ideas
Identify and pitch investigative angles to big daily news stories
Work closely with News management to refine investigative pitches and story scripts
Develop a network of sources and experts to generate investigative stories on a regular basis
Write online versions of investigative reports and work with Digital Producer on "web extra" content for each investigation
Maintain an active social media presence to build your brand and solicit original story ideas
Other duties as assigned
Requirements:
Must be able to develop and maintain sources
Dynamic live television and storytelling skills are a must
Strong social media skillset for both research and promoting stories as well as gathering viewer input
Knowledge of the FOAI (Freedom of Information Act) process, computer-assisted reporting, and data-driven reporting along with familiarity of legal issues related to investigative television news reporting are essential
Strong writing skills and knowledge of current events
At least two years of investigative reporting experience or five years of general assignment reporting preferred.
History of award-winning investigative journalism preferred
EEO AND INCLUSIVITY:
Sinclair is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
$67k-85k yearly est. Auto-Apply 17d ago
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Local News Producer
Hearst 4.4
News writer job in Westbrook, ME
WMTW-TV, the ABC affiliate in Westbrook, ME, has an opening for a Local News Producer who knows how to create meaningful and memorable newscasts. You have creative vision and have experience making decisions and communicating the plan. You know how to win the big story, own breaking news and display important weather information. You must be fast and able to play well in a room of same-minded pros. Accuracy is job one! You will report to the News Director.
Responsibilities
Select, research, and write content for live newscasts to make the newscast an "experience" for viewers
Work with and guide reporters in story production
Coordinate creative vision with team of anchors, reporters, meteorologists, photographers, editors, and production staff
Boothing assigned newscasts, breaking news and weather events
Live timing newscasts
Requirements
Professional or college producing experience
Experience working in a newsroom
Have writing and copy-editing skills
Coordinate several crews and responsibilities simultaneously
Experience summarizing information into easy-to-understand components
Creative presentation style, and ability to showcase all resources and elements
Have and exhibit the highest journalistic integrity and ethical standards
Must be available to work holidays, shifts including nights, weekends and overnights, and flexible with schedule to be available during breaking news
Related military experience will be considered
In-person attendance is required
Values in Action
At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization that fosters collaboration and open communication, ensuring that the content we create is authentic, accurate, and connected to the communities we serve.
Benefits
Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.
Medical | Dental | Vision
401(k) matching
Emotional Wellness Support
Paid Time Off
Paid Parental Leave
LGBTQ+ Health Services
Additional benefits to meet your and your family's needs
$31k-37k yearly est. Auto-Apply 60d+ ago
Senior Digital Copywriter
Intermountain Health 3.9
News writer job in Augusta, ME
As the Digital Copywriter - Senior you will partner with key stakeholders to dive deep into market research, competitive benchmarks, and other innovative consumer brands to understand an audience's motivations and behaviors and create content that optimizes member journeys and drives conversions.
We're looking for an experienced creative with a proven track record of content strategy and writing that gets results across multiple digital and print channels (e.g., in-app message, mobile push, email, SMS, and mailers). This position is right for someone who's passionate not just about copywriting, but also about understanding an audience's behavior and motivations, and how to use those using insights to drive conversions.
+ The following states are currently paused for sourcing new candidates or for new relocation requests for current caregivers :
+ **California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington.**
**Essential Functions**
+ Optimizes existing communications efforts by activating new motivational/behavioral levers
+ Creates new digital and multi-channel journeys to encourage behavioral change
+ Creates hyper-personalized content using a library of modular assets and dynamic templates
+ Ensures all content is driven by data-driven hypotheses with a focus on on incremental improvements
+ Manages digital style guide alignment with brand and content standards
+ Partner with UX/UI design team members on a design system to support modularized content on digital channels
**Skills**
+ Copywriting
+ Research
+ Behavioral Design
+ Project Management
+ Communication
+ Editing
+ Time Management
+ Performance Marketing
+ Marketing Operations
+ Consumer Journeys
**Required Qualifications**
+ Demonstrated experience in marketing, copywriting, digital design/writing, digital experience or related field
+ Proven experience writing dynamic, personalized and omni-channel content
+ Strong understanding of consumer data, problem solving, project management, digital marketing and communication channels
+ Proven track record of managing a portfolio of content and projects across multiple product lines
+ Experience working in an Agile environment and/or rapid test and learn environment
+ Must be technically capable, an excellent communicator, have a desire to improve processes, and proven capabilities to build relationships with organizational stakeholders
**Physical Requirements**
+ Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
+ Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
+ Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.
**Location:**
SelectHealth - Murray
**Work City:**
Murray
**Work State:**
Utah
**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**
40
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$45.55 - $71.73
We care about your well-being - mind, body, and spirit - which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here (***************************************************** .
Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
At Intermountain Health, we use the artificial intelligence ("AI") platform, HiredScore to improve your job application experience. HiredScore helps match your skills and experiences to the best jobs for you. While HiredScore assists in reviewing applications, all final decisions are made by Intermountain personnel to ensure fairness. We protect your privacy and follow strict data protection rules. Your information is safe and used only for recruitment. Thank you for considering a career with us and experiencing our AI-enhanced recruitment process.
All positions subject to close without notice.
$53k-74k yearly est. 3d ago
*Goodwill VISTA* Lights Out Grants Specialist VISTA
Americorps 3.6
News writer job in Portland, ME
Lights Out Gallery is working with artists to build and support community in Western Maine. By partnering with the local/state art community, the VISTA will raise awareness of our plan to build a community center that includes a co-working space, dance studio and maker space as well as an art gallery to boost the economic value and provide opportunities for access to high-speed internet and equipment that is not accessible to many in rural Maine, and organize the Norway Maine Arts Festival. Further help on this page can be found by clicking here.
Member Duties : The VISTA member will help build and sustain a community coworking space that expands economic opportunity in Western Maine. They will develop systems to recruit and engage a base of volunteers and donors, support targeted fundraising efforts, and strengthen digital outreach through Instagram, Facebook, and email. By crafting compelling content and evaluating engagement strategies, VISTA will help grow our statewide and national visibility. They will also assist with grant writing and reporting by gathering impact data and stories that demonstrate progress. This work will lay the foundation for long-term sustainability and deeper community impact.
Program Benefits : Childcare assistance if eligible , Living Allowance , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Training , Relocation Allowance , Health Coverage* .
Terms :
Car recommended , Permits working at another job during off hours , Permits attendance at school during off hours .
Service Areas :
Entrepreneur/Business , Community Outreach , Neighborhood Revitalization , Community and Economic Development , Education , Children/Youth .
Skills :
Youth Development , Fine Arts/Crafts , Fund raising/Grant Writing , Recruitment , General Skills , Community Organization , Team Work , Writing/Editing , Communications , Non-Profit Management , Leadership , Business/Entrepreneur .
$40k-54k yearly est. 27d ago
Community Reporter for Lewiston area
Maine Trust for Local News
News writer job in Lewiston, ME
The Maine Trust for Local News is seeking an enterprising and energetic community reporter to join its Sun Journal news staff. This reporter will cover general interest news in a geographic beat serving the city of Lewiston and surrounding communities including the town of Poland. Coverage in these communities will focus on the public impact of housing and development; business openings/closings; food; municipal affairs; breaking news; things to do; and people.
Journalism produced from this coverage is published in the Sun Journal, Sunjournal.com, as well as on a per-story basis in other Maine Trust publications such as the Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel and Times Record. The community reporter will be responsible for curating a weekly newsletter, Lewiston Now, that's focused on interesting people, places and happenings in the region; and for posting daily web updates. This is a lively beat with a lot of news opportunities in a region of more than 44,000 people that includes Maine's second largest city.
The goal of this reporter is to be essential to each community they cover, being on the ground in their region regularly and making sure people know the reporter's name and how to reach them. They will closely monitor town Facebook groups, Next Door, Reddit and any other public areas of discussion for story ideas, including libraries and coffee shops. If there are questions we can answer being posed in these groups or at central gathering places, we will answer them with fact briefs or stories. Source development will be key for this reporter to stay on top of the latest town happenings and breaking news. This reporter will also help create and update guides for each town or region, from farmstands, trails, events, to places to eat, housing resources and more.
The community reporter must have excellent reporting and writing skills; a sense of urgency to beat the competition on developing news; comfort with a digital-first environment; a proven ability to file stories on deadline; and experience rounding out stories with depth and context. The Maine Trust for Local News prides itself on high standards of professionalism and community journalism that is meaningful to our readers. We are an equal-opportunity employer.
Applicants should email a cover letter, resume and up to five writing samples to Managing Editor Ben Bragdon, at: ***********************
$38k-60k yearly est. Easy Apply 21d ago
Assignment Editor
Hearst 4.4
News writer job in Westbrook, ME
WMTW-TV, the ABC affiliate in Portland, Maine has an opening for someone who wants to win each day in the role of Assignment Editor. You can capture the essence of what's happening in the community and help to bring it home to our viewers. You will have a take charge attitude for breaking news. You find distinctive enterprise stories and oversee news coverage. As a newsroom leader your impact sets us apart. You will report to the News Director.
Responsibilities
Listen to multiple police scanners which cover more than a dozen agencies throughout our market-must have great "scanner ears"
Gather and organize press releases, emails, phone calls and viewer tips. Decide which of the above will yield compelling content for newscasts
Assist news management with content gathering and planning
Assist producers, digital editors and reporters with story gathering
Keep track of crews in the field and communicate with them
Furnish content and post it to all digital platforms-including sending push alerts, Twitter and Facebook post
Requirements
Experience listening to police scanners
Experience with digital platforms, especially social media. You will monitor multiple social media accounts to gather content and communicate with news makers
Either have a working knowledge of FTP or will learn how to FTP video to other stations
Familiar with local newsgathering technology and terminology
Will maintain professional working relationships with newsmakers
Can gather information from multiple sources simultaneously and quickly push it out to anchors, reporters, producers, and digital editors
Be able to remain calm and level-headed during breaking news situations
Willing to work a variety of shifts including weekends and nights
Related military experience will be considered
In-person attendance is required
Values In Action
At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization that fosters collaboration and open communication, ensuring that the content we create is authentic, accurate, and connected to the communities we serve.
Benefits
Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.
Medical | Dental | Vision
401(k) matching
Emotional Wellness Support
Paid Time Off
Paid Parental Leave
LGBTQ+ Health Services
Additional benefits to meet your and your family's needs
$40k-50k yearly est. Auto-Apply 60d+ ago
AM ASSOCIATE NEWS PRODUCER (P/T - W/DAY) - WABI
Gray Television 4.3
News writer job in Bangor, ME
About Gray Media: Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 43 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray's additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.
About WABI
WABI TV5 first signed on in January 1953, becoming Maine's first television station. It has long been the news leader for eastern and central Maine. The station is located at 35 Hildreth Street in Bangor and has a bureau in Waterville, Maine.
Job Summary/Description:
This part-time job (25 hrs/week) entails helping to produce two-and-a-half-hour weekday morning newscasts and learning the producer's role sufficiently to serve as a fill-in for that position. There are also opportunities to fill in during other shifts. The job also requires posting materials to social media and the station website.
Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
* Editing video for air and website
* Sending materials to newscast rundowns
* Timing newscasts
* Assisting with studio prep
* Posting materials to the website and social media
Qualifications/Requirements:
* Educational background in electronic mass media/journalism or related discipline
* Valid driver's license with a clean driving record preferred
If you feel you're qualified and want to work with a great group of people, go to **************************************** you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on "apply now", upload your resume, cover letter, and references
(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)
WABI-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company
Additional Info:
Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Gray's employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.
We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we're all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?
Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you're looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience and improve people's lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.
Seeking a **Technical Anchor** to:
+ Design, develop, and maintain secure and scalable cloud infrastructure platforms using the latest DevSecOps and Platform Engineering methodologies
+ Create and implement best practices and processes for code quality, security, performance, and scalability using Sonarqube, Cycode, DAST, SAST & FOSSA
+ Possess strong experience using GCP specific services like Compute Engine, CloudRun, GKE, Cloud operations suite, Service Mesh, Anthos, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Cloud Scheduler, Bigtable, AlloyDB and other managed services.
+ Possess experience with Google Cloud infrastructure provisioning including VPC, Subnet, Gateway, Security groups, managed services, Kubernetes Cluster etc.
+ Possess expertise with automating Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Packer, Ansible, Shell Scripting and ArgoCD
+ Lead cross-functional teams to drive the adoption of DevSecOps and Platform Engineering best practices across the organization
+ Possess experience in implementing Auto scaling, Disaster Recovery, High Availability, Multi-region Active/Active & Active/Passive configurations & best practices is added advantage.
+ Evaluate and select appropriate technologies and tools to support the development and deployment of products on the eCommerce foundation layer
+ Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs and requirements, and translate them into technical and non-functional specifications
+ Work with Product teams to understand their pain points and increase the Developer Experience through Platform Engineering Capabilities
+ Possess experience with Internal Developer Platform (IDP) like Backstage and address developer productivity
+ Strategize & work with leaders across Ford's Enterprise Architecture, IT Operations to make significant, measurable impact on the eCommerce Platform
+ Possess expertise with patch management, APM tools like Dynatrace/AppDynamics, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK for monitoring and alerting.
+ Possess experience in Elastic Search service offerings in K8s.
+ Possess experience in Cloud FinOps to optimize Cloud Infrastructure Consumption Cost
**What you'll do...**
+ Responsible for overall Infrastructure Architecture and evolution of next gen platforms. Ideal candidates will research the existing products and recommend solutions to run workloads in futuristic Infrastructure Architecture landscape
+ Conduct and perform Infrastructure as Code reviews, automate and deploy Cloud Infrastructure
+ Experience with implementing AIOps in the Platform Engineering space and increase Developer Experience
+ Identify code vulnerabilities and performance bottlenecks at the Infrastructure Layer, and recommend solutions to improve the overall quality and performance of the sub systems
+ Create and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, design documents, and operational procedures for High Availability, Disaster Recovery scenarios
+ Analyze kernel logs, network stats, APM metrics, application logs to troubleshoot CPU/Memory/Resource hot spots, API latency and application/platform health
+ Analyze and identify root-cause and fix complex performance problems involving multiple teams, networks, and software in GCP that relate to scaling and performance
+ Build Automation for repeatable DevSecOps tasks and help with improving Software Engineers' productivity
+ Mentoring Team members to scale and perform at their next level
+ Thought Leadership around Shift Left (Quality, Security, OSS use) & Shift Right (Platform Engineering) and increasing adoption in the eCommerce Platform
**You'll have...**
+ Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or related
+ 5+ years of experience in the Software Development and Platform Engineering domain
+ Experience with the following: Microservices architectures, Micro Front-end Cloud-Native architectures, Event-driven architectures, APIs, Domain-Driven Design, Public Cloud (Google Cloud), Serverless, Elastic Search, Kubernetes, Docker, DevSecOps, building scalable, reliable, available solutions, and/or performance testing.
+ Strong technical background with the capability of being hands-on and earn the respect and ability to mentor top individual technical talent.
+ Experience in Cloud Native systems, Transactional Systems, Multi-Tenancy, five-nines availability and Containerization technologies.
+ Experience in collaborating and partnering with other technical domain experts such as cloud, security, SRE and Release Mgmt. processes
+ Proven facilitation skills - able to effectively drive discussion among diverse perspectives and reach a decision or recommendation
+ Proven ability to work closely with architect and leadership teams.
+ Effectively work with cross-functional teams across the organization - inside and outside of the technology and software organization
+ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
+ Ability to work effectively in a remote/virtual work setting with other global team members
**Even better, you may have...**
+ Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering Information Technology or related
+ GCP Cloud Architect and/or CKA Certifications
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder...or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
- Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
- Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
- Tuition assistance
- Established and active employee resource groups
- Paid time off for individual and team community service
- A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:
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This position is a range of salary grade 8.
SOUTHEAST MI RESIDENTS: This role is posted as remote unless you reside within 50 miles of Dearborn, MI-in which case we request on-site presence up to 4 days a week.
Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call **************.
\#LI-Remote
**Requisition ID** : 51212
$108k-132k yearly est. 60d+ ago
Senior Scientific Writer
Jackson Laboratory 4.3
News writer job in Bar Harbor, ME
With minimal supervision, the Senior Scientific Writer is responsible for working with The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) faculty/scientists to prepare grant applications and other scientific communication materials on a wide range of research topics. Responsibilities include taking a lead role in the preparation of grant proposals, including single-investigator, multiple PI, multi-institutional and/or complex/multi-component ("Center") proposals, with a focus on NIH, DOD and NSF. This includes providing advice and writing and editing support on grantsmanship and, at times, primary writing of specific grant sections; developing standardized language for administrative sections; managing the scientific writing process, including proposal management, team building and coordination; establishing the application work plan, timeline and deliverables; and proposal draft preparation, review and revision. The Senior Scientific Writer undertakes these activities in collaboration with their RPD teammates and other research support staff within the Sponsored Research Administration (SRA) and Clinical and Translational Research Services (CTRS) teams, as appropriate, to ensure timely, accurate application submission. The Senior Scientific Writer will also participate in onboarding and mentorship activities to ensure unified process and consistency in the delivery of all proposal development and research development services.
The individual must have demonstrated experience in writing and editing scientific grants and manuscripts in the biomedical research realm; must have exceptional grantsmanship, communications, and organizational skills; and must be capable of handling both the scientific writing and project management process for complex multi-investigator and institutional grant applications. The individual must also be capable of collaborating with diverse teams of investigators, senior leadership and administrative personnel and have the ability to relate scientific and strategic goals to individual grant opportunities and other research communications vehicles.
Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions
* Proposal development. Provides end-to-end scientific writing, editing and project management support for grant applications and proposals. Support includes: establishing the application work plan, timeline and deliverables in collaboration with JAX's other sponsored research support teams; analysis of funding solicitation, funding agency and/or and past awards to advise PI on sponsor expectations and help guide responsive concept development; iterative proposal development support that includes advice on grantsmanship, conceptual formulation and editorial support; primary writing of non-research components of proposals, including administration plans, management plans, project summaries, and administrative components; and development of supportive graphics where needed and/or appropriate. For complex, multi-component and/or multi-institutional proposals, this additionally includes proposal project management duties such as managing the application timeline and writing process; monitoring progress and adjusting workplans as appropriate; and team coordination and communication, both with JAX investigators and with external collaborators and collaborating institutions .
* Funding strategy. Participates in discussions and evaluation of funding sources and funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). Participates in agency discussions regarding responsiveness to FOAs. Monitors trends in sponsor funding.
* Edits technical manuscripts, fellowship applications, clinical research protocols and other research communications materials written by faculty, scientific staff and/or trainees.
* Other Research Development activities. Communicates and collaborates with RPD staff on other projects (e.g., grant writing workshops, educational initiatives) as needed in support of the RPD mission and needs of the JAX community.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Required:
* Exceptional written communication skills to prepare and edit competitive grant applications, publications, administrative materials, other research communications and clinical protocols.
* Exceptional interpersonal skills to build teams and trust among known and unfamiliar professionals in a high-pressure environment. Must possess the ability to interact positively and professionally with very senior faculty and leadership.
* Excellent organizational skills to manage the project management and writing process (draft preparation, review and revision) of complex grant proposals and deliver fundable proposals in a timely manner to meet both interim and final deadlines.
* Ability to grasp complicated technical subjects, synthesize diverse lines of evidence and apply these abilities to technical writing.
* As JAX's appetite to pursue Center-type applications is growing, the demonstrated, proven ability to project manage large, complex, multi-institution grants to federal funding agencies including NIH, DoD, and NSF would also be a significant advantage to success in this position.
* Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel) and Adobe Acrobat applications.
* Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
* Ability to meet hard deadlines and work well under pressure.
Preferred:
* Experience in scientific project and/or program management
* Evidence of project management training and/or certification (PMP or similar training).
* Graphics expertise using Illustrator, Photoshop, Biorender or related platforms.
* Experience using file-sharing platforms (Dropbox, Box, OneDrive).
* Experience with public grant databases including NIH RePorter and grants.gov.
Required Education: Doctorate
Experience required: 3 years
Experience preferred: 5years
Salary Range: $80,167 - $104,217
REQUIRED: ALL APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT BOTH RESUME AND COVER LETTER FOR REVIEW
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About JAX:
The Jackson Laboratory is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institution with a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center and nearly 3,000 employees in locations across the United States (Maine, Connecticut, California), Japan and China. Its mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the global biomedical community in the shared quest to improve human health.
Founded in 1929, JAX applies over nine decades of expertise in genetics to increase understanding of human disease, advancing treatments and cures for cancer, neurological and immune disorders, diabetes, aging and heart disease. It models and interprets genomic complexity, integrates basic research with clinical application, educates current and future scientists, and provides critical data, tools and services to the global biomedical community. For more information, please visit ************
EEO Statement:
The Jackson Laboratory provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, national origin, veteran status, and other classifications protected by applicable state and local non-discrimination laws.
$80.2k-104.2k yearly Auto-Apply 25d ago
Am Associate News Producer (P/T - W/Day) - Wabi
Gray Media
News writer job in Bangor, ME
Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 43 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray's additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.
About WABI
WABI TV5 first signed on in January 1953, becoming Maine's first television station. It has long been the news leader for eastern and central Maine. The station is located at 35 Hildreth Street in Bangor and has a bureau in Waterville, Maine.
Job Summary/Description:
This part-time job (25 hrs/week) entails helping to produce two-and-a-half-hour weekday morning newscasts and learning the producer's role sufficiently to serve as a fill-in for that position. There are also opportunities to fill in during other shifts. The job also requires posting materials to social media and the station website.
Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Editing video for air and website
- Sending materials to newscast rundowns
- Timing newscasts
- Assisting with studio prep
- Posting materials to the website and social media
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Educational background in electronic mass media/journalism or related discipline
- Valid driver's license with a clean driving record preferred
If you feel you're qualified and want to work with a great group of people, go to
***************************************
, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on "apply now", upload your resume, cover letter, and references
(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the
Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal
)
WABI-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company
Additional Info:
Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Gray's employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.
$32k-41k yearly est. 60d+ ago
Snow Reporter
Pleasant Mountain
News writer job in Bridgton, ME
Pleasant Mountain Ski Area is a winter destination offering fantastic family skiing and snowboarding for all abilities and the most night skiing in New England. Do you want to join an all-star team dedicated to delivering an unparalleled guest experience? Make this your best season winter yet by joining the Pleasant Mountain Team.
BESIDES GETTING PAID TO WORK AT AN INCREDIBLE SKI AREA, WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?:
Our investment in each employee includes an unwavering commitment to safety, growth opportunities, and a wide variety of resort benefits. Employees get to take advantage of our 239-acre playground including skiing, resort discounts, and more, so it's easy to share your enthusiasm for Pleasant Mountain with our guests.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Snow Reporter is a key member of the resort marketing team. The position is responsible for supplying guests with real-time weather, events, and lift and trail information through a variety of channels. They are influential both in helping guests plan their visit and in attracting them to the mountain on any given day. The Snow Reporter is a key employee promoting adventure within our brand.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Arrive first thing in the morning and work with Mountain Ops to gather the most up-to-date weather, conditions, snowfall, trail reports, open/closed lifts, etc.
Update conditions on resort and third-party websites
Write engaging scripts with accurate and detailed information while communicating a positive position
Safely navigate the mountain on skis/snowboard to gather information on the day's conditions
Meet with Mountain Ops, SnowSports, and other departments to plan for next day reporting
Support social media and photography teams with photo and video content
Support Marketing department with other projects on an as needed basis
$38k-61k yearly est. 60d+ ago
Senior Medical Writer - FSP
Parexel 4.5
News writer job in Augusta, ME
The Senior Medical Writer will research, create, and edit all documents associated with clinical research. Responsibilities also include: acting as primary client contact for medical writing projects, working with other Parexel departments and clients to set and meet internal/external deliverable timelines, project leadership, and training and support of junior medical writing staff.
**Key Accountabilities** :
**Author Clinical Documents**
+ Gather, review, analyze, and evaluate pertinent resources to prepare, develop, and finalize clinical documents for submission to regulatory authorities, including but not limited to: briefing documents, investigator brochures, study protocols, model informed consents, interim and final clinical study reports, common technical document (CTD) clinical overviews and summaries, safety update/aggregate reports, and integrated summaries of safety and efficacy.
+ Revise document drafts based on the review comments from team members to ensure inclusion of all relevant input.
+ Follow required standard operating procedures (SOPs), templates, guidelines, regulations, client instructions and other processes, as applicable.
+ Perform literature searches/reviews as necessary to obtain background information and training for development of documents.
+ Review statistical analysis plans and mock statistical output to determine appropriateness of content/format for clinical writing.
**Quality Control**
+ Ensure that all work is complete and of high quality prior to team distribution or shipment to client.
+ Confirm data consistency and integrity across the document.
+ Prepare documents for publishing readiness, when applicable.
+ Ensure document structure, content, and style adheres to FDA/EMA or other appropriate regulatory guidelines, and comply with departmental, corporate or client SOPs and style guidelines, as applicable.
+ Provide suggested alternative content when contributors provide content that does not meet document needs.
+ Provide medical editing review of draft and final documents prepared by other writers before internal or external distribution. This includes both copyediting and content review.
**Document Project Management**
+ Act in the capacity of project manager/lead for medical writing projects, which may entail serving as the primary client contact, negotiating deliverable timelines, and resolving project-related issues. Project management of contractual and financial aspects may only be performed with the guidance of medical writing management.
+ Serve as the Medical Writing representative on assigned project teams and demonstrate document leadership: communicate content requirements, coordinate and conduct interdepartmental team review of draft and final documents, schedule and lead/facilitate authoring team meetings to agree on expectations, evaluate progress on tasks, identify issues and facilitate resolutions, manage/drive the timeline, and advance document development to approval, according to Parexel or client guidelines/SOPs. Distribute final documents to project team and client.
+ Identify any potential project challenges to departmental line management and project leader, including changes in project plan, timeline or out of scope requests, and suggest possible resolution options.
+ Attend or lead project team meetings as required. Mediate conflict or disagreement, as well as timeline delays, among team members by negotiating, compromising, and facilitating open exchange of ideas and opinions to come to a consensus.
+ Supervise collection of documentation by Medical Writing Support Coordinator, Document Specialist, and/or Associate Medical Writer for assembly of project files and client deliverables. Ensure appropriate filing of project documentation with assistance from the Medical Writing Support Coordinator.
+ Build and maintain collaborative relationships with teams/clients for an efficient, productive, and professional working relationship.
**Training/ Compliance**
+ Attend and complete mandatory, corporate, project-specific, and departmental training as required.
+ Keep abreast of professional information and technology through workshops and conferences (when approved), and assure appropriate transfer of that information to the department.
+ Assist in the training/mentoring of new staff as well as less experienced departmental members.
**General**
+ Attend departmental and company meetings as necessary.
+ Comply with departmental procedures and requirements, such as completion of project assignment and workload trackers on the applicable software platform.
+ When requested, assist management with preparation of resourcing estimates for potential new medical writing projects, or review request for proposal packages to determine content and appropriateness of materials required for development of clinical documents.
+ Initiate and participate in departmental or interdepartmental process improvement and training initiatives, including development of departmental SOPs, templates, and general guidelines for clinical documentation and workflow procedures.
**Skills:**
+ Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
+ Ability to consistently produce documents of high quality.
+ Demonstrates attention to details and proactivity.
+ Ability to understand all necessary steps in a project, plan ahead, and identify critical paths.
+ A flexible attitude with respect to work assignments and new learning; readily adapts to changes.
+ Ability to efficiently manage time spent on tasks and proactively identify deficiency. Manage multiple and varied tasks with enthusiasm and prioritize workload with attention to detail, e.g., organizational skills.
+ Competent working in a matrix environment and values the importance of teamwork. Possesses team leadership skills and cross-cultural sensitivity.
+ Ability to negotiate on behalf of medical writing to ensure resources, timelines and expectations are aligned.
+ Understands and satisfies client needs.
+ Gains trust and establish a connection with the client beyond one's project, to gain repeat business and/or to widen existing scope and services.
+ Provides departmental expertise and perspectives to promote prospective business opportunities; provide Parexel colleagues with pertinent information to formalize a sound business strategy.
**Knowledge and Experience** :
+ Demonstrated understanding of clinical research, the drug development process, and industry guidelines and regulations, e.g., ICH-GCP.
+ Extensive clinical/scientific writing skills.
+ Scientific background essential; writing experience includes multiple clinical documents: study reports, study protocols, or CTD documents or similar.
+ Advanced word processing skills, including MS Office (expertise in Word); software and systems knowledge or ability to learn and adapt to various IT systems: document management systems, collaborative authoring (e.g., SharePoint), and file conversion and databases (Excel).
+ Fluent in written and spoken English with appropriate attention to phraseology, grammar, and punctuation.
+ If required to perform translation work and quality control of documents written in non-English language, proficiency in relevant language is a prerequisite
**Education:**
+ Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences/Health Related Sciences or equivalent.
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$69k-102k yearly est. 15d ago
Community Reporter
Maine Trust for Local News
News writer job in Waterville, ME
The Maine Trust for Local News is seeking an enterprising and energetic community reporter to join its Central Mainenews staff. This reporter will cover general interest news in a geographic beat serving the Kennebec County communities of Waterville, Winslow, Oakland and Belgrade. Coverage in these communities will focus on the public impact of housing and development; business openings/closings; food; municipal affairs; breaking news; things to do; and people.
Journalism produced from this coverage is published in the Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal, Centralmaine.com, as well as on a per-story basis in other Maine Trust publications such as the Portland Press Herald, Sun Journal and Times Record. The community reporter will be responsible for curating a weekly newsletter that's focused on interesting people, places and happenings in the region, and for posting daily web updates. This is a lively beat with a lot of news opportunities in a region of more than 30,000 people.
The goal of this reporter is to be essential to each community they cover, being on the ground in their region regularly and making sure people know the reporter's name and how to reach them. They will closely monitor town Facebook groups, Next Door, Reddit and any other public areas of discussion for story ideas, including libraries and coffee shops. If there are questions we can answer being posed in these groups or at central gathering places, we will answer them with fact briefs or stories. Source development will be key for this reporter to stay on top of the latest town happenings and breaking news. This reporter will also help create and update guides for each town or region, from farmstands, trails, events, to places to eat, housing resources and more.
The community reporter must have excellent reporting and writing skills; a sense of urgency to beat the competition on developing news; comfort with a digital-first environment; a proven ability to file stories on deadline; and experience rounding out stories with depth and context. The Maine Trust for Local News prides itself on high standards of professionalism and community journalism that is meaningful to our readers. We are an equal-opportunity employer.
Applicants should email a cover letter, resume and up to five writing samples to Managing Editor Jessica Lowell, at: ************************