Researches, writes, edits, and fact-checks space and astronomy news, features, explainers, and social media content. Simplifies complex scientific studies and press releases for broad audiences while preserving accuracy and citations. Collaborates with writers and senior editors, pitches content, publishes across digital platforms, tracks space-industry developments, and interviews subject-matter experts. The role also uses CMS, SEO, Canva, digital publishing workflows, and basic video editing tools.
This is a remote position.
Company: Eleven Int Service Private Limited
Brand: Starlust
Location: Remote
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Type: Writing, Space, Astronomy, News
About Eleven Media
Eleven Media is an established media company with more than 10 years of experience building and operating digital media brands. We own a diverse portfolio of properties with a strong presence across web, video, and social platforms.
Our editorial, production, audience development, partnerships, and publishing teams work together to strengthen our brands and deliver engaging content to audiences worldwide.
Website: www.elevenispl.com
About Starlust
Starlust.org is a digital media publisher dedicated to space exploration and astronomy. It combines timely coverage with accessible reporting on major missions, scientific discoveries, celestial events, and practical skywatching guides.
Website: www.starlust.org
About the Role
Eleven Media is looking for an experienced Senior Writer to produce timely, accurate, and engaging coverage for Starlust. The role will cover space exploration, astronomy, scientific discoveries, major missions, celestial events, and developments across NASA and the commercial space industry.
Key Responsibilities
• Research and write timely stories covering space exploration, astronomy, scientific discoveries, major missions, celestial events, and the commercial space industry.
• Produce news coverage, analysis, explainers, features, and other editorial content that makes complex scientific and technical subjects clear and engaging for a broad audience.
• Follow developments across NASA and other space agencies, research institutions, observatories, commercial space companies, and the wider space industry to identify strong and timely story angles.
• Monitor scientific journals, research papers, agency announcements, Google, MSN, Flipboard, SmartNews, competitor publications, and other relevant sources to identify stories and emerging topics relevant to the audience.
• Research and verify facts, statistics, quotations, scientific claims, and technical information using primary sources, research papers, official announcements, expert commentary, and other credible sources.
• Reach out to scientists, researchers, research-paper authors, astronomers, engineers, and other subject-matter experts to secure original quotes, interviews, and additional context for stories.
• Select relevant, high-quality visuals for each story, including cover images, photographs, videos, illustrations, and other supporting visual elements, while following copyright and attribution requirements.
• Write compelling headlines and ensure stories are structured and optimised for digital audiences, including appropriate subheadings, metadata, internal and external links, and SEO best practices.
• Work with editors to refine story angles, structure, sourcing, clarity, accuracy, and overall presentation, while consistently incorporating editorial feedback.
• Manage multiple assignments, maintain consistent output and editorial quality, and meet agreed publishing deadlines.
• Maintain Starlust’s editorial voice, accuracy standards, and quality expectations across all coverage.
• Remain flexible and responsive during major launches, mission developments, scientific discoveries, celestial events, and breaking space news.
What You Will Need
• Strong experience as a writer, journalist, reporter, or science writer.
• A strong interest in and understanding of space exploration, astronomy, science, NASA, commercial space companies, and related developments.
• Excellent news judgment and the ability to identify timely, relevant, and compelling story angles.
• Strong research and fact-checking skills, including the ability to work with scientific papers, official announcements, agency sources, and credible reporting.
• Ability to understand compelling content ideas and translate complex subjects into clear, engaging social content.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet publishing deadlines.
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment while collaborating effectively with the wider editorial team.
How to Apply
Please submit your resume along with links to your social media work, portfolio, published content, social accounts you have managed, or other relevant digital work samples.
Candidates must provide relevant work samples to be considered for this role.
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