Specialist/Senior Specialist - Technical Content Writer- Chemistry
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Job at a glance
Work Your Magic with us! Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet.
That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us. Your Role: This role is suited to a scientist with a strong foundation in chemistry and a passion for scientific communication. It combines scientific expertise, research, technical writing, and digital content development to create clear, accurate, and engaging customer-facing content across chemistry applications.
Own the end-to-end development of technical content, including application notes, technical articles, webpages, guides, and other scientific materials, from initial request and topic assessment through scientific review, revision, publication, and optimization. Translate complex scientific concepts, experimental approaches, and technical data into accessible content that helps customers understand applications, workflows, technologies, and solutions and make informed product decisions.
Develop sales-enablement content across a broad range of chemistry disciplines, including product characterization, method development, analytical QC, critical quality attributes (CQAs), sample preparation, reduction and alkylation, enzymatic digestion, labelling, chromatography, mass spectrometry detection, purification, and related laboratory applications. Research unfamiliar scientific topics using scientific literature, technical documentation, product information, and other reliable sources, ensuring appropriate technical depth and scientific accuracy.
Create and refine application notes and technical articles using experimental data, published literature, and input from subject matter experts, tailoring the content to the needs of the target audience. Partner with Product Managers, R&D scientists, Business Field Content Partners, Content Marketing, and other stakeholders to identify customer and business needs, address content gaps, and develop strategically relevant materials.
Coordinate scientific reviews and approvals, incorporating expert feedback while maintaining clarity, structure, consistency, and customer focus. Audit, curate, and optimize existing scientific content to improve its accuracy, relevance, discoverability, and usability across digital channels. Create and optimize webpage content—including scientific copy, keywords, metadata, image alt text, internal links, and page structure—to support search engine optimization (SEO), accessibility, and digital engagement.
Use Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) or similar content management systems to create and maintain webpages, applying appropriate formatting, metadata, tagging, and intuitive content structures. Develop and coordinate scientific visuals, such as illustrations, diagrams, charts, and representations of scientific concepts and workflows, in collaboration with web and graphic design teams as needed. Adapt scientific content for different audiences and digital formats while preserving scientific integrity and making complex information accessible and engaging.
Manage multiple content projects and priorities, coordinating reviews, revisions, design requirements, and publication activities to deliver work within agreed timelines. Monitor and analyze content performance using available content and web analytics, identifying opportunities for improvement and informing future content development. Support Marketing and Sales by educating customers on scientific applications, workflows, technologies, and product solutions across multiple chemistry disciplines.
Help customers find relevant products and solutions for their research and laborator