[ES_JOBS_NET] Science Communicator, Sofar, San Francisco

[Christine Wiedinmyer]

https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sofarocean/jobs/7451868003

*The Company*

Sofar is on a mission to connect the world’s oceans. We design, build, and
deploy the largest privately owned network of marine weather sensors to
power the world’s best marine weather forecasts. Our data helps our
customers to increase efficiency and reduce emissions, delivering tools to
governments and other stakeholders to understand impacts of climate change
on extreme weather and ocean health. We live on Planet Ocean, and our goal
is to create the ocean intelligence needed to ensure a sustainable future.
The Role

*We feel that we have an amazing story to tell - and we want you to help us
tell it!* We are seeking a strong science communicator to help us tell the
stories of Sofar. We want to present unexpected insights from our
observations to the world, find an interesting angle to discuss route
optimization, or generally report on the awesomeness that is the ocean. In
this role, you will:

   - Translate technical subjects into accessible stories for both
   technical and non-technical audiences.
   - Develop reports that showcase the value and applications of our marine
   weather data.
   - Create insights to support marketing campaigns and thought leadership
   content.
   - Build toward an annual comprehensive report that will serve as our
   flagship publication.
   - Partner with designers to craft clear, accessible visualizations
   tailored to expert and general audiences.

You'll collaborate with scientists and engineers across our team to access
and interpret our data, while working closely with Marketing to align your
analyses with audience needs and communication strategies.

*Example projects include:*

   - Summarizing extreme waves observed by our observational network in
   2025 and cross-referencing with notable events and impacts.
   - Report on the state of ocean observations: how many sensors are there,
   what do they measure, why does it matter?
   - Explain the impact of geo-political events (Pirates!) on ship routing
   and fuel usage.
   - Explain why sometimes weather helps safe fuel e.g. through favorable
   currents
   - Use Sofar insights routing sail assisted vessels to explain sails on
   bulk carriers make sense.
   - *Your own compelling story about data and impact.*

*About You*

   - Enjoy and excel at written communication to a broad audience.
   - You have proven experience with broad-audience science communication.
   - You have the ability and desire to understand complex topics in
   science and engineering.
   - You have the ability to identify nuggets of interest to either a wider
   audience or our customers.
   - You excel at working with complex data in a variety of formats.
   - You are able to write an initial draft and/or visualizations from raw
   data.
   - You enjoy collaborating with others, including marketing, designers,
   engineers and scientists, to translate the drafts into impactful blogs,
   publications, etc.
   - You are comfortable to operate independently with only high level
   guidance, seeking clarification when needed, and keeping relevant
   stakeholders informed.
   - Comfortable with Python, R, Julia or similar scripting language(s).

*Bonus Points*

   - Graduate degree in Weather, Oceanography, Vessel Modeling, or a
   related field.
   - Experience working with environmental geospatial data, scientific data
   formats (netCDF, GRIB), and geospatial analysis libraries (e.g. pandas,
   xarray, dask, GDAL, cartopy, plotly/matplotlib)
   - Passion for the ocean

*Estimated Salary Range*

   - $130,000 - $178,000
   - The range listed is what we reasonably expect to pay for this role at
   the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the
   posted range and may be modified in the future. Actual compensation
   packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate,
   including but not limited to skill set, experience, and equity package.

*Sofar's Commitment to Climate Justice*

We at Sofar Ocean acknowledge that careers in the marine sciences “... have
traditionally been, and remain, non-diverse work environments”, thereby
limiting the entry and prosperity of underrepresented groups in the
space. (*Johri
et al.*
<https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.696180/full>,
2021) Many of these same groups are disproportionately affected by climate
change, and are often excluded from decision making that directly address
their interests and needs.

We are committed to addressing these climate injustices and highly
encourage people who identify as women, LGBTQ+, Black, Indigenous, and
people of color (BIPOC) to apply


*Employee Conduct*

It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive work
environment through cooperative and professional interactions with
co-workers, customers, and vendors.
*Equal Employment Opportunity*

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without
discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status,
disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.
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