Writer - Public Affairs SpaceX

Writer - Public Affairs
Business Operations | Hawthorne, CA, United States
The Company
SpaceX is a US based space technology company founded by its residing CEO and CTO, Elon Musk, the former co-founder of PayPal. The company's goal is to renew a sense of excellence in the space industry by disrupting the current paradigm of complacency and replacing it with innovation and commercialized price points; laying the foundation for a truly space-faring human civilization.
SpaceX builds rockets and spacecraft from the ground up; including electronics, software, vehicle structures, and engines. In-house development includes nearly all flight critical custom components amounting to approximately 85% of our vehicles both by mass and by value. Our development and production efforts represent some of the most dynamic and challenging technology opportunities seen by any organization.
Our success is driven by a wide variety of engineering perspectives and openness to all great ideas. We pride ourselves on being a meritocracy where employees are defined by their capabilities and contributions, instead of title or tenure. We are actively seeking the best and brightest minds from all industries to continue to build our world class team.
Our employees thrive in a fast-paced engineering ecosystem focused on innovation and high levels of personal responsibility. At SpaceX we cut through the noise and believe in the essentials of hardcore engineering.
We build it, test it, and fly it.
The Job
The public affairs writer will be responsible for helping to share SpaceX's incredible story with the public. He or she will work with a small group of creative talent to share the story of one of the world's most exciting companies with the public through press releases, print, video, social media, editorial copy and others.
The writer should be relentless in search of compelling stories to tell and collaborative in the creation and execution process. He or she must have a proven track record of writing.
SpaceX is one of the coolest companies on Earth and is bringing revolutionary changes to the space industry. The public affairs writer will be a key part of our team.
Responsibilities

• Develop/produce a wide variety of original written materials including press releases, newspapers, magazines, videos, online publications, company newsletters, and advertisements
• Generate ideas that can be executed in a variety of media
• Transition easily from one tone of writing to another to match the wide variety of audiences to which SpaceX must speak
• Review and edit the work of other writers
• Routinely handle the pressures of deadlines and juggling multiple projects
• Review copy for errors in grammar, syntax, punctuation, and spelling and check the copy for readability, AP style, and agreement with editorial policy

Requirements

• A proven track record of powerful writing in PR, journalism or advertising fields
• A keen sense of cool
• Ability to consistently produce written documents with impeccable grammar, spelling, and punctuation
• Must be able to express both technical and non-technical ideas effectively to a wide variety of audiences
• Must have excellent communication skills; must proactively solicit input from a variety of team members in order to deliver compelling content.
• Ability to concentrate and perform with excellence under pressure
• Attention to detail

SpaceX offers one of the best environments in the world for employees to learn, build real working systems and tackle exciting challenges every day. We operate in a fun, casual work environment and have great benefits including: competitive salary, stock options, medical/dental insurance and free gym memberships. By joining the SpaceX team, you are not just a part of history, you are making it.
SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should notify the Human Resource Department at (310) 363-6000.
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Location:	Hawthorne, CA United States