Senior Journalist & Managing Editor – Global Robotics News.
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About the Role
Synolon Systems is building a global robotics news platform and seeks a Senior Journalist/Managing Editor to shape editorial voice, conduct interviews, write articles, and coordinate correspondents.
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Responsibilities
- Identify significant developments across the global robotics industry
- Develop strong editorial concepts and story angles
- Write and edit news articles, interviews, reports, analysis pieces, and market coverage
- Maintain high editorial standards for accuracy, fairness, and clarity
- Research robotics companies, products, technologies, deployments, and market trends
- Conduct interviews with founders, executives, engineers, investors, and industry experts
- Request official statements and company responses
- Verify information and distinguish marketing claims from confirmed facts
- Build relationships with manufacturers, startups, and industry stakeholders
- Collaborate with research, partnerships, video, and social media teams
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in journalism, editing, publishing, media, research, or industry analysis
- Exceptional written English
- Strong editorial judgment
- Excellent research and interviewing skills
- Ability to simplify complex topics without losing accuracy
- Experience working with multiple information sources
- Strong headline writing and story structuring abilities
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines
- High standards of accuracy and fact checking
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Ability to collaborate with global teams
- Based in UAE or willing to relocate to Dubai for full time office based position
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About the Company
- We are building a global robotics news platform focused exclusively on robotics, automation, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies.
- Our mission is to become one of the world's leading sources for robotics news, robot launches, manufacturer developments, real world deployments, industry analysis, executive interviews, market intelligence, and public understanding of the robot era.
- This is not a generic technology blog and this is not a traditional content writing role.
- We are creating a serious editorial platform designed to serve robotics manufacturers, founders, investors, integrators, service providers, enterprise buyers, industry professionals, researchers, and technology decision makers worldwide.
Employment Details
- Position: Senior Journalist / Managing Editor
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Work Model: Full Time, Office Based
- Employment Type: Permanent
- This is not a freelance, contributor, or remote only role.
- Candidates should already be based in the UAE or be willing to relocate to Dubai for a full time office based position.
The Opportunity
- As Senior Journalist / Managing Editor, you will help shape the editorial voice of a fast growing global robotics publication.
- You will identify important stories, develop editorial angles, conduct interviews, write articles, coordinate with correspondents, and transform complex robotics developments into compelling journalism.
- You do not need to be a robotics expert today.
- However, you must be highly curious, intellectually ambitious, capable of learning quickly, and comfortable working in a rapidly evolving technology sector.
- Your role is not simply to publish content.
- Your role is to create journalism that attracts attention, generates industry conversations, encourages company responses, and helps establish the publication as a trusted voice within the robotics ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities
- Editorial Leadership: Identify significant developments across the global robotics industry; Develop strong editorial concepts and story angles; Write and edit news articles, interviews, reports, analysis pieces, and market coverage; Maintain high editorial standards for accuracy, fairness, and clar
- Journalism & Reporting: Research robotics companies, products, technologies, deployments, and market trends; Conduct interviews with founders, executives, engineers, investors, and industry experts; Request official statements and company responses; Verify information and distinguish marketing claim
- Editorial Formats: Create content such as robot comparison reports, market analysis articles, manufacturer briefings, industry explainers, deployment case studies, CEO and founder interviews, reality check investigations, buyer intelligence reports, weekly industry question campaigns, technology tre
- Collaboration: Work closely with Research & Partnerships Team, Global Correspondents, Video & Social Media Team.
Core Editorial Formats
- Robot Comparison: Compare robot models, technologies, or manufacturers using objective criteria.
- Robot Reality Check: Separate real world deployment from marketing hype.
- Deployment Watch: Track real world robot adoption across industries.
- Question of the Week: Interview multiple industry participants around a single topic.
- Manufacturer Briefings: Create concise profiles of robotics companies.
- Buyer Intelligence: Help readers make informed decisions.
What Success Looks Like
- Our stories become trusted resources for industry professionals.
- Companies actively respond to editorial inquiries.
- We gain access to executive interviews and industry events.
- Readers share and discuss our reporting.
- Our coverage influences conversations within the robotics sector.
- The publication becomes recognized as a credible and independent source of robotics journalism.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in journalism, editing, publishing, media, research, or industry analysis
- Exceptional written English
- Strong editorial judgment
- Excellent research and interviewing skills
- Ability to simplify complex topics without losing accuracy
- Experience working with multiple information sources
- Strong headline writing and story structuring abilities
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines
- High standards of accuracy and factchecking
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Ability to collaborate with global teams
Preferred Backgrounds
- Technology journalism
- Business journalism
- B2B publishing
- Trade media
- Industry publications
- AI and emerging technology media
- Startup and venture coverage
- Market intelligence
- Research and analysis
- Newsletter publishing
- Investigative journalism
Preferred Skills
- Experience interviewing founders and executives
- Experience writing analytical or comparison based articles
- Familiarity with newsletters and audience development
- Experience supporting video or multimedia editorial projects
- Understanding of social media publishing strategies
- Experience using AI tools to improve editorial workflows
- Existing network within technology, startup, AI, robotics, or media ecosystems
What This Role Is Not
- A generic SEO content writing position
- A copywriting role
- A PR or communications role
- A social media only role
- A press release rewriting position
- A freelance contributor opportunity
- A remote only position
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