Remote / Async / Anywhere for contract work (perm if we can get off the ground)
Untitled Advanced Science Show Lecture Series
We're Atlanta-based and in need of some biology, chemistry, and physics PhDs (or students; perhaps even really good grads).
We want to film 15 minute science lectures that are much more advanced than Cosmos or NOVA, but we need research and writing. Existing formats are drawn out; we can be informationally dense and fast-paced. We'll include a few relevant figures; we'll also add footnotes, equations, and primary literarure citations for those that want to pause and do their own further exploration.
A perfect description of our demographic is HN--educated adults who might not actually be pursuing the field we're covering but have a ton of interest in science. This market also includes advanced college and high school students that likewise share the same level of interest.
The lectures can be broad surveys or deep coverage of a particular area of research or discovery.
We're going to fund filming about 3 videos, film them here in Atlanta, and then test the market for fit (ie. "Show HN"). If the market demands a less "smart" or info-dense video, we'll probably abandon the project. Our goal is to fill the perceived lack of advanced material, not clone the existing formats.
bt at brand dot io
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