Dynamic and focused team seeks to recruit a hard working journalist who is able to produce results and contribute to the overall enhancement of the department.
Responsibilities include:
Edit and write copy for the company's publications; checking for grammatical correctness, clarity and conformance with newsletter or web style. In conjunction with Newsclip's guidelines, proofread layouts and web pages, review incoming press releases for completeness and usable formats and rewrite them for publication. Provide administrative support to the department. Perform a range of administrative and editorial tasks necessary to get publications published. Attend events and build rapport within a short space of time.
Company Description
Newsclip is a Johannesburg-based 360-degree media monitoring company, with nearly three decades of experience in providing clients with up-to-the-minute access to clips obtained in the monitoring process. The company has expanded to include a fully-fledged publishing division that produces Media Update, Publicity Update and totallyMAd; and incorporates the Via Mobile newsroom, which produces News Reviews and the company's mobile communication solutions. In addition, Newsclip Education caters for quarterly seminars and corporate media training.
Newsclip was established in 1983 and today monitors over 1 500 print media, over 500 commercially-viable websites and over 300 television and radio stations. Uniquely positioned in the marketplace, Newsclip provides a monitoring solution with integrated research facilities; digital trend-based media analysis; industry-specific research analysis; mobile marketing; consulting; and training.
In a multi-faceted industry, the challenge has always been to incorporate all the different media sources into a single solution. Newsclip understands that its extensive client base has very different media monitoring requirements, and has therefore developed a range of products and services that meet these individual needs.
Requirements
- Journalism qualification
- Two years journalism experience
- Ability to produce original content
- Strong attention to detail
- Clear understanding of English grammar and 'writing rules'
- Time management
- Deadline driven
Advantageous
- Indesign
Personal Skills/Attributes
- Work focused
- Deadline driven
- Not easily distracted
City: Constantia Kloof
Via: bizcommunity.com
Contact Information:
For inquiries: recruitment@newsclip.co.za
For submissions: recruitment@newsclip.co.za
Website: http://www.newsclip.co.za/