Award-winning youth-drive agency, Livity Africa is looking for a content editor and mentor to shape and drive content for Livemag.co.za and other Livity content platforms, including Project Demo and DigifyAfrica.com. We are looking for a content editor and mentor to oversee production and mentor our team of trainee multimedia content producers.

Key areas of accountability:

Leading

• Maintaining a ‘facilitator’ role with the young contributors; guiding, advising, supporting and encouraging, but not ‘doing’.
• Ensure that a professional working atmosphere and environment is maintained where young contributors are positively engaged, productive, contribute constructively, and partake in activities.
• Support team manager with the management of volunteer mentors and inspiring speakers.
• Motivate, inspire, and teach contributors skills particularly, video production, subbing, and editing.
• Introduce new ideas and opportunities to contributors that will allow them to further their careers and skills development.
• This is a lead editorial position, you will be accountable for the growth of Live Mag, as well as advising and giving expertise on marketing content online and through partnerships in the media industry.

Mentoring

• Provide editorial mentorship to young contributors with regard to all content for Live SA, including journalism ethics, editing, and subbing.
• Managerial mentorship to upskill Livity Africa’s team of junior content producers and copywriters.
• Overseeing (as well as implement where necessary) efficient and professional delivery of advertorial/branded content.
• Supporting contributors in content creation across all platforms, which include Project Demo, Red Bull Amaphiko and Digify Africa, and  incorporating one-on-one mentoring.

Support

• Support integration of major content campaigns and working with various Livity teams delivering content.
• Work with the team manager and other editors on the organisation, management and execution of the induction process.
• Assist the team manager with ensuring contributors meet their deadlines and maintain/refine systems to ensure high quality output.
• To build industry relationships and actively pursue placement opportunities for young people post-internship in conjunction with the team manager and other mentors.
• Play a key role in the recruitment of suitable contributors together with the team manager.
• Maintain close communication with other mentors – in both the Johannesburg and Cape Town teams.

Skills

• Professional content experience, with a strong knowledge of digital journalism and multimedia content creation.
• Extensive knowledge of youth culture, current affairs, and politics.
• Energetic, engaging, natural leader with a patient and nurturing attitude toward young talent.
• Highly organised, with excellent communication skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Well networked in the publishing and wider media industry.

Behaviours

• Clear and descriptive.
• Practical and proactive.
• Strategic thinking.
• Take a coaching approach to team management and development.
• Inspire trust, confidence, and motivation from your team, leadership, and clients.
• Encourage the highest editorial standards and work ethic within the editorial intern team.
• Fair and consistent.
• Discretion.
• Team player.
• Take initiative.
• To live the Livity values of a purpose-first and entrepreneurial culture.

Professional requirements

• Five to seven years’ professional content experience, with a strong knowledge of digital journalism and content creation.
• Proven leadership experience.
• Proven content marketing skills.

Company Description

Livity Africa is an innovative, fast-growing company that believes every young person should have a voice and a vocation. Through groundbreaking work with partners including Google Redbull, the Omidyar Network and the British Council, Livity Africa helps thousands of young people every year realise their potential in media, politics, digital skills and creative industries, amongst others.

Job description

My client is in the events, exhibitions, and brand experiences company that is very dynamic and offers excellent growth opportunities. They deal with some amazing corporate clients.

They are looking for an industrial/exhibitions designer to produce innovations for the company. Working closely with company’s staff, businesses, and manufacturers, the industrial designers will take products and product ideas and make them user-friendly, ergonomic, and attractive to customers. All creative and concept ideas are aided by the industrial designer by creating 3D renders, line drawings and sketches.

A typical day:

• Work closely with production manager, ensuring effective communication and management of client and teams’ expectations is accurately met
• Request a budget and ensure that the creative concept is cost effective, taking all aspects of the project into account, from start to finish
• Produce and craft original and usable concepts and copy in response to creative briefs
• Identify best practices through research and development and case studies to ensure that exhibition concepts and brand solutions stay relevant
• Develop skills and knowledge within yourself through on the job development, active participation in the company (e.g. disruption, brainstorming, training, and other company meetings)
• Design the creative concepts for events, experiences, and exhibitions received from the production manager
• Communicate any issues with the team due to low budget or insufficient time required for the job to be completed
• Ensure design software is up to date and being used in the most effective way
• Initiate new jobs for the client and create timelines and tasks for the work to be done (future planning)

A perfect day:

• Both staff and clients are happy, and designs for jobs are either on or ahead of schedule and on budget

Top of mind issues:

• Making tasking efficient and not overbearing
• Keeping track of all designs and stay on schedule
• Workflow is efficient and creative ideas are executed

Reporting structure:

•  Weekly report on design hours sent to the production manager
•  Status updates daily to production manager

Requirements

• Minimum three years’ experience designing exhibition stands 
• An industrial/interior design qualification

Personal Skills/Attributes

• Must be a team player
• Open to learning and development 
• Someone with an entrepreneurial spirit and passionate about design