Bizcommunity.com is South Africa’s leading business-to-business online industry news publisher, with an audience of 370,000 multi-industry professionals who stay informed and publish corporate content across 18 sectors of the economy.

An exciting opportunity has opened up for a junior to mid-level online editorial assistant to join the content team at Bizcommunity. This position is available in Johannesburg.

Core responsibilities:

• Assist the editors in processing copy – fact-checking, sub-editing, proofreading
• Upload subbed copy onto the content management system in a timely manner
• Produce unique, original editorial content – including news articles, event coverage, features and interviews
• Assist in compiling and proofing daily, weekly and special newsletters
• Attend, cover and network at relevant industry events
• Represent Bizcommunity favourably at industry events

Skills required:

• Journalism/language/communication studies
• 1-2 years of experience in an online publishing environment
• Computer literate
• Strong writing skills and a meticulous eye for spelling and grammar
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
• Basic image editing experience
• Comfortable posting and interacting on social media

Personal skills/attributes:

• An interest in the local creative industries – marketing, advertising, media and PR
• An interest in business news media
• Good time management skills, with the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
• Enjoy reading and writing
• Strong attention to detail
• Good people skills
• Work well individually and within a team
• Be self-motivated, disciplined and conscientious

To apply, email your 1-page CV, a brief cover letter (200 words max) and 2 examples of your writing to applycontent@bizcommunity.com with #EDITORIALASSISTANT in the email subject line.

All potential candidates will be required to write a test based on various aspects of the position. Only Johannesburg-based applicants will be considered. Note, you may be required to offer further support to the company from time to time.

If you have not received a reply within one month of applying, you have unfortunately not been considered for the position.

Posted on 02 Mar 14:23