/ 5 November 2013

M&G is hiring: Entertainment, arts and culture

M&g Is Hiring: Entertainment
M&G is hiring: Entertainment, arts and culture (Photo Archive)

All applications should be addressed to the HR department
E-mail address: [email protected]
Closing date: November 12 2013

​Entertainment, arts and culture editor

Reports to: Editor
​Purpose: The entertainment editor must implement the editorial strategy as determined in conjunction with the editor. You and your team will run an integrated entertainment, arts and culture section on the M&G website and in the newspaper's Friday section, along with planning for other M&G platforms including tablets and mobile. You will also be responsible for the lifestyle and e-commerce sections.

Responsibilities

  • Produce content that integrates print, online, mobile and social media
  • Develop a publishing strategy that converges print and digital resources
  • Foster, and participate in, an M&G entertainment, arts and culture community
  • Combine insight and analysis with a passion for popular culture
  • Have a familiarity with, and interest in, the entertainment industries of other African countries
  • Plan and implement a social media strategy for the department
  • Liaise between the M&G fast and slow news teams, and take part in all relevant meetings and planning
  • Manage a converged team that publishes across all M&G platforms
  • Be able to edit content to the standards of the M&G
  • Create content – a minimum of three original pieces per week for digital, and one for print

Qualifications and experience

  • Appropriate post-matric qualification or equivalent, preferably in journalism
  • At least four years' experience in a news organisation
  • Experience on a news desk or in a commissioning editor role is an advantage
  • Online experience is an advantage
  • Deep and broad experience in arts journalism

Competencies / knowledge

  • Strong leader who creates a culture of innovation, accountability, professional growth, and collaboration
  • Strong interpersonal skills with a team orientation and ability to work both independently and interdependently to achieve goals
  • Good organisational skills, attention to detail, able to meet deadlines and work productively in a team environment
  • Excellent written and oral communications skills

Entertainment content producer

Reports to: Entertainment, arts and culture editor
Purpose: The entertainment, arts and culture content producer will be involved in: writing, uploading, social media, multimedia and basic content production.

Responsibilities

  • Produce entertainment, arts and culture content across the M&G platforms
  • Sub contributors' copy, and publish to our website
  • Attend entertainment events as the M&G's representative and create content where necessary
  • Produce articles, multimedia and social media as appropriate
  • Write cleanly and quickly, with minimal editing needed
  • Produce a minimum of five pieces of online content per week, and two for print

Qualifications and experience

  • Appropriate post-matric qualification or equivalent, preferably in journalism
  • Basic HTML experience
  • At least two years' experience in a news organisation
  • Online experience is an advantage, as is reporting experience

Competencies / knowledge

  • Strong knowledge of media laws and ethics
  • A firm grasp of current affairs, especially locally
  • A thorough understanding of the M&G news brand
  • Ability to quickly assimilate and apply the M&G style
  • Ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure
  • Ability to meet deadlines

Entertainment sub

Reports to: Entertainment, arts and culture editor
Purpose: You'll need the usual subbing skills, but with a bent for entertainment – and digital. You'll be updating the site, which in old-fashioned terms used to be called a webmaster, and making sure the copy sings whether on paper or online.

Responsibilities

  • Edit and revise original copy
  • Copy tasting and rewriting of wire copy
  • Work with writers to create well-written, clean copy
  • Publish articles, pictures and multimedia using the M&G's online content management system
  • Upload the business newspaper content online and ensure it is enhanced, with all relevant multimedia, links and graphics, and well-promoted
  • Collaborate with the M&G online and tablet teams as necessary

Qualifications and experience

  • Appropriate post-matric qualification or equivalent, preferably in journalism
  • At least three years' experience in a news organisation
  • Experience as a sub-editor
  • Online experience is an advantage
  • Experience of working on a publishing content management system is an advantage

Competencies / knowledge

  • First-class English language skills
  • Understanding of news organisation production process
  • A good grasp of current affairs, both local and international
  • Understanding of newspaper writing style and ability to edit copy accordingly
  • A knack for writing snappy headlines, blurbs and captions
  • Ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure