Content Manager (Soccer Laduma and KickOff International Football) at Media24 (Pty) Ltd

Minimum Requirements:

• Completed a national degree or diploma in English, journalism or media studies.
• At least one years’ experience in content management and subbing. 
• Must have a sound knowledge and passion of international and continental football, with a knowledge of clubs, leagues and players. 
• A requirement is to watch football regularly and be up to date with the latest developments in world football.
• Strong digital skills.
• A strong command of the English language.
• Understanding of media law and be able to adhere to the South African Press Code.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong attention to detail to ensure clean copy.
• Have a strong command of the English language, with the ability to correct and enhance spelling, grammar and creative writing. 
• Ability to work under pressure due to a demanding online environment.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Can make decisions independently as well as within a group.
• Strong planning and organisational skills.
• Logical thinker who can analyse situations and come up with the right solutions.
• Excellent people-relations skills.
• Problem solving ability.
• Show initiative and act independently.
• Good time management and the ability to multitask effectively and follow through.

Duties & Responsibilities include:

• Manage content submitted by the journalists daily in line with the publications’ editorial approach.
• Evaluate all content of all articles to ensure accuracy and recommend modifications and changes to achieve all objectives and edit all articles to ensure achievement to all quality standards.
• Subbing and publishing of content within defined number of articles a day.
• Headline bolstering. 
• Manage content performance and social reposts. 
• Deliver on editorial commercial promotions.  
• Publish content in line with the publications’ best practice.
• Manage the content for the editorial and sales campaigns.
• Management of the content reel.
• Social promotions on the respective social media platforms and/or standalone platforms.  
• Work with the editor or journalists to draw up, implement and report on strategies to grow web traffic.
• Drive traffic to the websites. 
• Ensure the implementation and improvement of SEO best practice in the content offering.  
• Plan and manage the content daily with the team of journalists.

Functional tasks:

• Facilitate the individual team’s daily editorial plan.
• Align daily diary with the defined content plan.
• Identify and assist in the redesign of content plans to fit into market and reader behavioural changes.
• Plan and submit daily/ weekend handovers.
• Planning of the editorial week for approval of the editor.
• Adhere to deadline time frames set in place by the publication and/or the editor. 
• Develop and up-skill journalist’s writing ability, style and creativity.
• Qualitative and analytical understanding of reports. 
• Analysis of content performance and web traffic.