Digital Content Co-Ordinator - Bellville at Media24 (Pty) Ltd

Key responsibilities:

• Liaison between the WP and Boland newsroom and Netwerk24/News24;
• Ensure that the websites and social media platforms are updated daily with fresh content, as well as “clean-up” the stories that pull through automatically on newspaper publication days;
• Liaise with editors and journalists about digital first angles as well as multimedia content on all their stories;
• Uploading digital content
• Analysing stats and help identify possible follow-ups on stories performing well;
• Identify features/events that could be packaged into online news content;
• Lead the WP Media digital hub and co-ordinate with Boland Media journalists 
• Must have digital subbing experience;
• Must have good knowledge of social media engagement;
• Must have firm knowledge of online media law;
• Video editing/production (as well as other newspaper production experience, like layout) will be a plus.
• Managing online advertorials
• Produce/Manage sports print content for People’s Post weekly

Qualifications and experience:

• Grade 12 with higher education in journalism or marketing communication.
• Min 3 years’ online advertising/trafficking campaign administration experience in an online advertising environment
• Proficiency in relevant software packages and applications

Skills and competencies

• Ability to create and maintain good relationships with client accounts
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Ability to multitask
• Confident with the ability to self-manage activities, yet able to work very closely with a team Attention to detail
• Initiative