Jobs at The Economist

In order to further augment our dynamic team we seek an Associate Consultant to lead a team of healthcare analysts in project engagements in the areas of market opportunity assessment, go-to-market strategy, customer insights, channel optimization strategy and competitive benchmarking.

How you will contribute:

• Serve as the client engagement and project lead, including communicating project updates, presenting key milestones, pre-empting project issues, managing different client stakeholders.
• Lead a team of healthcare analyst across all types of project engagements in the MedTech & Life Sciences healthcare industry in the areas of market opportunity assessment, go-to-market strategy, customer insights, channel optimization strategy and competitive benchmarking
• Mentor and guide analysts and senior analysts, ensuring that they meet their performance goals and successfully grow their careers
• Appraise and develop team of analysts, including helping to train and develop the necessary skill sets they need to succeed as a healthcare business consultant

The ideal skills for this role are:

• A minimum of 4 years of relevant experience in business consulting
• Proven track record in project management and client handling, in the healthcare sector or in business consulting
• Master's degree from top tier universities, preferably Science major, with an MBA
• Knowledge of, or background in, healthcare, medtech, or IVD industries is a plus
• Exceptional command of written and spoken English
• Highly analytical self starter, organized with meticulous consulting skills
• Excellent client facing skills, with the ability to motivate teams and work well with people across all levels in the organization
• High business acumen with versatility to strategize, and think inside and outside of the box
• Ability to work independently and among teams, in a fast paced team structure
• Superior communication skills
• Highly self-aware, flexible and focused on solutions

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Currently we are seeking a senior sub editor to work on a range of print and electronic products within the Country Publishing division.

Accountabilities

How you will contribute:

• Oversee Subedit operations in Johannesburg, influencing editorial standards and driving quality and excellence across teams and products
• Manage the Risk Briefing product, enforcing high standards and timeliness, resolving problems and anticipating bottlenecks
• Ensure metadata tagging is consistent and error-free
• Ensure that content is being updated regularly on the EIU websites by performing quality checks
• Influencing change to streamline processes
• Train and mentor new analysts and junior subeditors
• Subediting for grammar, punctuation, spelling, consistency, relevance and accuracy, in compliance with house style and according to deadlines
• Resolving ambiguous passages in conjunction with editors
• Checking internal consistency of statistical data, and that all content has been duly updated

Experience, skills and professional attributes

The ideal skills for this role are:

• A degree or equivalent (ideally in English, Political Science, Politics, Economics, International Relations or a related subject)
• Minimum 5 years' work experience in a subeditor role
• International commercial exposure within a publishing environment
• An interest in, or basic understanding of, macroeconomics, politics and international affairs
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
• Exceptional knowledge and use of English language and grammar
• Highly numerate
• Strong IT skills
• An ability to learn and understand complex processes involving Word and Excel templates and proprietary EIU publishing
• Solid experience working with HTML tagged data
• An ability to work autonomously and effectively under pressure
• Organised and able to prioritise
• A strong sense of initiative
• Team spirit
• An inquisitive nature