Vacancies at eMedia Investments

Content Assignment & Workflow Coordination 

• Excellent knowledge of South African and Global news. 
• Responsible to commission, edit, and publish news and current affairs digital content, on all eNCA digital platforms, on a daily, weekly, and monthly schedule as per digital strategy. 
• Implement optimal workflow and operations to ensure timely delivery of high-quality content. 
• Prioritise top-stories and assign resources accordingly. 
• Decide on the content type, style, and format for digital content – optimised per platform. 
• Decide and instruct on tone, sources, media format and audience. 
• Track and monitor stories to make decisions on story development. 
• Enable and help teams to produce content – remove and clear obstacles. 
• Manage digital news calendar and copy-editing process.  
• Maintain a digital first content approach.  
• Work with channel editorial to establish content diary of the day, including but not limited to prioritisation of top stories for publication. 
• Conduct daily editorial meetings and set the digital content agenda. 

Editorial Review & Content Management 

• Ensure factual accuracy, balance, and alignment with editorial standards before any publication.  
• Enforce journalistic standards, legal compliance, and ethical practices. 
• Edit all published content on digital platforms. 
• Ensure proper spelling and pronunciation for names, locations, and institutions. 
• Plan coverage for key news events and editorial campaigns. 
• Lead editorial direction in alignment with the channel’s news agenda.  
• Create or refine strong, SEO- and social-friendly headlines, subheads, standfirsts, and push notification copy. 
• Update breaking stories as new information comes in; coordinate updates across formats and platforms. 

Platform-Specific Publishing 

• Responsible for the publishing of news and current affairs content. 
• Format and publish stories in CMS, assign correct categories, tags, keywords, and SEO metadata. 
• Optimise content and publishing frequency per platform. 
• Ensure content is in line with platform audience in terms of content expectations and timing. 
• Stay abreast of digital platform trends to create and adapt content accordingly. 
• Use industry best practices to optimize content for SEO, mobile, and social consumption, and sharing. 
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to enhance content performance.  
• Monitor analytics and adjust content tactics for better performance. 

Format Adaptation & Multimedia Integration 

• Assign stories to specific team members to be produced in the right format. 
• Oversee specific content formats to ensure the audio and video are of required standard and optimised for platform. 

Shift Management & Editorial Accountability 

• Lead the Digital News Team during shift. 
• Provide clarity, direction and decision making during the shift – the accountable person for Digital News. 
• Make decisions in-line with a newsroom, in alignment with the Director of News 
• At the end of the shift, prepare a clear and comprehensive handover for the incoming editor/team, including ongoing stories, pending assets, and priorities.

Communication & Team Support

• Ensure Cross-Department Collaboration 
• Work closely with video producers, designers, social editors, and product teams to ensure smooth publishing workflows. 
• Mentor and Support Junior Staff 
• Provide quick feedback on drafts, headlines, or social posts during the shift. 
• Help troubleshoot or clarify editorial standards and newsroom priorities. 

Team Management 

• Lead, mentor, and manage the digital content team.  
• Accountable to team’s delivery of content. 
• Ensure timely delivery, adherence to brand and editorial standards.  
• Implement and assess team development and learning plans.

Analytics & Reporting 

• Analyse audience data to guide content strategy in real time, as well as planning. 
• Use data insights to develop and improve editorial decisions and strategy on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. 
• Track and respond to performance trends. 
• Help the channel make content decisions based on data and insights. 
• Collaborate with design, development, and social media teams to enhance presentation.  
• Use analytics to retain and grow digital audiences. 

Content and Platforms

• Produce a daily dairy with successful handover to next shift. 
• Produce a weekly and monthly calendar in line with forward planning. 
• Produce a minimum of 25 news stories per day. 
• Produce a minimum of 3 current affairs stories per day. 
• Maintain 100% compliance with all legal and editorial requirements. 
• Ensure that all content produced adheres to quality and style guide requirements. 
• Manage content publishing on all platforms in line with strategy.

Audience

• Monitor audience in collaboration with the Data and Insights Specialist to identify opportunities in the form of trends. 
• Monitor and interpret audience feedback to implement improvements. 
• Improve audience engagement. 
• Achieve audience growth per platform as per strategy.

Human Resources

• Lead the digital editorial team to produce high quality content, daily, weekly, and monthly. 
• Implement and improve workflows to achieve the highest output possible. 
• Mentor junior team members. 
• Train the team to achieve a high performing culture. 
• Manage conflict, complaints, and suggestions as to not hinder productivity. 
• Develop and implement personal development plans for the team. 
• Conduct performance reviews as per company procedure. 
• Manage all Human Resources requests, such as but not limited to leave requests within the team. 

Budget Compliance

• Managing and maintaining costs below the applicable budget. 
• Collaborating with the commercial / sales team to identify and create sales opportunities while maintaining editorial integrity. 
• Meeting and complying with work practices, standards and methods and ensuring application of financial parameters. 
• Optimize resources and demonstrate a cost-effective approach in all tasks. 

Stakeholder Relationships

• Collaborate with all relevant teams to produce content for digital. 
• Provide content and support to broadcast teams. 
• Build and maintain networks with industry experts, analysts, and commentators.  
• Represent the channel at public events, industry forums, and in media engagements.  
• Maintain strong relationships with media partners and community.  
• Ensure compliance with broadcasting regulations and ethical standards. 
• Collaborate with commercial teams to balance editorial integrity and business objectives. 
• Provide commercial teams proactive sales opportunities in line with the content calendar. 
• Stay abreast of industry standards through network with relevant internal and external stakeholders. 

Requirements

Qualifications 

• ​National Senior Certificate is Essential
• ​National Diploma in Digital is Essential
• Bachelors Degree in Journalism is Recommended

Experience 

• 7 years in Journalism, Media, or Digital Newsroom and/or related field is Essential
• 3 years as a Supervisor in Journalism, Media, or DigitalNewsroom and/or related field is Essential
• Drivers Licence - Recommended

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Description

• The Social Media Producer is responsible for producing native social media content, tailored to each platform. Furthermore, the incumbent will execute social media campaigns to promote eNCA digital content as well as the channel at large.

Produce Native Social Media Content 

• Produce and publish native social media content, using industry best practices, in line with the digital content calendar as directed by the Digital News Editor. 
• Provide input to the diary in terms of content type and style. 
• Provide input to the diary in terms of trending stories and trends. 
• Collaborate with the internal stakeholders to produce a media-mix content portfolio in line with the digital strategy. 
• Provide ideas and produce social media content as standalone native social media content. 

Promote eNCA on Social Media 

• Produce and publish promotional content on social media in line with the digital diary and calendar. 
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to continuously seek opportunities to leverage and enchase content on social media. 
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop and produce marketing campaigns for the channel. 

Audience Engagement 

• Monitor social media for user comments and messages. 
• Respond to users according to community management style guides and policies. 
• Provide feedback to internal stakeholders on community sentiment. 
• Monitor community trends to identify opportunities. 

Analytics, Insightsand Intelligence

• Report on social media campaigns using analytics, insights, and intelligence to the digital team. 
• Use social media analytics to identify opportunities to enhance and exploit content.

Requirements

Qualifications 

• ​​National Senior Certificate​ is Essential
• National Diploma in Digital is Essential
• ​Bachelors Degree in Journalism is Recommended

Experience 

• 3 years in Journalism, Media, or Digital Newsroom and/or related field is Essential
• Drivers Licence is Recommended

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Description

• The Technical Producer plays a vital role in shaping and enhancing the storytelling experience across the online news publisher’s digital platforms, including the website, app, and social media channels.
• This position is responsible for editing video, audio, and images to support and elevate news content, ensuring it is visually compelling, contextually accurate, and optimized for each platform.
• Working closely with journalists, editors, and the digital team, the Technical Producer will bring stories to life through multimedia elements that engage audiences and uphold the publisher’s editorial standards. 

Technical

• Produce, shoot, and edit long-form video content. 
• Produce, shoot, and edit short-form video content. 
• Produce video content fit for any digital platform. 
• Produce, record, and edit long-form audio content. 
• Produce, record, and edit short-form audio content. 
• Final mix video content for publishing and broadcasting in -line with industry best standards 
• Final mix audio in-line with industry best standards 
• Produce and edit photos and images for digital platforms. 
• Create captions and subtitles for videos. 
• Produce basic graphics and animations for videos.

Content

• Good knowledge of South African and Global news 
• Ability to fact check. 
• Ability to produce accurate content. 
• Produce audio visual content as per diary, content calendar and instruction from the Digital News Editor 
• Provide ideas and concept for audio visual rich stories. 
• Provide input on how to enhance stories using audio and video.

Website and app Management and Analytics 

• Monitor stories on the website and app to seek opportunities to enhance or leverage content further. 
• Work with the analytics team to find opportunities to produce stories or develop stories further. 
• Utilise the website and app to the best of abilities to achieve maximum results for audio visual content.

Content and Platforms 

• In collaboration with the Digital Current Affairs Producer, produce a minimum of 3 media rich current affairs content per daily. 
• Provide social media native content to the social media team for promotion of current affairs content. 
• Support social media team to create media rich social media content. 
• Work with the Web Producer to deliver media rich content for the website and app. 
• Use the relevant media type to enrich and enhance content as far as possible. 
• Adhere to all legal and editorial policies, requirements, and guidelines. 
• Contribute to daily dairy, weekly and monthly calendar with web and app / digital first stories. 
• Create media rich content to solidify eNCA’s brand identity and credibility driving it as a leader in news.

Audience 

• Develop media rich content for the applicable platform, using industry best practices. 
• Develop content suitable for the target audience on the right platform using the right techniques. 
• Monitor audience behavior and trends to identify potential opportunities and or threats for web and app content. 
• Produce compelling content to improve audience engagement on web and app content.

Requirements

Qualifications 

• National Senior Certificate is Essential
• ​National Diploma in Media Production is Essential
• Bachelors Degree in Media Production and/or Journalism is Recommended

Experience 

• 5 years in Journalism, Media, and/or Digital Newsroom and/or related field is Essential
• Drivers Licence is Recommended

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Description

• The Web Producer is responsible for producing, curating, editing, and publishing digital news and current affairs content on eNCA’s first party platforms. The incumbent will also provide support and input into the digital content calendar, furthermore, providing content for third party platforms.

Content and Editing 

• Producing web and app content daily, weekly, and monthly as per digital content calendar at the direction of the Digital News Editor 
• Produce content in line with content style, for example, write an article, use mixed media with video, images, and graphics to achieve the highest impact with a story on web and app. 
• Contribute to the daily diary with content type, style, and stories. 
• Provide and produce unique stories for web and app. 
• Evaluate, proofread, and edit, web and app content submitted by internal and external stakeholders. 
• Provide URLs to web and app stories to the social media team and provide support for cross-publication. 
• Continuously build the brand’s trust and credibility through effective use of the website and app 
• Good knowledge of South African and Global news 
• Ensure fact accuracy of stories produced. 

Live Streams

• Ensure that livestreams are set up on time before they are due to go live. 
• Ensure that the social media team has promoted the live stream ahead of time. 
• Ensure that the livestreams run efficiently and without technical errors. 

Website and app Management and Analytics

• Publish and manage content on web and app. 
• Manage content categories, themes on web and app. 
• Ensure all content on web and app conforms to the style guide. 
• Ensure the website content verticals are up to date as per digital content calendar. 
• Collaborate with and use data and insights or intelligence to identify trends and opportunities to appeal and grow the audience. 
• Use data, analytics, insights, and intelligence to identify top stories and or trending stories to leverage off.

Content and Platforms

• Produce a minimum of 15 web and app stories a day. 
• Ensure web and app stories are digital native, in accordance with digital style guides. 
• Adhere to all legal and editorial policies, requirements, and guidelines. 
• Contribute to daily dairy, weekly and monthly calendar with web and app / digital first stories. 

Audience

• Develop content suitable for the target audience. 
• Monitor audience behavior and trends to identify potential opportunities and or threats for web and app content. 
• Produce compelling content to improve audience engagement on web and app content.

Requirements

Qualifications 

• ​​National Senior Certificate​ is Essential
• ​National Diploma in Journalism is Essential
• Bachelors Degree in Journalism is Recommended

Experience 

• 3 years in Journalism, Media, or Digital Newsroom and/or related field
• Drivers Licences is Recommended