Key Responsibilities

  • Conceptualising and writing long and short-form copy
  • Developing content ideas and strategies in collaboration with creative team
  • Writing copy for a variety of digital platforms, ensuring consistency across all content
  • Express complex ideas in a simple, clever and appealing way.
  • Idea and campaign generation for social media
  • Ability to oversee the production of excellent and engaging content across multiple digital channels
  • Community Management across multiple platforms
  • Manage projects from beginning to end, create and manage timelines.
  • Design and develop printed materials as needed.
  • Revise and create presentation graphics, icons, slides that are on brand.
  • Review, proof and edit work.

Requirements

  • 1 year experience in digital writing and multimedia content creation
  • At least a degree or (better) post graduate degree in copywriting, literature, media production or journalism
  • Strong verbal and written English and Afrikaans communication skills
  • A proven track-record of success in writing and content creation
  • Ability to write and produce across various forms of multimedia, across channels
  • Able to work independently and as part of creative and social team

Personal attributes

  • Excellent writing skills, including impeccable grammar, sentence structure and engaging copy
  • Highly creative and innovative conceptual skills
  • Ability to think strategically
  • Passion for creative problem solving
  • Passionate and dynamic
  • Hard-working and energetic
  • Digitally savvy and a keen follower of latest social and digital trends
  • Astute attention to detail
  • Able to deliver excellent quality creativity under pressure
  • Task driven to meet tight deadlines
  • Efficient time management skills and desire to put in extra hours to produce award-worthy work
  • Excellent written and spoken presentation skills
  • Self-motivated
  • Team player
  • Aware of current affairs as well as digital and creative trends

Experiential requirements

  • Degree in Journalism, Communications or Marketing (non-negotiable)
  • Electronic portfolio showcasing your experience (non-negotiable)
  • At least 1 – 3 years’ experience as a public relations, digital or content writer

If you think you’ve got what it takes, send your CV and portfolio showcasing your conceptual talent, writing craftsmanship and award-worthy multimedia content creation to us here:


Applications close Friday 16 February 2018

We review each application we receive and arrange interviews for short-listed candidates. After a first interview, we either proceed to second interviews or inform you of an unsuccessful application. Second interviews usually consist of a technical or creative task, depending on the role. If you’re successful in this round, we then decide to make an offer or go into negotiations. And if all the stars align you are added as family member at BlackNoah - well immediate family not like a second cousin. 

Please note, we get quite a few applications for our jobs, so if you don't hear from us it is more than likely that your application was unsuccessful.

Industry

Marketing and Advertising, Retail, and Financial Services

Employment type

Full-time

Experience

Junior

Job function

Design Art / Creative / Information Technology

Salary

R 6 000 - R 8 000

 

Our Office

17 Princes Avenue
Randburg, GP, 2194
South Africa