Music In Africa: Call for French Content Editor (South Africa)

Pan-African music portal, Music In Africa (www.musicinafrica.net), seeks an enthusiastic French Content Editor to join our team in Johannesburg.

Key Responsibilities:

• Write French content
• Sub-edit French content from other writers
• Assume overall responsibility for French content production.
• Supervise and grow team of translators: allocate and commission work, check/sub-edit translations, and handle invoicing/payments.
• Assist regional editors in building a strong team of contributors for French regions.
• Moderate (edit and publish) submitted French content, ensuring that content conforms to Music In Africa guidelines.
• Identify English stories that need to be translated into French, and vice versa.
• Ensure consistent and organised communication with users, management and content providers.
• Drive French social media campaigns.
• Prepare content for the French newsletter.

Other Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain relationships with existing and new partners.
• Assist in organising ‘offline’ events (eg. workshops and concerts).
• Attend and review industry events, expos, forums and conferences.
• Collaborate with other regional editors, content managers and contributors.
• Represent Music In Africa at conferences, festivals and other relevant events.
• Contribute to the conceptualisation and evolution of content with forward-thinking ideas, particularly in relation to content types, editorial workflow and content layout.
• Assist in the running of Music In Africa office.
• Assist in the conceptualisation of viable business strategies for the portal.
• Develop sound content plans and ensure full implementation.
• Perform the day-to-day administration duties of the project and other duties as needed.

Requirements

• Relevant tertiary qualification (Diploma/Degree in Journalism, Communications, etc).
• Minimum five years' experience in new media, with editorial experience.
• Experience in the African music sector or related fields.
• Excellent written French, with sub-editing experience.
• Excellent written English will be an advantage.
• Flawless attention to detail.
• Strong management, coordination and organizational skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Ability to manage teams in a multi-dimensional management structure across multiple regions.
• Ability to work independently.
• Exceptional music knowledge.
• Desire to contribute to the local music industry
• Strong understanding of SEO, social media principles, basic HTML and digital content creation.
• Experience in running communication campaigns using digital media.

Contact

If you are interested, send your CV to David Durbach at dave@musicinafrica.net before or on 20 March 2016. Your application must include the following:

• Short motivation
• At least three music-related articles you have recently written (links are acceptable)

For more information about Music In Africa, go to www.musicinafrica.net