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Senior Multimedia Journalist
| Remuneration: | basic salary |
| Location: | Cape Town |
| Remote work: | Some remote work allowed |
| Education level: | Diploma |
| Job level: | Mid/Senior |
| Own transport required: | Yes |
| Travel requirement: | Often |
| Type: | Contract |
| Company: | Independent Media Recruiter |
Job description
Content creation:- Produce compelling and timely digital first content, including news stories, features, and multimedia elements.
- Innovate and experiment with storytelling formats to enhance audience engagement.
- Ensure that editorial content targets are met consistently
Multimedia production:
- Create or source multimedia content, such as videos, podcasts, and interactive features, to complement written articles.
- Collaborate with the editorial, product development and distribution teams to develop visually appealing and immersive digital experiences.
News coverage:
- Cover breaking news events, conduct interviews, and report on relevant topics with accuracy and speed.
- Stay updated on current affairs and trends to provide timely and insightful news coverage.
- Break exclusive stories consistently that are followed by other media.
Audience engagement:
- Optimize digital content for online platforms, ensuring maximum reach and engagement.
- Utilize analytics and audience feedback to inform content decisions and enhance user experience.
SEO optimization:
- Excellent knowledge of how to optimize content for search engines and improve discoverability.
- Implement SEO best practices to enhance the visibility of digital content.
Collaboration with teams:
- Collaborate with the broader team to ensure a cohesive and integrated content strategy.
- Participate in editorial meetings and contribute ideas for content development.
Innovation and trends:
- Stay abreast of digital media trends, emerging technologies, and audience behaviors.
- Propose and implement innovative approaches to digital storytelling and content delivery.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree/ diploma in journalism, media studies, or a related field.
- Proven experience as a digital journalist with a knowledge on multimedia content production.
- Strong understanding of digital media trends, online news consumption, and audience behaviour.
- Excellent writing, editing, and storytelling skills.
- Familiarity with basic video editing tools, podcast production, and interactive content creation.
- Experience with SEO best practices and digital analytics.
- Commitment to journalistic integrity, ethical reporting, and diversity and inclusion.
- Must have a drivers license & own vehicle.
Posted on 19 Aug 11:24, Closing date 18 Oct
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Independent Media is one of South Africa's leading print media production companies. Our stable of fine, quality publications include 18 of the country's most prominent newspapers with The Star in Johannesburg,Cape Times and Cape Argus in Cape Town and The Mercury in Durban firmly entrenched in millions of households throughout South Africans.
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