Copy Editor

Financial Services, Gauteng JHB - Northern Suburbs

Market Related -

Purpose

Conceptualise, create, edit and proofread content across the Group internal and external channels and product related material

Key Role Responsibilities:

Review All Current Content Across All Existing Channels:

• Customer communications –emailers, letters, SMSs
• The Junction
• All content on the Group’s website
• All product brochures
• Learning material
• Scripts for IVRs
• Ensure material is clear, consistent, complete and credible and that text is well written, grammatically correct and accessible
• Responsible for taking initial material, or the copy, and make it ready and appropriate for publication/channel and that it aligns with the Language and Brand Style guide

Write Original Content as Required for All Channels Above, in Addition to Below:

• Group mailers
• Comms Café
• Learning material
• Scripts for IVRs
• Content for Social Media and Digital channels
• Interim and annual reports
• Writing original content
• Subedit and rework if necessary
• Ability to keep authors voice after editing - Group voice or executive voice
• Check for and follow Language and Brand Style Guide
• Ensure all copy is of a high standard
• Write catchy headlines for print and online
• Check facts
• Check with legal and compliance
• Proof Read Content as Required from Internal Stakeholders
• Subedit and rework if necessary
• Ability to keep authors voice after editing - Group voice or executive voice
• Check for and follow Language and Brand Style guide
• Ensure all copy is of a high standard
• Write catchy headlines for print and online

Maintain Language and Brand Style guide and keep Group Bankers up to Date as Required:

• This document is always a work in progress
• Add/change rules as required and agreed
• Hold workshops to ensure relevant Groups are always up to date with the latest version

Minimum Requirements

• 3-year Bachelor Degree or Diploma in Copywriting, Journalism, Communications or Marketing
• 10+ years of experience as a technology journalist, digital content producer, digital copywriter, digital communications or media practitioner, or digital marketer.

Critical Competencies

• A thorough knowledge of English language
• A methodical working style
• Concentration, accuracy and great attention to detail
• The ability to multitask
• Tact and diplomacy for negotiating changes with authors
• The ability to work to tight deadlines
• Self-motivation
• IT skills, CMS systems etc. as required

Ref: JHB000300/LM

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