Established in 1996, Highbury Media is a leading media company in Cape Town that manages a variety of South Africa’s most popular brands, platforms and titles. Through the years since its founding, it has created custom content for a number of big name brands such as the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the Forchini Group and Diner’s Club, to name a few. Highbury Media is the largest independent South African magazine and digital publishing group of companies that comes out with the country’s top performing titles.

Highbury Media Digital Content Producer Internship 2019

The successful intern will be based in the company headquarters in Cape Town working with the Editorial Team. As a means of acquiring essential work place experience, the intern will be fulfilling the following duties and responsibilities:

• Create online content
• Develop digital editorial content
• Participate in brainstorming and creating fresh trending and relevant content for digital readers
• Help maintain and/or improve social media following for the brand
• Increase readership numbers on different digital platforms
• Keep track of online competitions and follow leads sent via managed websites
• Know digital trends in line with keeping the website fresh and relevant

What are the requirements?

Here are the minimum eligibility requirements you must meet to get considered for the internship programme:

• Holds a degree in English or Journalism with a keen interest in the digital arena, particularly social media
• Must have a background in WordPress
• High level familiarity in using popular social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, Snapchat
• Exceptional copy editing, writing and organizational skills
• Able to work with accuracy even under deadline pressure
• Willing to render overtime as needed
• Previous work background in the media sector is a major advantage

How to apply?

If you think this position is a good fit and meet the prescribed minimum requirements, set up an account on Highbury Media’s recruitment portal to apply. Click here to get started.

Application Deadline?

Deadline for submission of applications is on 25 October 2019.

Target date for the internship is 1st November 2019.

Contact Information

For further details about the Highbury Media Design Internship Programme, send an email to [email protected].

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