Web producer with strong editorial experience and extensive knowledge of the Irish market. Short term full time contract.
5th March, 2010 by Alick
Miggle.co.uk are looking for a web producer with strong editorial skills and extensive experience in the online market in Ireland to work on a prestigious contract with one of its major clients. Working for one of the world’s top web brands, your extensive knowledge of current affairs will ensure that you provide users with content covering the most important stories in Ireland and beyond.
Based in London, this a high pressure role and you’ll often be working alone monitoring multiple news feeds and covering breaking news, so it’s vital that you can work effectively on your own in a fast-paced environment.
You will also be required to improve the overall user experience for Irish users, adapting UK specific pages to your market by leveraging your knowledge of the local online landscape. This coupled with your impeccable grammar, spelling and punctuation will ensure that only the best available content reaches the client’s massive high value audience.
Person specification:
- Experience of content writing for websites, magazines or newspapers in Ireland
- Impeccable grammar, spelling and punctuation
- Excellent news judgement ability
- A broad interest in current affairs. You will need to be able to talk about the latest in news, sport, lifestyle, money and entertainment
- Extensive experience of uploading content on to a website and using a CMS
- Good experience of Photoshop or similar
- An ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment
- A clear understanding of major online publications’ audiences, product offerings and business models
- The job will be based in London. The ideal candidate will have recent experience of having lived in Ireland
This role is offered on an initial six month contract, with a break clause at 3 months. The hours will most probably be 37.5 hours a week across weekdays, but there may be some requirements to work mornings, evenings or weekends, as either part of the regular hours or as overtime. There will be opportunities to work overtime hours from home.
To apply, e-mail your CV with an indication of your pro-rata salary expectations to: opportunities@miggle.co.uk. When applying, please indicate where you heard about this role.
No agencies please. Really!
Based in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, contact miggle.co.uk for website development, content management and online media services in the UK and worldwide.
