Communications/PR/Journalism Internship Cape Town
Communications/PR/Journalism
This position is for an Intership for a corporate communications role.
The candidate would be responsible for writing, reviewing and editing various messages to different audiences. The candidate will also need to engage and work closely with the team of three people and provide input, suggestions and comments regarding various projects and material.
These include but are not limited to:
- marketing brochures
- radio and tv scripts
- press releases
- financial education articles
- emails
- articles for our printed publications
- online content for our intranet
Our audiences include:
Staff (including advisers, admin staff and back office support staff)
Customers (potential and existing)
External – coverage generated from PR
Digital
Experience/exposure to Microsoft SharePoint would be advantageous
Updating the intranet
Managing the shared folders on the teams’ SharePoint site
Potential to get involved in digital projects
Other:
Processing invoices on Oracle
Liaise with vendors
Liaise with Old Mutual’s print broker, POINT (on site at Mutualpark) for ALL print jobs generated from the department
Assist with updating labels for distribution of Group Talk
The ideal candidate would be:
- a self-starter
- proactive
- takes ownership, is accountable and takes pride in their work
- pays great attention to detail
- is well-read and has a good writing ability
- can take direction well
- can manage various projects at the same time and prioritise what is important
- can rectify spelling and grammar errors
- must be computer literate and exposure to Microsoft SharePoint would be advantageous
Writing samples will be requested. You will need to complete a possible writing assignment and editing tes
