As part of mandate to provide job experience to graduates,they have an opportunity for young smart, vibrant, creative and ambitious graduates to join the content team of www.standardmedia.co.ke-the #1 news site in Kenya.
The programme is a six months opportunity that allows graduates who have left university to get on job experience and learn from a great team of experienced journalists while contributing to various Standard Digital websites
Qualification and Skills:
• Exceptional writing skills.
• Recently graduated – with a degree in communication, journalism or any other creative field.
• Experience and knowledge in web publishing.
• Willingness and ability to learn and work in a fast paced environment.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Working knowledge of video and social media platforms.
• Able to effectively and creatively use social media to engage audiences.
• Excellent planning and organization skills.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Video production and editing skills (an added advantage).
Your application letter should clearly indicate:
1. The section you are interested in.
2. Links to work samples (if any).
Responsibilities
They have slots for individuals with exceptional writing skills in the following sections:
1. News & Current Affairs desk
2. Business desk
3. Sports desk
4. Entertainment & Lifestyle desk
5. Eve Digital desk
6. Farmers.co.ke (Agriculture desk)
7. Feature writing desk
8. Social Media desk
9. Customer/audience engagement and management desk
10. Video production desk
11. Animations desk
The trainees will;
• Work on various digital platforms under the guidance of a mentor.
• Interview news sources for web and video platforms.
• Write creative content for various Standard Digital websites.
• Monitor newsfeeds for breaking news and information.
• Generate articles from press releases, radio, television and web reports.
• Create and engage online communities.
• Generate visual content for various web platforms
General Information
Salary range: Not specified
Additional information: Not specified
Job start date: Monday, January 14, 2019
Job end date: Thursday, June 13, 2019
Contract type: Permanent
Job type: Full Time
Location: Nairobi
Area of work: Media, communications, languages
Seniority: Intern or trainee
Job Requirements
Required education: Bachelor’s degree
Required relevant work experience: none
Required skills: Written communication; Visual communication ; Journalism; Film and video production; Digital content development and editing (social media, blogs, etc.)
Required languages: English (Spoken: native | Written: native)
