Business Writer

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitoring trending business stories
• Sourcing ideas for exclusive stories
• Sourcing comments from experts, entrepreneurs
• Writing and publishing business stories that resonate with our audience (including news articles, market overviews, interviews, analysis and feature articles about business)
• Posting your articles to Facebook and Twitter
• Participating in all activities related to business content direction (including the newsletters, videos, promo and distribution of content).

REQUIREMENTS:

• Degree or Diploma in journalism/media studies or related field
• Considerable experience in journalism and writing business content
• Passion for writing business stories
• Strong knowledge of the business world, including economics, and industry trends.
• Strong Knowledge of legal and ethical issues related to business journalism, including libel, conflict of interest, and privacy laws.
• Strong analytical and research skills, with the ability to collect, interpret and present complex data in a simple and meaningful way.
• Impeccable communication and interviewing skills, both written and verbal
• Strong contacts in business world
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet tight deadlines.
• Strategic and analytical thinker
• Ability to go the extra mile
• Self-driven individual with a strong desire to constantly learn and adapt
• Good time management and work organisation skills
• Work under minimal supervision
• Ability to churn out articles in perfect English
• Ability to work remotely (good internet connection and a laptop, minimum Intel Core i3).