About Us: We believe the true wealth of Africa has yet to be fully explored or exported. By focusing on art, culture, design, and politics of a different order, we intend to create a culture portal into the enduring humanity of her people on the continent and diaspora by telling our individual and collective stories. The Genesis of life converging upon modernization, this is Africa redefined.

Our Idea Candidate will be:

• Outcome-based critical thinking, skilled at working with and managing onsite teams and remote staff resources on projects, customer service, and objectives.

• Demonstrated understanding of ethical behavior and business practices. Ensure your own behavior is consistent with these standards and aligns with the values of the organization.

• Strong organizational, management, staff, and vendor delegation skills.

• Ability to see the big picture – management goals while focusing on the process and procedures necessary to produce quality deliverables, working with senior management to help measure staff performance.

• Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy in work product.

• Flexibility and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to meet and establish deadlines.

• Intermediate to advanced applications or software expertise (Excel, Word, business and production software, internal reporting S.W. tools, and project overview systems).

• Possess excellent interpersonal skills and be a team player in all roles.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and review the creative teams' work in producing customer-facing digital, social, web, print, and other graphic marketing collateral, presentations, new business, and internal marketing content.

• Spearheaded and managed content strategy for small-scale and large-scale projects, harnessing strategy, digital and brand design, executing compelling content, and using new technology.

• Collaborate with the marketing and sales departments to develop new marketing plans, analyze results, and identify opportunities with customers and our internal teams.

• Develop marketing campaigns across business units that translate objectives into clear and motivating creative execution strategies combined with professional presentation skills.

• Analyze brand tracking, market trends, customer consumer needs, and the competitive landscape.

• Meet budgetary goals by forecasting and managing employees, resources, and related expenses.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

• Supervise a cross-functional team of graphic/web designers, copywriters, social media, photographers/videographers, 3D artists, video editors, software developers, and project managers in the strategic development of customer business, their messages, and deliverables.

• Prioritize work and resources across engagements based on short and long-term needs, establishing production delegation by collaborating with designers, copywriters, and production departments.

• Conduct brainstorming sessions with creative teams, maintaining strategic and creative thinking to develop innovative and actionable initiatives in a fiscally responsible manner.

• Review and approve art and copy developed by the team, ensuring deliverables that effectively address customer marketing goals and challenges.

• Produce fresh, innovative work that translates complex ideas into compelling graphics, support materials, animations, and digital experiences for visually sophisticated audiences.

• Present or oversee the presentation of final concepts and obtain approvals for deliverables.

Qualifications:

• Candidates should have five years of related experience with 3+ years of creative art direction in an agency or corporate setting.

• 3+ years of experience creating marketing/advertising campaigns that develop vision and message platforms while overseeing production to keep business on time and within budget.

• Understanding and experience creating integrated content across all marketing channels from digital, VR/AR media, CGI, animation, video production, post-production, and smart devices. Have a deep understanding of graphics creation, web design, and print.

• Candidates should have proven experience with concept development, ideation, and customer business case presentations.

• Candidates should have exceptional time management skills – the ability to focus on multiple objectives simultaneously.

• Highly skilled with leading a team of creative talent – possess keen listening and clear communication skills.

• Demonstrate strong creative vision with an understanding of business objectives.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Candidates should have a college degree or equivalent experience in advertising, marketing, graphics, and business.

• Candidates should have prior experience with art direction, copywriting, design, and digital media production.

• Candidates should have prior project management experience focusing on creative art direction.

• Experience maintaining research and directing new technologies with demonstrated current knowledge and skill sets of mainstream industry trends as required.

About Us: We believe the true wealth of Africa has yet to be fully explored or exported. By focusing on art, culture, design, and politics of a different order, we intend to create a culture portal into the enduring humanity of her people on the continent and diaspora by telling our individual and collective stories. The Genesis of life converging upon modernization, this is Africa redefined.

Our Ideal Candidate:

You’re a highly motivated, strategic thinker and well-seasoned writer with impeccable written and verbal communication skills. You work well in fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous environments and have proven experience managing priorities and working effectively across several internal stakeholders. You thrive in building relationships and communicating internally and cross-functionally, crafting powerful stories for internal and external audiences.

Responsibilities:

• Create content for different formats - blogs, landing pages, ad copies, presentations, etc

• Deliver results that are clear, accurate, and technically correct, and achieve messaging objectives

• Translate complex technical concepts into content that is clear, concise, and human

• Understanding engagement/metrics and best practices for content by channel

• Leverage your knowledge of what it means to write for digital media- blending user experience and storytelling and how they fit into the bigger picture of content marketing

• Have a clear understanding of Afr-i-can value proposition, competitive differentiation, and placement in the market, and stays abreast of significant trends to ensure that content remains fresh and relevant

• Ensure all content is optimized for SEO and SEM

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience with creating and editing both short-form and long-form content

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with strong attention to detail

• Comfortable Strong collaboration and problem-solving abilities, comfortable with ambiguity

• Experience in or comfortable working with remote colleagues

• Experience working with content management systems

• Ability to quickly adapt to various editorial guides

• Ability to self-manage time and work independently and as part of a team

• Ability to meet deadlines and not shy away from periodic bulk work requirements

• Portfolio of written work samples

• Preferred Qualifications African culture writing experience a plus

• Knowledge of Google Analytics, other measurement tools, and basic HTML preferred

• Knowledge of SEO and content marketing is a major plus

• Demonstrated knowledge of marketing and sales strategies

• Practical verbal and written communication skills.

• Thorough knowledge of advertising/promotion and new business development.

• Well-developed analytical and research skills

About Us: We believe the true wealth of Africa has yet to be fully explored or exported. By focusing on art, culture, design, and politics of a different order, we intend to create a culture portal into the enduring humanity of her people on the continent and diaspora by telling our individual and collective stories. The Genesis of life converging upon modernization, this is Africa redefined.

Our Ideal Candidate Will:

• Understand and consistently reflect the brand voice of the company in writing styles.

• Rewrite content to make it flow more naturally.

• Determine whether proposal questions are answered adequately.

• Make suggestions for rewrites when necessary.

• Ensure accuracy in all written documents, proposals, and other sales and marketing items sent to our clients and external and internal individuals.

• Proofread proposals for grammatical, spelling, and layout errors.

• Proofread documents for continuity of language and communication throughout the proposal.

• Verify the factual correctness of the information, such as dates and statistics

• Check texts for style, readability, and adherence to editorial policies.

• Rewrite texts to improve clarity and readability.

Responsibilities:

• Edits large volumes of text for first-, second-, and third-party titles for accurate grammar, spelling, and style

• Reviews and makes editing recommendations to localization writers for character voice, consistency, and context

• Lead editing of small-scale projects and reports progress to lead localization editor.

• Assists localization editors in managing text reviews of large-scale projects as assigned.

• Maintains consistent style for all customer-facing text by complying with general reference materials, company-specific style guides, and game-specific style guides.

• Researches franchise history and fact-checks content.

• Maintain adherence to style guides.

• Work with writers to help them improve their research and article development skills.

• Write headlines and edit copy to improve readability and concision.

• Proofread copy to fix grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and formatting errors.

• Verify numerical information, such as dates and statistics, to ensure accuracy.

• Create layouts for publications to arrange text, images, and ads properly.

Professional Qualifications

• 4+ years of writing, copywriting, or editing experience.

• Excellent copyediting and proofreading skills, especially using digital tools and formats across cross-functional teams.

• Experience working with terminology, style sheets, best practices, etc.

• Ability to exercise editorial judgment in situations where guidance would flex.

• Knowledge of AP Stylebook.

Why you should join Afr-i-can

About Us: We believe the true wealth of Africa has yet to be fully explored or exported. By focusing on art, culture, design, and politics of a different order, we intend to create a culture portal into the enduring humanity of her people on the continent and diaspora by telling our individual and collective stories. The Genesis of life converging upon modernization, this is Africa redefined.

Our Idea Candidate will be:

• An autonomous self-starter who is able to navigate complex situations and succeed in an ever-changing environment.

• A team-oriented leader with the proven ability to mentor and grow creative talent.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Able to work harmoniously and as a great teammate, succeed in a team-based environment, and skills in encouraging teamwork among others.

• Effective cross-team collaborator with the ability to work across multiple creative projects and manage time effectively.

• Ability to initiate and maintain cooperative working relationships with co-workers, supervisors, and managers

• Forward-thinking in understanding the emerging tools, technology, and business practices for the digital medium, and progressive in learning the application of these tools and practices

• A thorough, detailed problem solver who strategically crafts toward a larger goal.

• Experience designing and developing effective, measurable brand-building strategies, with an ability to articulate goals, tactics, and benchmarks.

• Experience leading strategic brainstorming sessions, high-quality campaign development, and directing creative execution.

Responsibilities:

• Evolve, own, and drive an elevated, cohesive design system that ensures brand consistency across all touchpoints

• Build original concepts with a fresh visual approach to design and materials while meeting business objectives and advancing brand strategy and vision

• Lead and help develop designers and professionals across creative subject areas, including but not limited to graphic design, film, animation, copywriting, and video

• Produce high-quality, high-impact, scalable, refined, and practical brand design solutions for the affiliate network and its sales associates

• Handle the budget, resources and strategy for creative projects

• Evolve the brand strategies and bring fresh new approaches to existing channels and projects

• Source talent (photographers, copywriters, videographers, etc.) that can deliver on brand vision/guidelines

• Daily inspire, build, and sustain a culture of excellence by mentoring designers in standard methodologies, design processes, and conceptualization.

• Deliver clear and compelling presentations of strategies and ideas to senior partners

• Facilitate creative project kickoffs and lead brainstorming sessions with cross-functional teams

• Garner feedback and consensus from the senior leadership team, franchisee marketers, colleagues across varying departments, and sales associates as appropriate

Qualifications:

• BS/BA in Design or related field

• 10+ years experience in creative marketing design, preferably in luxury or real estate

• A director with outstanding creative problem-solving, development, execution, and design skills.

• At least five years of direct management experience

• Expert-level skills in digital and print design software such as Adobe Creative Suite, specifically InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator

• Knowledge of digital animation/motion graphics and video creation

• Has a keenly developed luxury design aesthetic

• Effective in driving creative, conceptualization, and harnessing problem-solving skills, capability to proactively communicate with the team, improving implementation and development of vision.

About Us: We believe the true wealth of Africa has yet to be fully explored or exported. By focusing on art, culture, design, and politics of a different order, we intend to create a culture portal into the enduring humanity of her people on the continent and diaspora by telling our individual and collective stories. The Genesis of life converging upon modernization, this is Africa redefined.

Our Idea Candidate will:

• Lead our acquisition, engagement, and retention efforts.

• Responsible for implementing the growth and demand generation functions.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support business performance marketing, lead generation, and lifecycle marketing initiatives across owned and earned channels, partner platforms, organic search, and paid media.

• Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication, including project documentation.

• Ability to work effectively as part of a team; establishes and maintains cooperative working relationships with colleagues and customers.

• Proficient Microsoft Office skills.

• Accustomed to working in an environment requiring multi-tasking and changing project priorities.

Responsibilities:

• Customer acquisition, including paid social, paid search, organic search, display, email, text, and partnerships.

• Drive data-based analysis and insights to improve campaign effectiveness and value to the business.

• Focus on data, experimentation, testing, and analytics to uncover critical business insights and opportunities for scalable user growth.

• Generalize growth learnings and best practices into a framework for future growth marketing initiatives.

• Implement digital marketing campaigns on paid and earned social, direct response, email, and other channels

• Analyze and extract meaningful marketing insights from various channels and analytics platforms

• Monitor and report on the effectiveness of marketing plans and coordinate plans with sales teams.

• Provide strong financial acumen to all business decisions and provide post-analysis to ensure goals are accomplished. Understand and analyze performance metrics of marketing activities.

• Interface and negotiate with all internal and external marketing partners (media companies, external agencies, etc.) to structure plans to meet all parties’ goals and ensure the execution of projects.

Requirements:

• 2+ years of relevant campaign management experience in a similar role.

• Solid track record of inspiring action based on data-driven insights and software analytics experience.

• Strong analytical skills and understanding of marketing attribution, with the ability to report on campaign success and identify what’s not working.

• Able to work efficiently under tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities simultaneously

• Confidently able to maneuver between working cooperatively in a team-oriented and cross-functional environment, as well as independently

• Experience with marketing automation platforms, CRMs, and marketing reporting is a plus.

• Experience at a fast growing-startup is a plus.

About Us: We believe the true wealth of Africa has yet to be fully explored or exported. By focusing on art, culture, design, and politics of a different order, we intend to create a culture portal into the enduring humanity of her people on the continent and diaspora by telling our individual and collective stories. The Genesis of life converging upon modernization, this is Africa redefined.

Our Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• This candidate will have proven experience driving multi-format content performance across digital and social platforms.

• Must have extensive experience leading teams of content producers; and a personal or professional background in (or adjacent to) the outdoor industry.

• This candidate will bring a deep understanding of storytelling that resonates with Afr-i-can ideal audiences.

• This candidate will strive to maintain Outside's editorial legacy and leadership positions while also reimagining our content in ways that will attract newer, younger, and underrepresented audience groups.

• Last but not least, the ideal candidate will share Outside's commitment to participation, sustainability, and diversity.

Responsibilities:

Afr-i-can rarely does the same thing every day, and part of the joy of the job is how varied the tasks and experiences are. While your duties are likely to evolve in response to market trends and business changes, your core responsibilities will include the following:

• Grow audience, revenue, and membership as an inspirational and inclusive leader of our most significant title.

• Develop strategies and execution plans to achieve greater reach and engagement with our existing and incremental audiences.

• Attend and lead all high-level print, channel, feature, podcast, affiliate, video, and news editorial meetings to help guide the consistent execution of our editorial strategy across the teams.

• Stay abreast of trends in the outdoor industry, popular culture, and digital media.

• Manage the career growth of a talented team of editors

• Assign, edit, and write stories for online and print

• Represent the company as a thought leader in the category

• Partner with sales and marketing to support advertising success

• Contribute to the company's culture and direction as a member of the Senior Leadership Team

Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, English, or other relevant degrees

• 10+ years experience in editing, assigning, and writing content for local and national audiences

• 5+ years of experience managing creatives, as well as a passion for mentoring and guiding their career development

• Extensive knowledge and networks in the outdoor enthusiast category

• Fluency in digital, social, and video content best practices

• Fluency in financial reporting and budget development

Why you should join Afr-i-can

Afr-i-can provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Afr-i-can

complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

About Us: We believe the true wealth of Africa has yet to be fully explored or exported. By focusing on art, culture, design, and politics of a different order, we intend to create a culture portal into the enduring humanity of her people on the continent and diaspora by telling our individual and collective stories. The Genesis of life converging upon modernization, this is Africa redefined.

Our Ideal Candidate Will Have

• Administer all editorial for web content and magazine, supervise efficient working of all web and production staff, and evaluate all performance of editorial staff.

• Analyze and recommend strategies to increase the magazine's web presence and coordinate with co-editors for all special reports.

• Assist various departments, perform all non-editorial functions such as special events and fundraising, coordinate with publishing and business staff for all editorial processes, and prepare all long-term strategies for the magazine.

• Collaborate with the management team, participate in all editorial meetings, ensure compliance with all deadlines for all content and coordinate with Group Managing Editor to maintain the exceptional quality of all content and ensure adherence to all standards.

• Perform research in all markets, manage all communication with customers, and coordinate with all sales and marketing departments to design all products and administer all contracts for authors.

• Analyze all profit and loss for magazines, prepare required documents, evaluate all product content according to required guidelines, and manage all processes for program components.

• Manage and implement various improvement processes and develop content for all high education programs for various product lines and online products.

• Assist in generating all ideas from various sources, managing them across the product line, establishing all content lineups for multiple markets, and identifying all content sources.

• Coordinate with writers to develop content for various product lines and design all edit elements to evaluate the content and ensure the use of the same in multiple markets.

Responsibilities:

• Assigns stories or other content departments of the magazine, line edits content; works with fact-checking and copyediting for story refinement; oversees legal and professional reviews; supplies content to the production team in appropriate formats and style.

• Ensures that all new content is of the highest quality for a lay consumer; adheres to publishing and digital best practices; enhances the experience; and is presented in innovative and compelling ways.

• Monitors all existing content and actively manages it for ongoing relevance, timeliness, and accuracy. When appropriate, updates existing content or replace it with more relevant and timely versions.

• Reviews and analyzes readership, usage data, and other resources to develop an in-depth understanding of the Afr-i-can audience.

• Analyzes content performance and identifies opportunities for sustainable growth.

• Work closely with other print and digital content teams to create content related to brand guidelines. Advises other content teams on their coverage in ways that make the entire span of related content complementary, comprehensive, and non-overlapping.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in journalism or a science-related field required (advanced degree or ongoing training is preferred) and 5+ years experience leading an entertainment-related content program targeting a consumer audience.

• Must be proven to read other professional communications and extract the most relevant and meaningful content for a mass-consumer audience.

• Must be a proven wordsmith, highly creative, and passionate about service journalism.

• Proficient in using the Microsoft Office Suite of tools and comfortable working with advanced content management systems and digital production tools.

• Must have top-notch communication and interpersonal skills, as the role requires maintaining solid and positive relationships with a wide range of internal and external clients.

About Us: We believe the true wealth of Africa has yet to be fully explored or exported. By focusing on art, culture, design, and politics of a different order, we intend to create a culture portal into the enduring humanity of her people on the continent and diaspora by telling our individual and collective stories. The Genesis of life converging upon modernization, this is Africa redefined.

Our Ideal Candidate will :

• Possess a passion for tracking, analyzing, and understanding the celebrity articles that best resonate with the Afr-i-can audience.

• Experience with audience listening, identifying trends, and capitalizing on opportunities.

• Highly adaptable and comfortable in a fast-paced growth environment

• High emotional intelligence.

Responsibilities:

• Provide visionary leadership and day-to-day management for Features staff, including reporters, assistant editors, copy editors, producers, and freelancers. Coach; oversee professional development; provide consistent feedback.

• Direct Features coverage areas include food and drink, arts and entertainment, outdoors, wellness, lifestyle, events, travel, and communities.

• Plan, communicate, and coordinate Feature coverage plans with other editors and departments.

• Collaborate on interdisciplinary projects with visual and digital journalists and other news teams, such as sports, investigations, and business.

• Edit stories from conception to publication on multiple platforms (print and digital) and guide the editing of assistant editors.

• Balance an agile response to breaking news and trending topics with demands of long-range, planned features based on audience interests and behavior.

• Triage a high volume of work, reprioritizing daily or even hourly as needed.

• Reflect a plurality of perspectives in coverage and uphold inclusive journalistic practices in story framing, sourcing, writing, and presentation. Nurture a welcoming workplace.

• Assess staffing needs, interview applicants, and participate in hiring for Features positions, identifying up-and-coming talent and building a diverse staff. Scout and manage freelancers.

• Represent the Features operation to sources and the public.

• Develop operating budgets, authorize overtime and expenditures, and manage expenses to meet budget projections.

• Actively contribute to content operation through committee involvement, planning programs, etc. Participate in long-range planning using research and other resources. Oversee content projects and initiatives as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Five or more years of experience in daily content operation, including supervisory experience.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in journalism, related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Must have excellent grammar and language skills.

• Must have typing and basic computer skills; fearlessly adopt new technology and digital publishing platforms; be familiar with SEO and web analytics.

• Familiarity with subject matter related to cultures, wellness, food and drink, travel and outdoors, arts and entertainment is strongly preferred.

• Must be visually literate, with a basic understanding of layout and design principles.

• Must understand and uphold accuracy, fairness, ethics, and inclusion standards under intense deadline pressure.

• Adhere to company requirements for the timely filing of expenses and forms, and other information when requested.

Why you should join Afr-i-can

About Us: We believe the true wealth of Africa has yet to be fully explored or exported. By focusing on art, culture, design, and politics of a different order, we intend to create a culture portal into the enduring humanity of her people on the continent and diaspora by telling our individual and collective stories. The Genesis of life converging upon modernization, this is Africa redefined.

Our Idea Candidate will have the following:

• Video production and editing experience, including knowledge in Premiere and After Effects

• Understanding of After Effects/Motion Graphics

• Familiarity with print and color correction

• Firm grasp of digital design, including mobile and responsive landscapes, web UX/UI

• Photography experience

Responsibilities:

• Assess existing material and bring design as well as process innovation.

• Create visual elements in reusable proposal content as well as customized content for individual proposal documents

• Work within Afr-i-can requirements which can include design, editing, and reformatting of MS Word and MS PowerPoint proposal documents and templates

• Collaborate with the marketing team on brand standards as well as other ad-hoc design requests

• Must be detail-oriented and work well under deadline pressure while remaining focused, recognizing and correcting errors and inconsistencies.

• Must be proficient with solid project management, prioritization, and organizational skills.

• Experience with print production.

• Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within marketing.

• Create, design, and refine executive presentations using PowerPoint, Keynote, and Google Slides that impact and demonstrate a passion for storytelling.

• Collaborate on design materials that will engage employees across all groups and leadership levels, including graphics to accompany key announcements, orientation materials, and other internal communications materials as needed

• Contribute experiential knowledge and ideas to the evolution of our internal design toolkit to support our design team

Education:

• BA or BS in Graphic Design or Marketing

• 3+ years of design experience in a corporate or agency environment

• A strong portfolio showcasing your recent digital and print designs

• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word)

• Proven expertise in graphic design, typography, and photography

• Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills

• Deliver quality work to meet deadlines.

Computer Skills:

Comprehensive knowledge of Photoshop, InDesign, Corel, Illustrator, Figma and various other design software. Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word®, Excel®, PowerPoint®).

About Us: We believe the true wealth of Africa has yet to be fully explored or exported. By focusing on art, culture, design, and politics of a different order, we intend to create a culture portal into the enduring humanity of her people on the continent and diaspora by telling our individual and collective stories. The Genesis of life converging upon modernization, this is Africa redefined.

Our Ideal Candidate Will have the following:

• Oversee all aspects of the publication's operations, ensure its content's integrity and mission compliance, oversee smooth operations of processes and workflows, and support the development of all Afr-i-can personnel.

• Set quarterly, annual, and long-term strategic benchmarks for Afr-i-can's growth and development, including but not limited to identifying partnerships and collaborations with other publications, growing readership, developing contributor pipelines, and expanding/diversifying content modes.

• Set budgetary plans for Afr-i-can.

• Establish and have primary responsibility for effective workflow and collaboration systems and processes for the overall operations of the publication.

• Develop strategic plans for personnel growth and oversee talent searches and recruitment processes.

• Served as the Afr-i-can editorial board chair, set weekly editorial board meeting agendas, and directed editorial board meetings.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure the editorial quality of the publication, protecting the integrity of Afr-i-can's mission and content, and ensuring that all content meets the highest standards

• Oversee features and special projects of Afr-i-can, including the weekly newsletter and events.

• Engage in direct edits, incorporating feedback and corrections, and liaising with contributors, including supporting other editors.

• As a member of the Afr-i-can editorial board, you will contribute content ideas and engage in outreach to potential contributors as appropriate. May occasionally contribute original work to Afr-i-can.

• Responsible for proofreading, fact-checking, and shepherding manuscripts from submission to final version.

• Consolidate stakeholder-recommended changes in content, resolve conflicts, and edit publication pages accordingly.

• Responsible for proofing and fact-checking communication and direct mail collateral, serving as a final review on outward-facing material.

• Ensuring outward-facing materials represent stakeholders/authors respectfully, coherently, and professionally.

• Resolve personnel issues with staff and freelancers, referring to Human Resources as appropriate.

• Provide staff supervision in the absence of the Editor-in-Chief.

• Assist and support the department as needed and serve as a backup for the Editor-in-Chief.

Professional Qualifications:

• Must have a bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience.

• Must have at least 10 years of experience reporting, writing, proofreading, and publishing in digital and print formats, with five (5) years in a supervisory role.

• Must have superior writing and editing skills and the ability to produce clear and consistent content within a short turnaround time.

• Must have strong organizational skills and the ability to attend to details and meet deadlines consistently.

• Strong supervisory skills and willingness to hold others accountable.

• Must have the ability to manage and respond to diverse stakeholders and audiences.

• Must have the ability to think strategically about content selection and editorial decisions.

• Must have excellent verbal and interpersonal skills and a high degree of comfort interacting with industry leaders.

• Must be comfortable working under pressure and with multiple concurrent priorities.

• Ability and commitment to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.

About Us: We believe the true wealth of Africa has yet to be fully explored or exported. By focusing on art, culture, design, and politics of a different order, we intend to create a culture portal into the enduring humanity of her people on the continent and diaspora by telling our individual and collective stories. The Genesis of life converging upon modernization, this is Africa redefined.

Our Idea Candidate will have the following:

• A general background in digital marketing.

• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.

• A strong sense of personal accountability.

• The building out and troubleshooting of advertising campaigns

• Ad account performance analysis, reporting internally and to clients, and planning.

• Team collaboration, reporting, and conversion strategy.

• Placing the Facebook Pixel and Google Tag Manager on websites, apps, or landing pages.

Responsibilities:

• Must have 1 year of full-time experience in building and managing ad campaigns on Facebook, Google Search, YouTube, or display.

• Bonus points for experience managing Google Analytics and GTM.

• Experience with UTM codes.

• Experience with budgets that exceed tens of thousands a month

• Contribute to media strategy development with other team members.

• Build and execute digital marketing campaigns across paid media channels, platforms, and direct partnerships.

• Optimize paid media campaigns to achieve campaign goals, increase conversions, or decrease costs.

• Ideate a/b and other tests that have the potential to move the needle, overseeing implementation, tracking, and reporting on the tests.

• Conduct and review keyword, audience, & bid research and management, monitoring budgets for all active Google pay-per-click campaigns.

• Compile detailed, downloadable reports finding insights and solutions while working with the analytics team to maintain quality and efficiency.

• Communicate with the lines of business, account managers, and creative teams to create, organize, and deliver creative across the numerous campaigns.

• Partner with other team members to ensure paid media and branded content plans are aligned and integrated with overall seasonal campaigns and other annual marketing programs.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must have a bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, or a related field.

• 3+ Years of experience utilizing Meta Ads, Google Display Network, or other demand-side platforms is a plus.

• 2+ years of Campaign Management

• 1+ year of Google Analytics setup and reporting preferred

• Experience managing large and small SEM & paid social campaigns is a must.

About Us: We believe the true wealth of Africa has yet to be fully explored or exported. By focusing on art, culture, design, and politics of a different order, we intend to create a culture portal into the enduring humanity of her people on the continent and diaspora by telling our individual and collective stories. The Genesis of life converging upon modernization, this is Africa redefined.

Our Ideal Candidate will have the following:

• Edit stories with speed and precision, conforming to brand guidelines

• Assign stories that cover breaking news, trending news, and other day information.

• Assist senior editors to ensure that breaking news alerts are sent out quickly and developing stories are updated continuously and accurately.

• Monitor wires, social media, and internal emails for breaking news and updates to developing stories

Responsibilities:

• The editor will be responsible for assigning and editing at least one staff writer and will also pick up edits at a fast pace as needed.

• The editor will constantly be on the lookout for news as it breaks and will pitch creative ideas about how to cover that news.

• The editor will help to reconceive the Afr-i-can daily newsletter and will be responsible for the newsletter.

• Assign, edit, and publish news stories that meet the complex's editorial standards from a qualitative and brand standpoint.

• Work closely with the Executive Editor to increase news stories' quality, efficiency, and performance.

• Communicate with news writers to ensure they are correctly drafting write-ups that highlight the main elements of the story

• Collaborate with the Social team to maximize the reach of news coverage through social media platforms

• Write news stories when necessary, as well as update news stories when appropriate.

• Write daily video scripts for news stories to increase engagement.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field.

• At least five years' experience working as a journalist, ideally in a digital news environment.

• Experience managing writers.

• Great news judgment and excellent framing ability.

• Top-notch communication and collaboration skills.

• Demonstrated proficiency in entertainment copywriting.

• Expert-level skills in written English.

• Perfect grammar and spelling skills.

• Ability to work independently and proactively to meet project timelines and deliverables.

• Strong interpersonal skills, including the confidence to interact with stakeholders at all levels.

• Ability to manage multiple projects.

About Us: We believe the true wealth of Africa has yet to be fully explored or exported. By focusing on art, culture, design, and politics of a different order, we intend to create a culture portal into the enduring humanity of her people on the continent and diaspora by telling our individual and collective stories. The Genesis of life converging upon modernization, this is Africa redefined.

Responsibilities:

• Content briefs writing with keyword research

• Manage on-site and off-site content creation (create tasks for VAs to write the needed posts, SEO keyword optimization of the said articles, back and forth communication with the web admins),

• Come up with various white hat SEO strategies to grow the traffic, backlinks, and ranking for the relevant keywords.

• Reach out to web admins for guest posts and backlinks building.

• Constantly monitor the statistics of the websites and keep track of what efforts are working and which are not.

• Guide and manage the SEO efforts and provide the team with new tasks,

• Technical SEO optimization.

KPIs:

• Increase in ranking for the industry-specific keywords agreed upon after an audit,

• Consistent content creation,

• Increase targeted organic traffic.

• Don't get any of the sites blocklisted or banned.

What you will get:

- We will grant you full access to our content team, so all your content needs will be handled for you.

- Also, our developers will help with the website's meta tags, the structure of URLs, etc., so you don't have to worry about the tech setup.

- You will get access to our direct outreach setup for backlink-building campaigns.

Qualifications:

• Strong SEO background who can hit the ground running (3+ years of experience).

• An expert in keyword research & keyword mapping.

• Experience doing competitor research and link-building basics.

• Proficient in WordPress, Shopify and Hubspot.

• Someone with experience using Ahrefs, SEMRush, Google Analytics, and Google Search Console.

• Can work with a team and has excellent communication skills.

About Us: We believe the true wealth of Africa has yet to be fully explored or exported. By focusing on art, culture, design, and politics of a different order, we intend to create a culture portal into the enduring humanity of her people on the continent and diaspora by telling our individual and collective stories. The Genesis of life converging upon modernization, this is Africa redefined.

Our Ideal Candidate will have the following:

• Pitch, assign, and edit the content that responds to a season, a trend, or a sale. There will be an opportunity to write content as well.

• Work closely with our editorial teams to top-edit content to ensure it fits the brand's voice and style while still driving revenue.

• Execute new shopping content opportunities on various platforms, including newsletter, social, and external distribution.

• Liaise with the SEO team to ensure all content is optimized for search and commerce.

• Monitor the news cycle to identify content opportunities, whether with new or existing content.

• Track content performance to inform and execute new growth areas to increase revenue.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as lead editor for content from news writers and partners, developing strategic content to drive pillar messaging and grow engagement across all channels.

• Serves as the lead writer for high-profile events and oversees content coordination for events.

• Manages the production of the e-newsletter, including content selection and headline tactics to grow readership and increase engagement.

• Helps coordinate news pitches with the company media relations team, ensuring strong alignment between the teams and content development with a focus on driving media interest.

• Leads monthly brainstorming sessions within company communications to create strategic content and stories highlighting the community and develops ways to leverage innovative technology platforms to increase audience engagement.

• Co-leads weekly meetings to coordinate the upcoming content schedule and foster alignment with our partners.

• Serves as lead editor for social media content, advancing the quality and effectiveness of the company's social channels.

• Leads regular content meetings with partners, developing opportunities to highlight impactful research, high-profile events, and initiatives.

• Uses best practices and knowledge to write, update, and revise style notes for each assigned journal.

• Works with minimal guidance to edit complex manuscripts and other copy forms for grammar, punctuation, spelling, style, shape, sentence structure, clarity, consistency, and accuracy.

• Creates online and print versions of publications. Performs quality control checking at all stages of production for all written material in an editorial group.

• Performs other related work as needed.

Qualifications:

• Must have bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field.

• Must have at least 3 years of experience in writing and editing with attention to detail.

• Must demonstrate proficiency in entertainment copywriting.

• Expert-level skills in written English.

• Must have excellent grammar and spelling skills.

• Ability to work independently and proactively to meet project timelines and deliverables

• Strong interpersonal skills, including the confidence to interact with stakeholders at all levels

• Ability to manage multiple projects

Why you should join Afr-i-can

About Us: We believe the true wealth of Africa has yet to be fully explored or exported. By focusing on art, culture, design, and politics of a different order, we intend to create a culture portal into the enduring humanity of her people on the continent and diaspora by telling our individual and collective stories. The Genesis of life converging upon modernization, this is Africa redefined.

Our Ideal Candidate will have the following:

• Creates intuitive navigation and edits content for the websites we develop.

• Migrate, organize, and optimize content to make it accessible to various users.

• Edits text, images, and information displayed on a website in compliance with web usability and accessibility standards.



Responsibility:

• Edit and develop highly usable web content based on best practices.

• Meet or exceed content metrics, quality standards, and team expectations

• Proactively communicate with team members, including the Senior Editor and Content Manager, on the status of projects as well as any other pertinent project information.

• Maintain a high level of collaboration with all project members to ensure site consistency.

• Identify and provide feedback on opportunities for process and efficiency improvements.

• Provide cross-departmental support to other product suites as needed.

• Liaise with departments, and create and maintain online content.

• Ensure that content is accurate and up-to-date and provides an excellent user experience.

• Ensure that all content is accessible and search engine optimized.

• Source and edit (where appropriate) images, considering current copyright legislation.

• Together with Marketing, devise and publish integrated promotional campaigns for various deals.

• Find creative and new ways to organize ad-hoc and complex content to ensure the website stays fresh and continues to appeal to new audiences.

• Provide advice and support to teams about web content and presentation.

• Manage your workload, prioritizing job tasks and ensuring timely delivery.

• Keep up with various consumer brands’ emerging discount news and deals.

• Undertake additional duties, as required, from time to time.

• Undertake training and development courses and programs as needed.

• Show the highest integrity and confidentiality in the pursuance of these duties.

Qualification:

• Must have a degree-level education or equivalent experience.

• Experience applying editing and proofreading standards

• Proficient with basic computer programs such as Microsoft Excel

• Strong attention to detail

• Ability to work and think independently or with a team as situations warrant

• Excellent time management skills

• Ability to quickly learn new applications and processes

• Effective communication skills

• Ability to stay focused on the task for extended periods

• Experience using a CMS or HTML preferred

About Us: We believe the true wealth of Africa has yet to be fully explored or exported. By focusing on art, culture, design, and politics of a different order, we intend to create a culture portal into the enduring humanity of her people on the continent and diaspora by telling our individual and collective stories. The Genesis of life converging upon modernization, this is Africa redefined.

Our Idea Candidate will be:

• Craft responsive and accessible websites for the Afr-i-can brand

• Deliver strategic and consistent end-to-end experience for users

• Influence the design and directions of the projects you work on

• Work collaboratively with developers to execute design vision

• Design according to requirements documentation.

• Follow brand guidelines and modify these guidelines when appropriate.

• Meet realistic design deadlines.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all company web design projects from concept through implementation – including digital design, creating prototypes / mock-ups, testing, and debugging.

• Partner with teammates to deliver creative work for review ahead of delivery times.

• Provide quick turnaround of project deliverables, including wireframes, composites, functional specifications, and mobile site content.

• Shape and implement the vision of the online experience, including design, informational architecture & brand identity, ensuring consistency across the entire visual presentation.

• Upgrade, maintain, and provide ongoing advanced design web pages that are visually compelling and brand appropriate.

• Create wireframes, storyboards, user/process flows, journey maps, site maps, and other tools to guide product development.

• Develop simple interactive prototypes for demonstrating design ideas.

• Assist in building an understanding of the design guidelines for critical teams.

• Develop comprehensive annotated design specifications and functional documentation for the engineering team.

• Work with the engineering team to develop UI pattern toolkits to promote consistency and efficiency in applying UX & UI standards.

Experiences:

• Must have 5 years of web design experience with demonstrable skills represented by a body of work.

• Experience working on the back end of web development is preferred.

• High to expert proficiency with the following programs & languages: HTML, CSS3, Bootstrap, and Adobe Suite.

• Must understand usability best practices, web standards, cross-browser compatibility, responsive design, and image optimization techniques.

• Must have elegant graphic, typography, and web design skills with interactive design experience.

• Must have superior attention to detail and handle multiple projects concurrently.

• Detailed understanding of the Internet as it relates to working with high-volume websites.