Job Opening: Community Editor for Thomson Reuters (South Africa)

Thomson Reuters is seeking a Community Editor for Trading Africa. We're seeking talent with a mix of cutting-edge skills - an understanding of financial markets, social media awareness and first class journalism - to lead all editorial aspects of a project that will combine analytical insight with Reuters News to build a real-time investment community for one of the world's most exciting investment hotspots. First and foremost, we're looking for a confident communicator who can moderate debates - online or in person - and bring insight to a community that is not only looking for news, but also trading ideas and direct access to the key decision-makers. Have you built up a Twitter following? Do you know what makes Facebook so magnetic? We're looking for someone who not only uses social media, but understands it as a powerful tool for building communities and exchanging information. Can you start an online conversation and keep it going? Do you naturally share information? We need an instinctive networker who enjoys building bridges with business colleagues and gets a buzz out of hosting lively events.

Responsibilities:

• Develop a Day Ahead Newsletter that becomes a must-read item for the community
• Secure a steady stream of guests for the chatroom including economists, analysts, and top company executives
• Nurture a culture of participation amongst members
• Devise an engaging content strategy for the Web Portal
• Establish strong relationships with Reuters colleagues and a steady flow of journalists into the chatroom
• Build collaborative relationships with the business team and help devise campaigns to increase the engagement of members

Qualifications

Required skills:

• Experience in the financial or investment industries, or financial journalism
• A multi-tasker who can juggle the demands of a live chatroom, private conversations with members, forward event planning and website updating
• Deep knowledge of investment strategy or financial analysis
• Good writing and multimedia presentation skills
• Experience with web production and presentation, blogging or social media a plus
• Willingness to work long hours; team skills paramount

Desired skills:

• Knowledge of markets in sub-Saharan Africa

At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 55,000 colleagues in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Primary Location South Africa-Johannesburg

Contact Information:

For submissions: apply directly at Reuters career site here

Website: http://thomsonreuters.com/

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