Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, October 17 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Guardian Limited, publishers of leading Tanzanian newspapers The Guardian, Nipashe and Nipashe Jumapili, is looking for motivated and experienced professionals to fill the following positions:

JOB PURPOSE:
This position requires a digital savvy bilingual journalist obsessed with using data 8 insights to generate engaging content and build audiences across multiple platforms.

• She/He should have a proven track record in creating targeted, interactive web 8 social media content, managing online communities and converting casual readers and followers into engaged fans.

• As an audience-first digital journalist, she/he should be obsessed with quality, clarity, accuracy and speed and should also be comfortable with various content management systems (WordPress, Drupal, Core Media). analytics tools (Chart beat. Google Analytics) and footprint 8 impact trackers (Keyhole, Hootsuite).

Main Responsibilities:
• Using audience data to refine content strategies for news, features and special projects for TGL's YouTube and social media pages, focusing on mobile-first delivery. Developing monthly content calendars (outside events stories) for guardian.co.tz, ensuring a consistent pipeline of original digital reporting and exclusive web stories.
• Uploading 8 distribute articles (text, visuals 8 audios) to guardian.co.tz and other TGL sites and social media channels
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• Ensuring accurate and timely content delivery for distinct/specialized audiences.
• Editing headlines and copy for websites, video 8 social media platforms utilizing SEO best practices (use of metadata, tags, keywords, internal linking, optimized media).
• Championing the use of videos and interactive photographs across TGL websites 8 social media pages
• Ensuring content is of evidently publishable quality.
• Prioritizing web coverage to focus on readership (engagement) and impact, giving prominence to content demonstrating confirmed newsworthiness and clarity.
• Developing and deploying new content formats, including new segments for existing TOL video platforms (YouTube 8 Instagram), interactive stories and visualizations.
• Researching and cultivating 8 operationalized new digital distribution platforms for TBLcontent (e.g. TikTok Discord), working closely with managing editors, on Online 8 New Content.
• Cultivating and effectively managing relationships with various sources and stakeholders to ensure that
• newsmakers talk digital-first.
• Serving as digital liaison and champion with TGL's various news desks 8 content team, helping them learn to deliver news for digital platforms first.
• Generating and disseminating creative multimedia content in keeping with changing news landscape realities and convergence requirements.
• Researching, preparing and producing content for TGL online publications
• Reacting to stories trending on social media and making live presentations on TGL Digital, informing the public on the same
• •Website management and Content Management Systems (CMS) - updating TOL'S websites on a 24-hour cycle to meet targets for assigned sub-sections
• Proofreading and editing online copy for newspaper websites.
• Ensuring all articles and posts observe correct grammar and style guidelines.
• Testing website usability and attractiveness and errors.
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• Designing new features for website to increase user engagement.
• Monitoring website communications to discern and forestall problems
• Integrating SEO (search engine optimization) and improving content to maximize effectiveness
• Fulfilling any other duties or responsibilities assigned by head of unit.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:
• Bachelor's degree in Journalism/Mass Communication or equivalent from a recognised institution.
• Three years' working experience, preferably in a newsroom or other media environment in progressively responsible editorial or content production roles.
• Expertise relating to digital audiences, content creation and distribution using various CMSes, editing 8 sharing video [Premier Pro, Final Cut, MimoLIVE).
• Knowledge of motion graphics, animations, visual effects [Blender, Adobe AE), HTML, CSS, 8 JAVAScript will be an added advantage.



Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Apply online via email address: vacancy@guardian.co.tz by 31st October, 2023.
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.


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