Property24 has a vacancy for a sub-editor/journalist in its Randburg, Johannesburg office. We are looking for someone with excellent writing and editing skills
Property24 has a vacancy for a sub-editor/journalist in its Randburg, Johannesburg office. We are looking for someone with excellent writing and editing skills, who loves a challenge and wants to develop a career in the property news space. You must have a can-do, mature attitude and be willing to go the extra mile. If you’re resourceful and love chasing a good story, enjoy being part of a small team but can work without supervision, and are confident that you can deliver on daily targets and deadlines - we’d love to meet you. All candidates will be required to take a test during the interview process.Requirements
Tertiary qualification: BA English, BCom or journalism.
Exceptional English writing and editing skills.
2 years’ experience in a newsroom or similar environment.
Business or financial writing experience and a strong interest in property.
Research and social media skills.
Driver's licence and own vehicle essential.
Must live in the Johannesburg area.
Competencies and aptitudes
An understanding and interest in property market and financial trends.
Accuracy, attention to detail and production of quality content.
Sound knowledge of editorial principles.
Persistent nature and consistency in work approach, standards and methodology.
Excellent organisational and planning skills.
Ability to work independently but as part of a team, taking direction from a line manager.
An even temperament and ability to work under pressure, and deal with diverse personalities and situations.
The willingness to work overtime and attend industry events, if required.
Punctual and honest, with ability to meet strict daily deadlines.
Duties
Pitch stories, report on breaking news, sub-edit and write original features.
Upload online media news content.
Interview industry figures, understand economic reports and conduct thorough research.
Build contacts in the property industry and attend events.
Take and edit photographs when required, video skills an advantage.
Additional
Please forward a CV and short motivation letter to [email protected]. If you have not heard back from us within two weeks after your application, please consider it unsuccessful.
Perks
21 days leave + 1 for each 2 years worked (up to 25 days)
Premium coffee machine
No overtime
Free daily breakfast
Wednesday treats
Group life insurance
On-site gym access
Company medical aid plan
Quarterly catered drinks evening
Ultra-fast internet
Free pizza if you decide to work late
Video or book subscription service subsidy
Located at foot of Table Mountain in leafy Newlands
Fast PCs with multiple large screens
Awesome year end function
Ad-hoc peer reward system
On-site Knead bakery + shops and restaurants across the road
Squash courts
Team budget for outings and celebrations
Top salaries
]Apply This Job Now On Our Official Website![/url]
or email us at [email protected]
Physical Address: Great Westerford, 240 Main Road,Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
Tel: +27 (0)861 111 724
About us :
Software innovation is the driving force behind the success of Property24. We strive for outstanding user experiences on our websites, desktop, and mobile applications. We've created the leading property marketplaces in SA, Russia, Kenya and the Philippines and are by no means finished. Join the tech-savvy team where quality, scale and performance are the foundations of our success. We're always growing our products, so if you're one of SA's talented software developers, then you'd be a great addition to our team.Our company
Property24 is owned by Naspers. We operate independently of the 24.com group of companies, having our headquarters in the Great Westerford Building in leafy Newlands at the foot of Table Mountain. Property24 falls within the Naspers classifieds division, the OLX Group.
What we do
We've created a comprehensive property platform that is successfully deployed in multiple international territories. In SA alone, we have over 700 independent property websites running on our platform, with 4 300 estate agencies and 37 000 estate agents using our systems on a daily basis. On top of this, in SA we have over 2.5m unique monthly consumers finding their perfect home on our website, and over 3.5m in Russia. These large audiences keep us on our toes, and motivate us to impress.
Why work for us
We love what we do. We're a team of passionate, tech-centric, like-minded individuals. Opinions are shared freely, and "street cred" is quickly established based on technical ability. We believe that measurement and statistics trump opinion, so analytics and A/B testing are a common tie-breaker. Our teams own the problems that they work with and have direct interactions with stakeholders. We know shortcuts are temporary and take the time to understand the detail.
The development department is the backbone of our business, and as such, developers are an influential part of the company.
Our engineering processes
We follow SCRUM - an agile, iterative, development methodology. These are the rails that we follow to increase our productivity. We don't like inefficiency, and believe that common sense should prevail, so we've got a few SCRUM twists and tweaks up our sleeve. Aside from that, online scrum tooling, continuous integration and feature branches help us to maintain a good rhythm.
We are unselfish with our ideas and love to share. Teams have regular code reviews, knowledge sharing sessions, and show and tell presentations.
Our tech stack
In order to be efficient, we've formed some core competencies. We develop mostly in C#/dotNet, but believe in using the best tools for the job, so we also develop for Java/Android, Swift/iOS, C++/Win depending on the nature of the job. Our software runs predominantly on Windows, but components of our systems run on Linux too. We are a Microsoft Gold Partner.
Having high traffic sites means we need to scale for the load. We use lots of techniques like search indexing, relational databases, caching, monitoring, image recognition, profiling, load balancing and performance tuning to name but a few.
Our software is deployed on Azure PAAS, IAAS as well as self-hosted bare metal virtualized environments.
Our hiring process
The first step in our process is a short test that will showcase your skills. We know that if you have good computer science skills, then languages are easy. We're not out to test your memory, but rather your understanding of things. If all checks out ok, then we can proceed to an interview at our offices, or via telephone, if you're out of town.
Please take the time to get to know us, it'll be worth your while, and hopefully you'll end up joining our great team.
Our photos:
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Tertiary qualification: BA English, BCom or journalism.
Exceptional English writing and editing skills.
2 years’ experience in a newsroom or similar environment.
Business or financial writing experience and a strong interest in property.
Research and social media skills.
Driver's licence and own vehicle essential.
Must live in the Johannesburg area.
Competencies and aptitudes
An understanding and interest in property market and financial trends.
Accuracy, attention to detail and production of quality content.
Sound knowledge of editorial principles.
Persistent nature and consistency in work approach, standards and methodology.
Excellent organisational and planning skills.
Ability to work independently but as part of a team, taking direction from a line manager.
An even temperament and ability to work under pressure, and deal with diverse personalities and situations.
The willingness to work overtime and attend industry events, if required.
Punctual and honest, with ability to meet strict daily deadlines.
Duties
Pitch stories, report on breaking news, sub-edit and write original features.
Upload online media news content.
Interview industry figures, understand economic reports and conduct thorough research.
Build contacts in the property industry and attend events.
Take and edit photographs when required, video skills an advantage.
Additional
Please forward a CV and short motivation letter to [email protected]. If you have not heard back from us within two weeks after your application, please consider it unsuccessful.
Perks
21 days leave + 1 for each 2 years worked (up to 25 days)
Premium coffee machine
No overtime
Free daily breakfast
Wednesday treats
Group life insurance
On-site gym access
Company medical aid plan
Quarterly catered drinks evening
Ultra-fast internet
Free pizza if you decide to work late
Video or book subscription service subsidy
Located at foot of Table Mountain in leafy Newlands
Fast PCs with multiple large screens
Awesome year end function
Ad-hoc peer reward system
On-site Knead bakery + shops and restaurants across the road
Squash courts
Team budget for outings and celebrations
Top salaries
]Apply This Job Now On Our Official Website![/url]
or email us at [email protected]
Physical Address: Great Westerford, 240 Main Road,Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
Tel: +27 (0)861 111 724
About us :
Software innovation is the driving force behind the success of Property24. We strive for outstanding user experiences on our websites, desktop, and mobile applications. We've created the leading property marketplaces in SA, Russia, Kenya and the Philippines and are by no means finished. Join the tech-savvy team where quality, scale and performance are the foundations of our success. We're always growing our products, so if you're one of SA's talented software developers, then you'd be a great addition to our team.Our company
Property24 is owned by Naspers. We operate independently of the 24.com group of companies, having our headquarters in the Great Westerford Building in leafy Newlands at the foot of Table Mountain. Property24 falls within the Naspers classifieds division, the OLX Group.
What we do
We've created a comprehensive property platform that is successfully deployed in multiple international territories. In SA alone, we have over 700 independent property websites running on our platform, with 4 300 estate agencies and 37 000 estate agents using our systems on a daily basis. On top of this, in SA we have over 2.5m unique monthly consumers finding their perfect home on our website, and over 3.5m in Russia. These large audiences keep us on our toes, and motivate us to impress.
Why work for us
We love what we do. We're a team of passionate, tech-centric, like-minded individuals. Opinions are shared freely, and "street cred" is quickly established based on technical ability. We believe that measurement and statistics trump opinion, so analytics and A/B testing are a common tie-breaker. Our teams own the problems that they work with and have direct interactions with stakeholders. We know shortcuts are temporary and take the time to understand the detail.
The development department is the backbone of our business, and as such, developers are an influential part of the company.
Our engineering processes
We follow SCRUM - an agile, iterative, development methodology. These are the rails that we follow to increase our productivity. We don't like inefficiency, and believe that common sense should prevail, so we've got a few SCRUM twists and tweaks up our sleeve. Aside from that, online scrum tooling, continuous integration and feature branches help us to maintain a good rhythm.
We are unselfish with our ideas and love to share. Teams have regular code reviews, knowledge sharing sessions, and show and tell presentations.
Our tech stack
In order to be efficient, we've formed some core competencies. We develop mostly in C#/dotNet, but believe in using the best tools for the job, so we also develop for Java/Android, Swift/iOS, C++/Win depending on the nature of the job. Our software runs predominantly on Windows, but components of our systems run on Linux too. We are a Microsoft Gold Partner.
Having high traffic sites means we need to scale for the load. We use lots of techniques like search indexing, relational databases, caching, monitoring, image recognition, profiling, load balancing and performance tuning to name but a few.
Our software is deployed on Azure PAAS, IAAS as well as self-hosted bare metal virtualized environments.
Our hiring process
The first step in our process is a short test that will showcase your skills. We know that if you have good computer science skills, then languages are easy. We're not out to test your memory, but rather your understanding of things. If all checks out ok, then we can proceed to an interview at our offices, or via telephone, if you're out of town.
Please take the time to get to know us, it'll be worth your while, and hopefully you'll end up joining our great team.
Our photos:
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