Film and TV Editor - FilFan.com
- Full-time
Company Description
Established in 2001, Sarmady dominates the Egyptian fixed and mobile internet with a wide range of locally relevant content and services spanning sports, film, music, city-guides, directories, classifieds, social networks and automotive.
Built on the belief that high quality locally-relevant and trusted content would be the key to the long-term success of Sarmady and the internet in Egypt, Sarmady invested heavily in building some of the very best destination websites and mobile internet portals in the region.
Acquired by Vodafone Egypt in 2008, Sarmady became Vodafone's digital arm and is able to utilize Vodafone's depth of customer insight, and reach, and combine it with Sarmady's behavioral and demographic matrices to offer a truly unique digital advertising and marketing experience.
Our Vision
To lead a digital revolution in Egypt to enhance the lives and possibilities of Egypt's citizens by opening the digital world of content and services to them.
Our Mission
To remain at the forefront of mobile and fixed internet services and content and to extend our reach to all Egyptians and drive the mobile internet via an impressive array of services and content.
Our Values
- Ethical Content, Services, and Business Practices
- Creativity and Innovation
- Constant Improvement
- Engagement and Reward of our customers, partners and staff
Job Description
• Properly formulate and edit news to be upload on FilFan.com.
• Writes/rewrites/edits stories with accuracy, speed and independence, in accordance with FilFan.com principles and operating standards.
• Report on and review the latest programmes and films.
• Evaluate several movies a week and Analyse trends in movie ticket sales.
• Forms critical opinions based on personal knowledge, judgment, and experience.
• Attend film premieres and conduct exclusive interviews with Filmmakers, Celebrities and Media Figures.
• Building contacts to maintain a flow of news.
Qualifications
• Excellent editing and fact-checking skills
• Excellent internet skills including smart web search
• impeccable grammar.
• Good knowledge of MS Office
• Good knowledge in English language (reading, writing and translation into Arabic)
• The ability to write creatively, clearly, and compellingly.
• An eye for detail
• Able to work with minimal direction and supervision; independent and self-sufficient.
• Results driven
• Flexibility to work Fridays and Saturdays, ready to take non-successive weekend-days, as well as being on duty during official national holidays if needed.
• Ready to work from home if needed.
Additional Information
• Must be organized, detail-oriented and deadline-driven.
• Can use SEO techniques efficiently
• Experience working at a fast-paced digital newsroom (Speed and accuracy)
• Basics of editorial design (news photos, Facebook posts, etc …)
• Strong follow-through and attention to detail