Health/Beauty Writer Job in Johannesburg, Craighall, Randburg

Health/Beauty Writer Job in Johannesburg, Craighall, Randburg

Health/Beauty Writer Vacancy in Johannesburg, Craighall, Randburg Dec 2024
Caxton Magazines Current open jobs in South Africa 2024
Recruitment Vacancy : Health/Beauty Writer Work in South Africa
 

Remuneration: Cost to company
Benefits: Pension fund, Provident Fund
Location: Johannesburg, Craighall, Randburg
Education level: Degree
Job level: Mid
Type: Permanent
Reference: #HBESS

 

Job description

Essentials Magazine, one of South Africa’s most influential brands which has an already-established and highly-engaged readership currently seeks a talented and motivated beauty and health writer. A beauty and health aficionado with an insatiable appetite for all things beauty & health related. We’re looking for a seasoned Writer with experience across print and digital. The position requires an individual who has a keen understanding of the brand and who will demonstrate the drive, willingness and passion to ‘live the brand’. In return, we promise you a highly collaborative environment, a diverse workload keeping you continually stimulated and an open forum for the expression of ideas.
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Ability to write health copy for print and online
  • Write beauty features on a range of topics from makeup to skincare and hair for print and online
  • Coordinate beauty shoots
  • Develop and write editorial copy across all touch points and manage current copy workflow and process.
  • Lead product launches from an editorial perspective.
  • Represent the brand at health and beauty functions

 Essential requirements

  • Undergraduate degree in communications, Journalism or relevant alternative
  • Four+ years of professional experience writing and editing copy in the beauty industry.
  • Experience working with designers, marketing/social strategists and producers to deliver content in all forms across any and all platforms.

 
Personal Skills/Attributes

  • Excellent commercial awareness
  • Ability to adapt to changing environments
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Must be detail and deadline oriented with excellent planning and organizational skills.
  • Ability to work thrive in a fast paced, fluid environment.
  • A keen interest in health and wellbeing
  • Contacts and established relationships within the beauty industry are an advantage
  • Strong conceptual and brainstorming skills.
  • Actively participates in a wide variety of social media activities in both work life.
  • organization and communication skills.
  • Eager team player who loves new challenges.

Only short listed candidate will be contacted.

Contact details
Zainab Mohamed
Caxton Magazines
zainab@caxton.co.za