English Editor - Science Writer

APCO Worldwide

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

منذ 1 يوم

Responsibilities

Assist various client teams in writing news releases, media invites, Q&As, speeches, features, bios and other communication material such as corporate / business presentations in PPT or other such software

Review, edit and rewrite all written material (to include digital and social written material) as required by team members

Ability to understand the requirements of various teams and convey the client’s key messages adequately and appropriately through effective use of language

Support teams by providing error-free media-worthy material

Suggest, tip and guide client-handling teams on matters related to media requests

Interact with the team members and support them in building accurate communication measures

Efficiently manage deadline-oriented workflow of releases, invites and requests from various team members on a daily basis

Contribute to the development of new concepts, techniques or ideas at brainstorming sessions

Support the project manager in ensuring that resources are in place to cover delivery of all written deliverables

Requirements

Ideally, a Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in English Literature / Journalism / Communications with a minimum of 5-7 years’ experience in Public Relations or Journalism, or equivalent work experience

Previous experience as a member of a corporate communications team preferred but not required

Excellent grammar, editing, writing and re-writing skills;

A wordsmith who is proficient enough to provide error-free releases / invites that can be accepted by the media

Ability to recognise the key messages of clients and offer effective ways to forcefully convey those messages

Capable of rapidly handling industry-specific research to add value to the releases and other communication material for the teams

Completely thorough with local, regional and global current-affairs

Quick with computers especially skilled in MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

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