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Editorial Coordinator Intern
ORGANIZATION: Asante Africa Foundation
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4 people are interested
Position Overview
Editorial coordinators oversee editorial content and production timelines. This covers a range of content for Asante Africa Foundation that includes print and digital media. The job entails dedicating a large amount of time to editing, proofreading, and copywriting.
Responsibilities
* Managing multiple documents to ensure that they are relevant, informative and grammatically correct.
* Taking on newsletters, blogposts, press releases, marketing collateral and internal communications.
* Working closely with the communications team to direct the tone and theme of company content.
* Researching, developing, and implementing new writing projects.
* Providing guidance on content and schedules that affect the editorial calendar is the foundation of the position.
* Reviewing and critiquing the work of others as a daily task.
* Maintaining a production calendar with internal staff and vendors.
* Overall responsibility for final writing projects.
Qualifications
* A bachelor of arts in English or Communications, or other relevant fields like journalism
* Related experience of at least 2 years
* Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to manage the work of others
* Ability to evaluate and train new writers in their work
* Have a thorough knowledge of department tasks and communicate schedules and deadlines
* Attention to detail while managing multiple moving parts
* An interest in nonprofit work
More opportunities with Asante Africa Foundation
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About Asante Africa Foundation
Location:
1141 Catalina Dr, Livermore, CA 94550, US
Mission Statement
Asante Africa Foundation, Inc. is an East African Children's Education Fund. We are a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to providing quality education to children in East Africa. Every child deserves an education and the opportunity to choose their future, regardless of the latitude or longitude in which they are born. Through education, every child can make their dreams a reality, help their families struggle less, and help their communities become self sustaining. Our Vision We envision African communities and families in which the children have the opportunity to received QUALITY education to define their futures. Our Mission Quality Education will be made available by providing physical infrastructures for all children attending school, providing teaching resources and educational materials and scholarships/sponsorships for highly motivated and academically gifted children.
Description
We form partnerships with African communities and work with passionate local program managers who are deeply committed to creating change in their African villages. We envision African communities and families in which children have the opportunity to receive QUALITY education to define their futures. Generous contributions from Asante Africa Foundation donors bring these dreams to life.
Local villagers define their needs for achieving quality education, through infrastructures for all children attending school (such as construction of schools and sanitation facilities, serving a daily meal), providing teaching resources and educational materials, and funding scholarships / sponsorship for highly motivated and academically gifted children.
Asante is the Swahili word for thank you. We are thankful to be active members of the communities we serve and we are grateful to our donors who fund projects that bring opportunity, choice and possibility to African villages.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
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This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
May 30, 2017
SKILLS
- Copy Writing / Copy Editing
- Verbal / Written Communication
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- 10 hours/week