Web Content Editor & Journalist

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Position: Web Content Editor & Journalist

Hours: 4 hours per week, during the week or during the weekend

Location: Remote

Volunteering commitment: 6 months

Introduction to Renaissance Sri Lanka

Renaissance Sri Lanka is a non-governmental, apolitical, non-denominational, non-profit, humanitarian organization that wishes to support the Sri Lankan population and impulse ethical change in Sri Lanka, in order to improve the overall livelihood and happiness of the population, in harmony with the identity, culture and values of its Society.

Our long-term goal is to empower Sri Lanka to meet the greatest challenges of the future: Climate Change, Environment Degradation, Technological Revolutions, changing World Dynamics, and Society Transformations.

We build working ecosystems in Sri Lanka, that thrive naturally: a social ecosystem (with a particular attention to empower women), an economic ecosystem and an environmental ecosystem.

We digitally connect our donors so they can grow their businesses in Sri Lanka, launch their own ethical projects and initiatives.

Our organization's first actions are to relieve families hit by the economic crisis that has followed immediately the covid 19 pandemic, by distributing survival packs to women head of families.

More here: https://www.renasl.org

Job description:

You will write OR rework articles written by journalists and scholars, so as to make them attractive and compelling:

• to make the text clear to read, and structured,
• to illustrate each article, with images or videos,
• to make small video animations that summarize the content of the article, for publication on our social media channels (facebook, linkedin)

These articles contain either a summary of the latest actions of the organization, either rare insights into the society and culture of Sri Lanka, either business information to help investment in Sri Lanka and help its economic growth.

These articles are the sap of our organization and a very good content editing is very important.

Responsibilities:

Produce and publish new content in a creative way

Liaise with Service for the Donors head, Program Managers,and in-house team members to decide on new posts

Oversee layout (images, graphics, videos and artwork)

Check content for accuracy

Proofread and edit material

Collaborate with professionals (e.g. web designers, marketing executives and photographers) to improve article presentation

Use SEO and social media

Ensure content is up-to-date

Comply with copyright and privacy regulations

Monitor website’s traffic to measure popularity

Keep track of developments in web technology

Report to the Head of Marketing & Communication

Participate in suggesting new ideas and improvements

Requirements:

Proven work experience as a web editor

Editing skills with a demonstrable portfolio of published work

Hands on experience with MS Office, InDesign, Photoshop or other publishing tools

In-depth knowledge of SEO

Familiarity with content management systems

Excellent writing skills in English

Attention to detail

Creative mind

BSc in journalism, communications or related field

We thank you should you apply, and we will get back to you asap.