: Direct (Print Media - Newspaper) Sales
2 weeks ago
**Province**: Gauteng
**City**: Industria West, Roodepoort, Johannesburg
**Type**: Full-time; office based
**Requirements for the position**
- Minimum qualification: National Senior Certificate (Grade 12) or similar
- Minimum of 4 years’ experience in a direct sales environment, related to the specific portfolio which will be discussed during the interview
- Sales or marketing diploma (IMM/AAA) will be an advantage
- Willing to do a minimum number of client visits per month of which the majority must be new business.
- Market knowledge and insight
- Strong customer service ability
- Strong negotiation skills
- Must be able to establish and maintain business relationships
- Proven references in terms of client basis within the portfolio field
- Be able to cold canvass and must be target-driven
- Strong admin and planning skills and computer literate
- Proven experience on direct sales
- Tenacity and initiative
- Own reliable transport and driver’s license: not negotiable
- Own cell phone
**Key responsibilities**
- Ensure targets are met and exceeded
- Grow existing and new business by effectively identifying new opportunities
- Needs analysis
Preference will be given to individuals who will add to the diversity of the organisation.
The Citizen reserves the right to not fill the position.
**NEWS REPORTER x 2**:
Two positions for News Reporters exist within our Editorial Department reporting to the News Editor of The Citizen newspaper. The positions are full time, office-based, when not out in the field and based in Industria West, Roodepoort.
**Purpose of the job**:
To cover news events assigned by the News Editor and to write accurate and well-written stories for daily publication.
**Main Responsibilities**:
- Production of accurate and well-written news copy
- Interviewing people in a range of circumstances
- Seeking out and investigating stories via your contacts
- Covering important events/issues timeously
- Use sources, documents, computer-assisted reporting, and other journalistic tools to develop, report and write exclusive/unique stories
- Work with the News Editor in the development of story and project ideas
- editor
- Do fact checking of all articles you write
- Adhere to Code of Ethics and Editorial Standards and Practices
- Establishing a network of contacts
- Monitor electronic news outlets to pick up on news leads and story ideas
- Working across the different news platforms of The Citizen
- Taking stories forward at any time of the day, on the most appropriate news platform of The Citizen
- Update social media accounts for the purpose of promoting The Citizen’s digital strategy.
- Study and adhere to The Citizen and citizen.co.za’s Voice and Style Guide.
- Identify and develop newsworthy online stories in conjunction with the news editor
- Monitor and utilise analytics to maximise all stories and articles published on citizen.co.za.
- Adhere to Google algorithm requirements and write with SEO and Google search in mind. Although this is a print position and the Reporter will write for the newspaper, The Citizen has a digital-first mindset and all Reporters must be familiar with digital concepts such as analytics and SEO.
**Core Competencies**:
- Knowledge/Experience
- Skills
- Attitude
- Talent for writing coupled with a keen news sense and interest in breaking news and current affairs
- MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Outlook
- Ability to accurately, speedily and under pressure
- Ability to adapt to changing news and media scene, with a keen interest in news media
- Excellent relationship -building and communication skills
- High degree of professional journalistic conduct
- Matric and Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Journalism
- Ability to communicate and post on news events via multiple social media platforms
- Deadline driven
- At least 4 years’ mainstream journalism experience in a national newsroom
- Experience in monitoring and utilising analytics
- Ability to work both independently and in a team
- Established network of contacts
- Experience in adhering to Google algorithm requirements and writing with SEO and Google search in mind.
- Availability to work at times irregular hours and on weekends due to the nature of news.
**Other requirements**:
- Valid driver’s licence essential
- Own vehicle essential
- Solid references
- No criminal record
- Preference will be given to individuals who will add to the diversity of the organisation.
- The Citizen reserves the right to not fill the position.
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