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China Dialogue Ocean, Editorial Assistant Intern

Employer
China Dialogue Trust
Location
East London
Salary
London Living Wage
Closing date
20 Aug 2021

Job Details

China Dialogue is seeking a native Chinese-speaking editorial assistant intern to join our ocean editorial team over the summer. The ideal candidate will be keen to pursue a career in journalism with a proven track record of engagement with environmental issues and a keen interest in exploring website production and data visualisation tools.

The successful candidate will need to be proactive, highly organised and self-motivated, with relevant experience paired with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail in their work. This role would be well suited to a student currently studying in the UK; please note that due to the nature of this role and the contract, China Dialogue Trust is not able to support any candidates without the right to work in the UK.

 

About us

China Dialogue Ocean is a bilingual platform dedicated to illuminating, analysing and helping to resolve our ocean crisis.

China Dialogue Ocean is a project of China Dialogue Trust, which disseminates high-quality information and promotes communication on environment and climate change in both Chinese and English. We provide a space for open discussion, to inform and to contribute to equitable and constructive solutions to global environmental problems.

China Dialogue Trust’s primary vehicle is its unique, bilingual web platform. China Dialogue Trust is headquartered in London with operations in Beijing and staff across Latin America and South, Southeast and Central Asia.

About the role 

This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside the China Dialogue Ocean editorial team as a key part of editorial production, working closely with China Dialogue’s special projects editor, and multimedia editor.

 

Essential skills:

  • proven interest in environmental issues;
  • experience in web publishing;
  • proven interest on data visualisation and other graphics tools; 
  • experience using CMS (Wordpress). Knowledge of translation plugins is an advantage
  • fluent spoken and written English and Chinese;
  • ability to work independently and as part of a team.

 

Desirable skills:

  • knowledge of and engagement with human impact on the ocean;
  • experience conducting desk-based research and insight into how to present findings as engaging stories;
  • experience in using data visualisation tools;
  • writing and editing in an SEO-friendly manner;
  • experience using adobe suite, or equivalent;
  • experience of applying style guides to written and graphic content.

 

Main responsibilities:

  • conducting desk-based research of Chinese and English language materials; 
  • working with the editorial team in the production of high-quality infographics, maps, charts and other visual elements, and adapting graphics to support articles in Chinese;
  • supporting the production manager in sourcing high-res featured images for new articles. 

 

How to apply

Please send a CV with references and a covering letter to: by 20th August 2021. Applications must be submitted in English. 

 

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Company

chinadialogue is an independent organisation dedicated to promoting a common understanding of China’s urgent environmental challenges.

Climate change, species loss, pollution, water scarcity and environment damage are challenges that concern all the world's citizens, and the scale of China’s problems gives them global importance. Tackling these challenges demands a common effort and shared understanding.

Here at chinadialogue we aim to identify, promote and support the unique voices (and the people behind them) that increase understanding, share precious experiences and inspire a higher awareness of the planet’s challenges, no matter whether these voices come from inside China or from around the world.

chinadialogue is devoted to making such voices heard by a global audience, in a lively, convincing and multi-lingual fashion. It is our hope that in doing so, we can move closer to viable, equitable and real solutions to environmental problems.

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