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The Independent, International Content Executive - Persian or Urdu

Employer
The Independent
Location
Kensington, London
Salary
£DoE
Closing date
21 Sep 2019

Job Details

Reports to: Library Manager

About us:

ESI Media is an innovative multichannel media business, with a cross-platform reach of 24.9M readers – up 15% year on year. Our brands include The Evening Standard, The Independent and London Live. We have offices based in the UK and US and have expanded to editions in other languages.

The team

The Content and Syndication Teams are responsible for licensing ESI content and manage high revenue relationships with a range of publishers, digital partners and other content providers.

The Independent has partnered with Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG) in a joint venture to launch four Independent-branded sites in Arabic, Turkish, Urdu and Persian.

About you:

  • Experienced translator from Persian and/or Urdu to English and vice versa
  • Ability to work accurately and present reports in a timely fashion
  • Organised, with a logical approach to managing tasks
  • Capacity to be clear and communicative
  • Proactive – can spot potential issues and address them before they become problems
  • Capability to learn quickly
  • Enthusiasm, flexibility, common sense and a natural curiosity are an advantage
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team


Job purpose:

You will support the Content and Syndication Teams by reviewing content used by partners on English and non-English language websites. The role also involves assisting other team members in providing feeds and client support and may require weekend and out-of-hours working.

Key responsibilities:

  • Monitor ESI content on partner sites
  • Log the content published on partner sites in Excel
  • Check the translated articles by comparing them with the source articles
  • Highlight any translation issues/errors and clearly report them to the Consultant Editors
  • Liaise with Consultant Editors over errors and anomalies to maintain the quality of translation
  • Assist the team with other tasks as required


Skills and experience:

  • Completely fluent in English and Persian, or English and Urdu. Additional languages such as Arabic and Turkish will be a plus.
  • Exceptional attention to detail. Previous experience in proofreading/editing/reviewing is preferable.
  • Excellent research skills and ability to choose the right keywords to find relevant information
  • Ability to carry out repetitive tasks with accuracy
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Excellent analytical skills and experience of problem solving
  • Experience of presenting detailed data in a clear, succinct format, while highlighting the key points
  • Experience with Microsoft Office (particularly Excel)
  • Ability to multi-task and work efficiently in a busy environment with a noisy background
  • Experience of interaction with customers is a benefit
  • Confident but diplomatic in communicating errors to Consultant Editors
  • Previous media/journalism experience (desirable)


Expected behaviours:

  1. Continuous Improvement – Works in a smart, flexible and focused way, is open to change and suggests ideas for improvements to the way things are done.
  2. Collaboration – Builds and maintains positive and supportive working relationships with colleagues. Helps to create an inclusive and professional work environment.
  3. Building Capability – Keeps own knowledge and skill set current and evolving and looks for ways to continue learning to support the achievement of business objectives.
  4. Quality Service – Delivers high quality and efficient service and takes account of the diverse customer needs and requirements when looking at ways to improve service quality.
  5. Responsive Delivery - Works to agreed business goals and objectives and deals with challenges in a constructive and responsive way. Takes personal responsibility for quality of outputs.


To apply, please complete the application form below to send an up to date CV along with a full covering letter with salary expectations.

Due to the high volume of applications we will only be contacting candidates who have been shortlisted and progressed through to the next stage.

Hours: Your hours will be 37.5 hours per week working Monday to Fridays.

ESI Media is an equal opportunities employer, if you require any reasonable adjustments to complete your application, please do not hesitate to advise us accordingly.

All of our employees are entitled to benefits including great pension, private healthcare and life insurance schemes.

We also offer cycle to work and season ticket loan initiatives to make our employees’ journeys to work easier. We want our employees to enjoy working for us and we invest in training and development to support and develop rewarding careers

Company

Working to inform, challenge and inspire our readers and clients every day, The Independent offices in Finsbury Square offer a lively and sociable working environment.

From our journalists to our commercial team, we have some of the best talent in the business, who are all passionate about our fantastic brands.

All of our employees are entitled to benefits including great pension and health insurance schemes. We also offer cycle to work and season ticket loan initiatives to make our employees’ journeys to work easier. We want our employees to enjoy working for us and we invest in training and development to support and develop rewarding careers.

Company info
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Location
Alphabeta Building
14 - 18 Finsbury Square
London
EC2A 1AH
United Kingdom

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