Web Content Editor - LAU - Lebanon

The School of Business has a vacancy for a Web Content Editor to build and improve the school’s online presence and “brand” awareness through continuous update of the school’s website and presence on social media networks, blogs and search engines.

Main Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Manages the school website, using primarily the Movable Type publishing platform.
- Manages all faculty member websites and internet home pages, and student organization websites of the school.
- Designs and manages the school social media network.
- Trains faculty members on designing and managing their own presence on social media networks.
- Ensures that content is consistent with the web strategy of the school, in line with accreditation standards and relevant to users.
- Suggests edits to received content to make it suitable for the web (addition of links or pictorial material, sequence changes, use of tables, lists or charts instead of narrative, rephrasing sentences or eliminating unnecessary content for the sake of conciseness, etc.)
- Ensures consistency by copyediting according to LAU’s Editorial Style guide.
- Maintains all web-related school, department, course, student, teaching and research files for restricted access on the website.
- Manages all school electronic bulletin boards.
- Maintains web-related student petitions as well as career and placement services records.
- Maintains web-related documents for the academic accreditation of the school and the strategic plan.
- Studies trends in social media and research popular platforms as applicable to job duties.
- Studies emerging social media tools and observe how often those platforms and tools are used.
- Works closely with MarCom and IT teams in developing the school’s website.
- Performs other duties pertinent to this job as requested by the dean.

Minimum Qualifications
- Education: A bachelor degree in Communication or related field from an accredited university. Master degree is a plus.
- Experience: 2-5 years writing for the web and managing (or working within) an editorial workflow.
- Significant knowledge of website management and design principles and practices.
- Familiarity with graphic design processes, programs, and design directions.
- Command of English; excellent writing skills.
- Experience in web 2.0 features such as social media and personalization.
- Marketing, promotion and communications-planning skills.

CV and college transcripts should be emailed to beirut.hire@lau.edu.lb, specifying the job title in the subject line.

Closing date for applications is Monday January 19, 2015.

No applications will be accepted after this date, and only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Content Editor - MT2 - Lebanon

– Fluent in French / while English & Arabic while remain a plus.
- Must have excellent communication and writing skills

farah.bousaleh@mt2morrow.com

Social Media Ambassador/Community Manager - AddBloom - Lebanon

The candidate must demonstrate extensive social media experience. This means that the person is actively participating in a wide variety of social media activities such as Twitter, blogging, community development and management, social bookmarking, commenting, etc. and is well-connected with the broader social media world. The second important part is that the candidate must be able to communicate with clients.

Responsibilities
- Adapt clients offline persona to online channels
- Respond to & engage all inquiries for your company on social sites (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Flickr, YouTube, blogs)
- Seek out & join conversations about clients' market on social sites
- Delegate to experts in the company on topics fit for their input
- Monitor trends in your market and appropriately apply that knowledge to increasing the use of social media
- Strategize with and educate the management team and others across the company on incorporating relevant social media techniques into the corporate culture and into all of the company's products and services
- Measure the impact of social media on the overall marketing efforts

Requirements
The ideal candidate will have experience in the following areas
- Social media tools and techniques
- Marketing (traditional, new media, guerilla and 'word of mouth')
- Product marketing
- Press and analyst relations
- Sales
- Project management

The key attributes for this position include
- Social, online and offline
- Engaging in communication
- Creativity
- Ability to contribute individually, and lead, manage or participate in cross-functional teams
- Ability to synthesize large amounts of data into actionable information
- Excellent writing skills, English, French and or Arabic
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Persuasiveness
- Ability to create great working relationships with all levels within the company and across multiple disciplines

jobs@addbloom.com

Content & Social Media Executive - Desado.com - Dubai

Creation and implementation of strategic plans for all social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Blog, and Instagram. Customer service in terms of interaction on comment sections of the same. Writing, editing and/or identification of web content, including general information, product descriptions, campaign content, photos/graphics . Ensures content meets editorial style, consistent with brand language, meeting accuracy standards. Collaborates with the content manager to ensure accurate, timely posting of content and imagery.

Skills
Ideal candidate should have a flair for writing, should be highly active on social media platforms like facebook & twitter. Preference will be given to candidates that can join immediately & are Bilingual!

info@desado.com

Content Manager - Music is my life - Lebanon

- Continuous research for updating the database of a musical website (www.yala.fm) with all newly released songs, albums, photos, Artists' Biographies …
- Translating Biographies of artists between Arabic, French and English
- Coordinating with Artists and label companies for the study of the rights of their catalogs
- Signing and managing digital content distribution agreements with Auto-produced Artists and labels.
- Maintaining CRM Artists' files (Zoho)
- Coordinating with the main branch of the company in Morocco for the daily tasks.

Skills
- Very good communication and administrative skills,
- Able to work à distance,
- Very good team worker
- Fast learner and executor,
- Able to meet deadlines,
- Interested in Arabic music
- Expert in Arabic, French and English
- Very good computer and Internet Skills
- Education in Media, Music Production, Translation, Business Administration

info@musicismylife.com

Senior Writer/Content Developer - LAU - Lebanon

The Marketing and Communications Department (MarCom) at the Lebanese American University is looking for a senior writer/content developer to join a dynamic team of multidisciplinary professionals with a common desire to contribute to the successful implementation of the university’s integrated marketing and communications initiative.

Area of expertise
Writing, editing, copy-editing, journalism and communication.

The Senior Writer/Content Developer must act as a key player in the development of all university publications, and actively participate to the development of the university’s quarterly publication, LAU Magazine & Alumni Bulletin.
The Senior Writer/Content Developer’s primary duty is to produce news and features for periodical print publications, including the magazine and the university’s website. He/she will be actively involved in the editorial development of LAU print and electronic communications from concept to completion, and will strive to ensure that all communications conform to rigorous editorial standards.
He/she will have strong writing and editing skills, along with previous experience in journalism and publishing.
This position will reinforce the overall mission and values of the university, support the goals of the University Advancement team and reflect LAU’s commitment to openness and transparency in both message and process.

Major duties and responsibilities
- To confer with LAU departments to analyze and interpret specific writing needs.
- To plan and create appropriate publications including newsletters, pamphlets, brochures, features and foundation proposals in accordance with specific budgetary requirements.
- To report on university events on campuses (Beirut and Byblos) in order to ensure coverage on the university’s various communication channels. Reporting duties include conducting interviews with LAU personnel and guests, performing extensive research of source materials to obtain and verify facts, and analyzing sources for accuracy of information and the most effective approach to material.
- To write news and feature articles for the LAU website and magazine in addition to other university publications, and to refer freelancer-submitted articles to the appropriate editor for review and approval.
- To copyedit documents from different university departments.
- To collaborate with the Web Editor and other department staff to enhance communications and efficiency within the university.
- To systematically archive collected information and photos as required by the web editor.
- To inform the Marketing and Communications Department about new initiatives, research, and upcoming events that may deserve coverage, based on information collected during fieldwork.
- To assist in fulfilling the promotion of the branding and visual identity program internally. Ten percent of the staff writer’s job will be to work on creative assignments.
- To adhere to editorial and procedural standards of the Marketing and Communications Department, and the Lebanese American University as a whole.

Minimum qualifications
- An advanced degree in communication, English literature or a related field from an accredited university.
- 3-4 years of writing experience in communication, public relations , and/or three years as a reporter.
- Excellent command of written and spoken English.
- Computer proficiency (Microsoft Excel/Word/PowerPoint) and minimum Web knowledge.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure.
- Strong ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and respect deadlines.
- Self-directed and rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
- Strong interpretation skills required.
- Excellent writing skills and good communications skills.
- Ability to work in a group as well as independently, particularly in coordinating and completing projects for online and print publication.
- Creative and a critical thinker.

Additional qualifications
While not strictly necessary, each of the following qualifications will be considered a plus:
- Fluency in Arabic.
- Familiarity with LAU campuses, faculty, staff, students or alumni.
- Familiarity with the higher education field
- Native fluency in English is highly desirable.
- Basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop is an asset, as are digital photography skills.

Interested qualified candidates should send a letter of interest indicating in the subject Senior Writer/Content Developer, their CV and three references to beirut.hire@lau.edu.lb

Content Manager - Arab Cultural Fund

Manage AFAC’s website content and AFAC’s online application and evaluation processes.

Principal Accountabilities
- Research grantee and general cultural news in the Arab regional press;
- Collect grantee news from AFAC’s grants and communications managers;
- Upload news to the AFAC website;
- Manage online applications and ensure a smooth, trouble free process;
- Manage online evaluation by jurors and ensure a smooth, trouble free process;
- Design additional forms for future calls for proposals;
- Be the center point interface for the Content Management System at AFAC in interface with website developers, designers and the AFAC team.
- Track and report on all site metrics;
- Maintain a consistent look and feel throughout all web properties;
- Create, develop and manage content for organization’s web presence;
- Keep current with emerging web technologies through relevant blogs, listservs, and events; and
- Ensure web-based information is archived for future needs and reference

Knowledge Skills and Experience
- Information workflow management and in information architecture and organization;
- Advanced knowledge of HTML and CSS and experience with popular content management systems (mainly Drupal);
- Basic Adobe Photoshop skills;
- Strong verbal and written ARABIC & ENGLISH skills, FRENCH a plus;
- Ability to work in a small team-oriented environment; and
- Knowledge of the Arab arts and cultural scene a plus.

Contact
Oussama Rifahi
Executive Director
+9611747761
rifahi@arabculturefund.org