Job Opening: In-House Journalist for Maersk India

20 February 2011
Job Opening: In-House Journalist for Maersk India
Maersk Global Service Centers (GSC) organization is a young entity in the Maersk Container Business. Our center team in Copenhagen is heading up the development and growth of the five Global Service Centers located in India, China and Philippines. The GSCs currently employ together some 5,000 colleagues.

The Global Service Centres (GSCs) are established with the objective of delivering sustainable best in class quality and consistent service around the world with constantly seeking operational efficiency and driving process improvements.

In House Journalist - Maersk Global Service Centres India Pvt. Ltd.

Desired Candidate Profile

* Master degree in journalism and/or master’s in English
* Journalist with several years of writing experience from international media
* Must have worked as writing editor, or as writer and then editor. We need someone who has tried both and can do both in this position
* Some years of editing experience from international media
* Strong understanding and practice in how to write for different global audiences
* Ideally, writer has copywriting experience from an advertising agency
* Analytical skills
* Strong communication skills
* Detail-oriented being able to deliver flawless texts
* Innovative in finding new angles
* Self starter with a sense of urgency and ability to work independently
* Calm and has enough integrity to deal with difficult content owners in a constructive and professional manner
* Native speaker level of English

Job Description

* Write press releases based on interviews with the project owners.
* Write customer testimonials/case studies to be used by sales people, based on a detailed brief plus direct contact with the client manager and the customer himself.
* Produce 4-5 feature stories per week to be published on Global Connect
* Produce 3 press releases per month
* Produce 1 case study per month
* Support the various teams in the organisation in writing texts for internal and external audiences
* Review texts for brochures, product sheets, flyers, ensuring same tone of voice in all pieces
* Copywriting texts – intranet page texts, feature stories, news items, fact boxes for internal and external usage – based on a detailed brief and direct contact with the organisational content owner.

Maersk Global Service Centres India Pvt. Ltd.
Website: http://maerskline.com
Maersk Global Service Centres India Pvt Ltd
4th & 5th floor, Prudential Building Central
Avenue Road Hiranandani Business Park, Powai
MUMBAI,Maharashtra,India 400076
Telephone: 91-22-667992338

Email Address: bomgschrdjob@maersk.com

More information here.
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