Asia Writes

05 March 2013

Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, the leading luxury fashion title in the Middle East, is looking for a senior journalist to join the editorial team. The Lifestyle Editor will have ultimate responsibility for the lifestyle section of the magazine, which includes styling, writing and compiling news, personal style stories, beauty, interiors features, and diary/social event pages, across the magazine and all associated supplements. Candidates must have a minimum of five years of journalism experience, including at least two years of international experience in a section editor/senior writer role on a national UK, US or Australian title. Impeccable writing skills, styling experience, an in-depth knowledge of the fashion and beauty industries, and an ability to work to short deadlines while turning your hand to different areas of editorial at a moment’s notice are essential.

Out-of-hours work is integral to the role.

To apply, please send your CV along with 300 words describing the Harper’s Bazaar Arabia reader to recruitment@itp.com.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For queries/ submissions: recruitment@itp.com

Website: https://www.facebook.com/HarpersBazaarArabia

18 February 2013

Yahoo! is focused on creating deeply personal digital experiences that keep more than half a billion people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the globe. Yahoo!’s unique combination of Science + Art + Scale connects advertisers to the consumers who build their businesses. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, visit the pressroom (pressroom.yahoo.net) or the company's blog, Yodel Anecdotal (yodel.yahoo.com). Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

Y!ARABIC ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

• Primary Location: United Arab Emirates-Dubai-Dubai Internet City
• Reporting to: Entertainment Senior Editor

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Overlook an entertainment project for Yahoo! Maktoob Arabic
• Producing and editing articles, features, etc.
• Maintain events diary in consultation with MENA Media team
• Making relevant editorial choices, crafting appealing headlines and teaser copy, choosing and prepare appropriate imagery.
• Manage social media coverage for specific events
• Create user experiences which encourage repeat use and adoption of social media pages and drive repeat visits to Yahoo! Maktoob properties
• Driving Sensing the Social Pulse (SSP) initiative by developing feature and special execution ideas in coordination with Yahoo! Maktoob media property editors
• Liaise with the communities and forums team to highlight the input of Yahoo! Maktoob users on media properties and promote media properties on communities and forums
• Manage competing priorities, budgeting time
• Providing editorial support where required, particularly on content provision, acquisition and sourcing.
• Contribute ideas to the content and product development process for various editorial initiatives and projects.
• Work with video team to produce and edit video content and make sure it is tested and uploaded in timely fashion

REQUIREMENTS:

• Strong Arabic writing and editorial skills
• Minimum 2 year’s experience as a journalist and/or editor working on an entertainment/lifestyle focused Arabic title or web site
• Very good knowledge of modern standard Arabic grammar
• English highly competent (written and spoken)
• A solid grounding in basic principles of writing for the Web and editing experience in a dynamic online editorial environment
• A thorough understanding of editorial best practices and priorities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Presentation skills and strong deadline management
• Great team player and relationship-builder
• Experience with online publishing tools
• University degree or equivalent required

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For submissions: apply via Yahoo careers website

Website: http://en-maktoob.yahoo.com

11 August 2012

Deadline: 22 August 2012

This is a call for submissions for vol iii of THE STATE, a journal based out of Dubai, U.A.E. The deadline is August 22, 2012, and commissioned pieces receive up to US$500. The journal editors especially encourage submissions from women, glbt*qui folks, and people of colour.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Often, smell can feel like the last sensory frontier. Still a little visceral, still less explored—and exploited—than its other, far more interfaced and corporatised counterparts. When we talk about scent, too, we tend to turn to the natural as a means to efface the natural—sea breezes and floral bouquets to mask perspiration and cooking smells. But then there’s indolic smells, or those fetid-sweet, narcotic compounds found mostly in white flowers like jasmine, nargis, tuberose and honeysuckle. Seductive as they might be, there’s something in them that’s a little bit putrescine, cadaverine. The smell of something rotten in the social factory.

We are thinking about the secret semiotics of scent, precarity, atomisation, diffusers and crystalline renderings of femininity, the flavour industry, deodourants, Calvino’s noseless man of the future, human and animal pheremones, the vanilliac lignin of old books, decoctions, bloodied sawdust in butchers’ cold rooms, tobacco flowers and carcinogents, cremations, sewers and drainpipes, nostalgia, literature that transgresses the Proustian madeleine, saffron threads and oud, fetishised decadence, orientalism and exoticism.

And you?

We welcome submissions around the theme of ‘The Social Olfactory,’ and encourage experimentation with form, transmedia, and (web)site-specific installations; critical texts, interrogative narratives, slow journalism, sensuous net-artwork, moving or still images, psychogeographic mappings, place hacking, manifestos and conversations, among others. Because of the nature of THESTATE, please do not feel restricted by the above; please feel free to alternatively submit a wall of text.

The state is a journal and sociohistorical forum. It investigates the space between print and audio-visual experiences and their transition to mediated online forms; transgressive cultural criticism and the sensuous architecture of this “printernet.”

Please send your submissions, along with a brief bio, to info@thestate.ae, by AUGUST 22nd, 2012. We ask that you submit new works, but are willing to reprint pieces that have not been published in English; however, we are unable to translate ourselves. We are open to pitches, but please get in touch by the 12th of August. Commissioned pieces will receive up to US$500.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For queries/ submissions: info@thestate.ae

Website: http://www.thestate.ae

29 February 2012

Deadline: 31 May 2012

Theme: Transforming Middle East Media

The Arab Spring has focused attention on the role of journalism and media in Arab societies. In many Arab countries, journalists are now operating in a different media environment. Some argue that the professionalism of some journalists has fallen far short of normative goals, a phenomenon often attributed to tight governmental control of the press. Journalism educators must help provide a "new culture" of Arab journalism that benefits from newfound freedoms, but also stresses responsible reporting, based on fundamental principles of journalism, such as independence, accuracy, and verification.

The global social media revolution has also significantly impacted and essentially transformed Middle East media. With a plethora of social media outlets, such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and Google Plus, journalists can now take advantage of the unprecedented opportunity to tell stories that would otherwise be ignored. In this new world, satellite channels regularly air YouTube videos shot on bystanders' cell phone cameras. What are the rules that should govern the use of this material by "mainstream" news sites? Does this "citizen journalism" help or hurt the journalism profession? Furthermore, one can only assume that we have only seen little of what the social media revolution has in store. New social media technologies and vehicles seem to arrive every day-which ones are here to stay, which will be institutionalized and which are just passing fads, soon to be forgotten?

The AUSACE 2012 theme aims to address these and other issues related to the unprecedented changes affecting the Arab media. We welcome abstract submissions for papers and panel submissions for public discussions.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For inquiries: ausace2012@gmail.com

For submissions: submit online here

Website: www.ausace2012.com

07 March 2011

Company Name: irhal.com

Compensation: 6000

Description:

Writer/journalist/PR person wanted by an Arabic/English travel website - www.irhal.com. The person should have excellent Arabic writing skills and must have the ability to translate from English to Arabic. We work from 9am to 6pm Sunday to Thursday. We are located in Dubai Silicon Oasis. Please send your resume immediately.

Apply here.

04 March 2011

Emerging Markets Editor - Middle East
Job Requisition Number: 29006
Europe, Middle East and Africa Dubai - ARE

The Role:

Bloomberg News is seeking an experienced editor to be based in either Dubai or Tel Aviv to cover Middle Eastern emerging markets. The successful candidate will join a team of reporters and editors who have set the standard for fast, accurate and insightful coverage of equity, fixed-income and foreign-exchange news. The role requires someone with experience of editing and reporting at a financial publication, newspaper or news service. The editor must have the ability to coach reporters to get the most out of their stories whilst ensuring accuracy and speed at all times.

Requirements:

- Previous financial journalism experience is essential
- Experience of working in a real time news environment is desirable
- Proven track record of editing financial stories
- Ability to coach reporters on sourcing, interviewing and writing
- Fluent English (both written and verbal) is essential
- Fluency in Hebrew or Arabic preferred.

The Company:

Bloomberg is the world's most trusted source of information for businesses and professionals. Bloomberg combines innovative technology with unmatched analytic, data, news, display and distribution capabilities, to deliver critical information via the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® service and multimedia platforms. Bloomberg's media services cover the world with more than 2,200 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. The BLOOMBERG TELEVISION® 24-hour network delivers smart television to more than 240 million homes. BLOOMBERG RADIO® services broadcast via SIRIUS XM Radio and 1worldspaceTM satellite radio globally and on WBBR 1130AM in New York. The award-winning monthly BLOOMBERG MARKETS® magazine, Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine and the BLOOMBERG.COM® financial news and information Web site provide news and insight to businesses and investors.

Apply directly at Bloomberg's career site here.

24 February 2011

Deputy Editor - Hotelier Middle East

ITP Business is looking for a deputy editor for Hotelier Middle East, a monthly B2B magazine for hotel owners and operators in the GCC. Excellent writing and editing skills, a keen eye for detail, some knowledge of Adobe InDesign and a ‘can do’ attitude are all a must. The ability to spot a story and source exclusive leads is essential, while knowledge of the hotel industry would be beneficial. The position would suit a news or section editor looking to take the next step in their career. ITP is based in the tax-free coastal city of Dubai.

Please apply with CV, cover letter, examples of your work and details of current salary to recruitment@itp.com.

More information here.

18 February 2011

Job Description

LBi Mena (www.lbi.com) based in Dubai Media City is looking for a freelance content editor to start as soon as possible.

Main responsibilities:

· Responsible for all copywriting, editing and content publishing duties for the client website in BOTH English and Arabic

· Translation of English copy into Arabic

· Publishing of copy and images to the live English and Arabic website using the CMS – note that training in the CMS will be provided

· Research the web for press related to the website, and re-publish to the website

· Update of social media channels, specifically Facebook and Twitter

· Liaise directly with the client(s) to review content updates and gather additional content as required

· Occasionally attend events related to the website to create new, exclusive content for publishing to the website

· Work closely with the LBi Content Manager and wider team to keep the website and related social media site up-to-date

Skills & experience required:

Mandatory requirements

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in BOTH English and Arabic
• Experience with writing copy for online
• Client liaison skills
  

Other requirements

• Ideally you will have an English degree or similar
• Experience using Content Management Systems (CMS); ideally EpiServer (although training will be provided)
• Experience working in an online agency environment beneficial
• Able to use image editing tools such as Photoshop or similar
• Passion for Social Media
  

You must have the necessary work visa as we cannot offer sponsorship at this stage. There wil be occasional travel by car (or taxi) to Abu Dhabi (around 1hr from the LBi MENA Office in Dubai).

The freelance role will for an initial period of 1 month and is likely to extend.

Apply here.

16 February 2011

Editor - Commercial Interior Design

An experienced editor is required to take charge of ITP Business Publishing’s specialist interior design monthly, Commercial Interior Design (CID). The title focuses on the interior design industry in the GCC.

The editor will need to produce a monthly magazine, as well as contribute to the launch and running of a new design website, manage an awards programme, a directory, and represent the brand at conferences and trade shows.

The ideal candidate will have experience at deputy or editor level on a trade or design title and be a native English speaker, who can demonstrate sharp writing skills, an eye for detail and commercial understanding.

Experience working with InDesign would be an advantage, as would excellent networking skills and an eye for good design.

The role is permanent, full time and based in Dubai. Some travel to other Gulf states may be expected.

Please apply with your cv and a covering letter explaining why you are a suitable candidate to recruitment@itp.com, quoting reference EdCID.

More information here.

07 February 2011

Company Name: Gulf Computer Society FZ LLC

Compensation: 5000

Description:

Responsibilities include assisting Online Content Editor with researching content and imagery for large web portal requiring daily upkeep in both Arabic and English. You will need to generate ideas for compelling content including publishing the content through the portal's administration panel.

Responsibilities:

* Research compelling news content and articles to appeal to target audience
* Prepare and edit copy for publication on the web portal using both written Arabic and English
* Verify all information, such as statistics, dates and facts, using standard reference sources.
* Source images and artwork, and commission photographic or video works to enhance user experience ensuring suitability for audience.
* Edit and optimize content to enable readability and search engine optimisation.
* Manage blogs, forums, wikis and other forms of user-generated content.
* Work to set schedules and deadlines for the publication and archiving of information and news on the portal.
* Manage an in-house content management system (CMS)
* Liaise with internal departments to ensure policies and procedures of the organization are maintained.
* Other duties as assigned.

Requirements (Specific to Role):

* Detailed knowledge of GCC area specifically UAE, Oman and Saudi Arabia, with knowledge of Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain an advantage
* Writing for the web (links, keywords).
* Web research and reporting experience.
* Candidate must be able to demonstrate web copywriting and editing abilities.
* Have an understanding of copyright and data protection laws

Requirements (General):

* Ability to communicate effectively in both Arabic and English, with Arabic being the preferred native language.
* Ability to meet deadlines and plan short- and long-term projects.
* Excellent attention to detail.
* Able to multitask and prioritize work schedules.
* Excellent writing skills in both English and Arabic.
* Good understanding of grammar, punctuation, and spelling, in English and Arabic.
* Highly organised
* Computer Literate

Apply here.

19 January 2011

An experienced B2B editor is required to take the helm of ITP Business’s specialist engineering monthly, MEP Middle East. The title focuses on the mechanical, electrical and plumbing sector of the construction industry.

The editor will need to produce a monthly magazine, as well as contribute daily news to ConstructionWeekOnline.com, manage an awards programme and represent the brand at conferences and trade shows.

The ideal candidate will have experience at deputy or editor level on a trade title and be a native English speaker, who can demonstrate sharp writing skills, an eye for detail and commercial understanding.

Experience working with InDesign would be an advantage, as would some knowledge of mechanical engineering. The ability to interpret technical information and transform it into engaging copy will come in handy too.

The role is permanent, full time and based in Dubai. Travel to other Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia, will be expected.

Please send your cv together with a covering letter explaining why you are a suitable candidate, quoting reference MEP, to recruitment@itp.com.

More information here.

22 December 2010

Looking to hire a travel blogger, to write blog post about various interesting travel subjects relating to my destination Dubai and to post those blogs at third party reputed travel blogs which will typically direct traffic and links to my site with anchor key words. Payment via PayPal at the end of each week once blog posts are approved.

How to apply

Please email me rate per blog post and paypal account - email morcel@dubaishortstay.com.

More information here.

15 December 2010

Employer: ITP PUBLISHING GROUP

DEPUTY EDITOR, NEW LAUNCH – INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S MAGAZINE

ITP Consumer Publishing is looking for a Deputy Editor to help launch one of the world’s biggest female magazine brands into the Arabian Gulf.

The ideal candidate should have strong consumer-magazine experience in assigning and editing articles with at least three years proven journalism experience, ideally in female consumer magazines.

If you are an enthusiastic, dynamic and ambitious journalist and are full of creative ideas then this job is for you. Your responsibilities will include conceiving and assigning features on a range of topics, working to tight deadlines, maintaining quality control and successfully mentoring junior staff.

Please apply to recruitment@itp.com with a copy of your cv and a covering letter explaining why you are the ideal candidate for the job. The position is located at ITP Head Office, Dubai Media City.

More information here.

12 December 2010

Zawya is a young, dynamic and growing company. We are seeking experienced and confident individuals to join our team; in return we offer qualified candidates competitive compensation packages in a flexible and friendly working environment.

Managing Editor
Dubai based

The role combines driving Zawya's ambitious news creation and acquisition strategy and the day-to-day reponsibility of ensuring the key pages of the site highlight the top stories shaping the MENA business landscape.

Major Responsibilities:

* Manage a team of news editors and associates to ensure Zawya has the latest stories on each of the home, country and sector pages
* Build a team of reporters who will write stories closely aligned with the needs of Zawya members
* Create new news products and services and collaborate with other content heads to serve their news requirements
* Work across other content departments and co-ordinate with other stakeholders on key pages to ensure that Zawya's most important content is displayed on the site in an attractive manner
* Write agenda-setting columns/blogs for various parts of the site and for other media
* Identify new syndicate providers, lead negotiations and secure new content for the company
* Maintain and build relationship with existing syndication providers
* Manage content budgets
* Create and manage newsletters and provide guidance and content support for newsletters of other product managers
* Quality control of news content
* Work with Human Resources Head to recruit and retain talent and ensure their well-being, productivity levels and create a career ladder
* Report progress, or otherwise, on each of the responsibilities mentioned above.

Requirements:

* University/college degree or equivalent is well regarded, ideally in commerce, economics or accounting
* Experience of newswires, newspaper and online media a must.
* Strong editorial, reporting and writing skills essential.
* At least 8-10 years experience and in-depth knowledge of Middle East business environment and financial jargon
* Be a strong team player. A huge responsibility within the role involves discussions with various stakeholders to bring them to an agreeable solution. Diplomacy, soft skills and tact are central to this role
* Ability to discuss complex business issues of the day with industry players
* Commercially astute and able to negotiate with international syndication providers and proven ability to manage budgets
* Demonstrated superior strategic ability and deep understanding of Middle East business community
* Comfortable with data and analyses
* Ability to work under pressure on tight deadlines
* Entrepreneurial. Demonstrated ability to build and scale editorial/content operations in multiple media and languages
* Familiar with social media and online trends, understanding of design and packaging of online content an advantage
* Be the company's ambassador and able to express his/her views on TV and radio and become an independent expert on the region.

To apply for the positions above, please send your CV and covering letter to jobsdubai@zawya.com.

More information here.

02 December 2010

Deadline: 7 December 2010

We require an English into Arabic translator (MUST BE FROM DUBAI) to translate a 11,243 words project. This translation if for Infiniti, a car manufacturer.

You will have to work with Trados and a glossary will be provided for you to follow.

Rate: 0.06 US dollars per word regardless of matches

WORDCOUNT:

New text: 9185 words
Partially matched text: 372 words
Repeated (100% matched) text: 1868 words

Delivery date: 7 December by 4 p.m. GMT

Please apply only if you are available and you are interested.

No agencies please.

Almudena
07827 508 880
almudena@bostico.co.uk
http://www.bostico.co.uk

Payment: 0.06 USD per word

Linguists must live in: AE United Arab Emirates

More information here.

29 November 2010

Investment & Financial Markets Editor

Company: Hays Financial Services

Location: UAE-Dubai

A leading GCC Bank seeks a strong Investment Communicator to collate, organise and produce Investment Commentaries to tight deadlines. To qualify you must have worked within the Investment Banking Industry. For example a Equity Research Editior would be ideal.

Investment, Financial Markets Editor

Nicola Beer Hays Investment Banking

Job Summary

A leading GCC Bank seeks a strong Investment Communicator to collate, organise and produce Investment Commentaries to tight deadlines.

The Bank has various departments: Investment Banking, Asset management, Private Banking, Corporate Banking, Project Finance, Wealth Management, Retail Banking. We need a professional to obtain information from each department on a daily basis and produce a professional newsletter for external clients.

Job Responsibilities

Chase, Collate and Organise material from different departments to produce a professional external news letter on a daily, weekly and monthly basis as required.

As an Investment professional, with Investment Knowledge you will help edit the content of the publications. Therefore an understanding of Financial Markets is crucial and having previously worked in an Investment Bank is desired. For example a sell side equity research or economist back ground would fit in well.

The role will also support the corporate communications team to assist with the design, layout and production of the various investment and product regular publications

Job requirements

* Degree Educated from a reputable university
* Perfect English, Arabic an Advantage
* Excellent written and communication Skills
* 7 to 10 years post graduate experience
* You must have held a similar role organizing the publication of investment commentaries.
* This could be someone Equity Research (sell side) or an economist
* Or an Investor Relations or Corporate Communications track record.

Another key advantage would be Investment analysis skills however most important is the ability to turn out high quality investment commentary on time, time and again. As the vast majority of the material will already be written by the various sector specialists, however we need an editor to collate and produce the work to perfection.

Job benefits

Opportunity to live and work in the UAE

Tax Free Salary with plenty of Benefits / Discounts offered by the bank

More information here.