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Retail Proof Reader

Key Facts

Remote From: 
Full time
Mid-level (2-5 years)
English

Other Skills

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    Packaging And Labeling
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    Grammar
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    Quality Assurance
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    Technical Acumen
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    Calmness Under Pressure
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    Ability To Meet Deadlines
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    Non-Verbal Communication
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    Teamwork
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    Detail Oriented

Roles & Responsibilities

  • A bachelor's degree in English, Communications or Journalism
  • 2 years of copywriting experience
  • Retail experience
  • Excellent written English and Afrikaans, including spelling and grammar

Requirements:

  • Proofread content across campaigns, adhering to client-specific CI/guidelines/templates and toolkits to avoid inconsistencies.
  • Ensure information accuracy (theme, disciplines, product descriptions, prices, mandatory inclusions) with correct spelling, grammar, and consistency.
  • Verify product details match client brief, including packaging description, volume, and image correspondence.
  • Check translations for consistency where required.

Job description

CORE PURPOSE OF THE JOB

As a Retail Proofreader, your primary role will be to review content, identifying and correcting grammar, spelling, punctuation, and syntax errors. The incumbent will proofread English and Afrikaans material at all stages leading up to the final material, to ensure accuracy of content, whilst adhering to CI guidelines, thereby ensuring consistency across campaigns.

DIMENSIONS OF THE JOB

Statutory Liabilities

  • Labour Relations Act
  • Basic Conditions of Employment Act
  • Quality Assurance

Responsibilities

  • Displays an excellent understanding of client-specific CI/guidelines/templates, and marks them consistently, as well as individual campaign-specific CIs/toolkits to ensure that inconsistencies are avoided.
  • Ensures all information is accurate (i.e. current theme, disciplines, product descriptions, prices and mandatory inclusions) and there is correct spelling, grammar and consistency at all times.
  • Checking that the product matches client brief, including proper description as per packaging as well as correct volume and image correspondence.
  • Checking of supplied translations for consistency where required.
  • Making sure the content meets the desired quality standards by checking the style, tone, structure,
  • Meets deadlines in a fair, reasonable, workload-dependent way.

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

Knowledge/Experience:

  • A bachelor's degree in a related field English, Communications or Journalism
  • 2 years of copywriting experience
  • Retail experience
  • Excellent written English/Afrikaans, including excellent spelling and grammar.
  • Behaviours/Skills:
  • Technical proficiency
  • Has impeccable attention to detail
  • Deadline driven
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • Ability to work independently and without supervision
  • Team player
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills


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