Media24 Multi-Media Internship


Advertiser: Media24
Location: Cape Town

Department: Digital
Division: Corporate Services
Business Unit: Academic
Organisation: Media24
Job Type: Intern

Location - Town / City: Cape Town
Location - Province: Western Cape
Location - Country: South Africa

Job Description: Media24 is looking for graduates with strong multimedia skills for a one-year internship contract. We seek to appoint dynamic and energetic individuals to join the Graduates in Media Programme run by the Media24 Academy. The positions will be based in our digital News businesses in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

Minimum Requirements: A tertiary qualification in Multimedia, especially broadcasting production. The ideal candidate must have well developed video editing skills (Adobe Premier Pro, Final Cut or iMovie), an ability to shoot good video and tell a compelling visual story.

Skills & Competencies: The successful candidate will be able to survive and thrive in the rough and tumble of the organisation, adapt to different situations and innovate where necessary. The graduate needs to be resilient, able to withstand criticism in a pressured workplace and drive their own learning and career. This candidate must be a newshound, be immersed in digital media and possess strong multi-tasking abilities.

Duties & Responsibilities: The positions have been designed to provide graduates with an entrance into the workplace in the rapidly changing world of Media24.

About Us: Media24 is Africa’s leading media publishing company. The operating business segments span publishing, printing and distribution of magazines, newspapers, books and related products as well as digital content and ecommerce ventures. This well-balanced portfolio of investments in the media and publishing industries and an ongoing strategy of continuous renewal and adaptations have proven to be a winning formula that has turned Media24 into a leading business entity in the field.

Closing date: 4 August 2014

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Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

A learnership is an occupational qualification and it consists of theory and work-based experience and practical skills, with formal assessment and a qualification. At the end of the learnership the candidate may be offered permanent employment.

In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.