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  • Posted: Jun 19, 2018
    Deadline: Jul 4, 2018
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    Potentash is an award-winning lifestyle blog. We have won the best lifestyle blog - Kenyan blog awards for 2017 and 2018. Potentash.com is a source of news and information on matters lifestyle, health, women, beauty and skincare, travel, business, technology, relationships, finances and entertainment. We also write creative stories on different societal issues. It was founded in 2009 by Rayhab Gachango.
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    Business and Feature Writers Internship

    Job Details

    Are you a good writer who is passionate about writing and research? A writer who is interested in growing your writing and networking skills. We want people who are curious, who like to try out products, experiences and ideas, and who are open to learning new things.  If that is you and you are great at working with minimal supervision then you are the person we are looking for.

    Business Writer

    • This person will work on business articles.
    • Should be knowledgeable about current affairs and trends
    • You should be active on social media
    • Must be able to write business articles for the blog
    • Must be able to attend events and press briefings
    • Must be good at research
    • Must be able to work with minimal supervision because you will work remotely
    • Must be good at writing proposals.

    Qualifications

    • A diploma or degree in business, entrepreneurship, marketing or PR would be preferred (or work experience). 
    • Candidates should be extremely organized and detail-oriented.
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must.

    Features Writer

    • Must be a creative writer
    • Should be knowledgeable about current affairs and trends
    • You should be active on social media (part of the job involves putting up social media updates at events).
    • Must be able to write articles, opinion pieces and do interviews.
    • Must be able to attend events and press briefings.
    • Must be good at research
    • Must be able to work with minimal supervision because you will work remotely.

    Qualifications

    • A diploma or degree in communication, literature or marketing would be preferred (if you have a degree/diploma in something else you can still apply).
    • Candidates should have excellent communication skills, demonstrate creativity, and be able to work as part of a team.

    Method of Application

    Please send your application letter, CV and 3 sample articles you have written to recruitment@potentash.com. For the features writer one article should be a fiction short story, the second a lifestyle article (a review) and the third should be an interview. For the business writer one article should be an interview, the second one should be on finances and the final article should be an article on business trends. All articles should be at least 500 words. Please also send a thread of 15 tweets on a topic of your choice and send me the link. Candidates who don’t follow instructions will be disqualified. The deadline for applications is 4th of July 2018.

    NB. Full-time students should not apply as it is difficult to do the internship when one is in session (and yes we have tried that many times and it didn’t work out well).

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