Saturday, June 28, 2008

Local Writing Job Ads

Real Estate Writer
- Just wanted to know if anybody is able and interested to write real estate articles for a PR company? Email me resume and sample works to nina.chua@yahoo. com.


Full-time Writer/ Reporter
- The Development Executive Group, Inc.

Join one of the most innovative and fastest-growing companies in international development – The Development Executive Group (
www.devex.com) . Serving more than 100,000 international development professionals from around the world, The Development Executive Group is a social enterprise founded at Harvard University in the year 2000 with a mission to bring efficiency to international development and humanitarian relief. Today, we are a 60-person company with offices in Washington, DC, Manila, Tokyo, and Barcelona. For entrepreneurial, motivated, and energetic professionals, we offer tremendous opportunity for personal and professional growth.

Full-Time Staff Writer

(National Capital Reg - Pasig City)


Devex is in urgent need of a Full-time Staff Writer for its office in Manila, Philippines. The successful candidate will perform the following:

• Produce daily news digests on international development, global health and humanitarian emergencies
Interview officials in international organizations such as the World Bank, the ADB, USAID, and the European Commission
• Write articles and special reports for publication on our website, which has over 190,000 active users worldwide


Requirements:


• Bachelor's degree in Political Science, Economics, Journalism, Development Communication, and other relevant social science courses

• At least one-year professional or freelance writing experience

• Strong writing, editing and
interviewing skills
• Excellent computer and online research skills

• Deadline- and output-oriented

• A fast learner


Preferred Qualifications:


• Substantial work experience in journalism and reporting

• Strong knowledge of international development, global health, and humanitarian relief
• Experience writing for an international audience
• A portfolio of articles published in major publications


Application Instructions:


In order to be considered in our short listing and interview processes, please follow the following instructions.


1) Register and Logon at

http://www.developm entex.com/ spring/registrat ion/register_ individual. jsp
(it’s FREE!)
2) Click on »Register as Individual

3) Once logged on, apply for the position by following this link.


Our diverse global team includes professionals with experience in business, media, and international development. Our team members are dedicated and enthusiastic about our mission, have excellent academic and professional credentials, and possess foreign language skills. If this describes you, we encourage you to submit your application. We are building a team of the world’s best-and-brightest professionals to lead this exciting social enterprise to its next level of growth.

Online Editor
- Philstar.com, the website of the Philippine Star is still looking for an
online editor. If any of you are interested, please forward me your resume
to alexavillano@ philstar. com and will forward it to my bosses.

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