Retail Proof Reader

SavageOne Pty Ltd; Durban; On-site; ZAR 167,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

SavageOne Pty Ltd in Durban is seeking a Retail Proofreader to review content, identify and correct grammar, spelling and punctuation, and ensure accuracy of English and Afrikaans across campaigns. You will apply CI guidelines and templates, ensuring consistency across campaigns and client materials.

Responsibilities include verifying product descriptions, prices, volumes and image alignment, reviewing translations for consistency, and maintaining high-quality standards while meeting deadlines

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in English, Communications or Journalism.
• 2 years of copywriting experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and under pressure.
• Team player and technically proficient.

Responsibilities

• Ensure CI guidelines/templates are followed and consistency across campaigns.
• Verify accuracy of information, spelling, grammar, and consistency.
• Check product descriptions, packaging details, prices and image correspondence.
• Review translations for consistency where required.
• Ensure quality standards and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Copywriting

Technical proficiency

Under pressure

Independent worker

Team player

Written & verbal communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in English/Communications/Journalism

Job description

R 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 (South African Rand)

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
• Behaviours/Skills:
• Technical proficiency
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to work independently and without supervision
• Team player
• Strong written and verbal communication skills