Assistant online reporter

Employer:

William Reed Business Media SAS

Salary:

€800 per month +meal vouchers and reimbursement of 50% of public transport

Location:

Montpellier

 

William Reed Business Media SAS, subsidiary of the 150 year-old British publisher William Reed Business Media, is a fast growing internet company.

A leader in business and science news publishing, the business operates 17 websites devoted to the needs of professionals in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.

Our readers work for blue chip manufacturers such as Nestlé, L’Oréal, BASF, Cargill and Unilever.

Every month, our 17 highly targeted industry news websites are read by more than 500,000 decision makers in more than 40 countries.

Our company is young, vibrant, full of energy, multicultural, and English is the spoken and written language in the office, which is based in Montpellier, in the south of France. With 90% of our revenue being made internationally, we also have offices near Gatwick Airport in the UK and in New York.

We are currently looking for an an intern who would work as a reporter in our Montpellier office for 10 months, delivering multi-media content to our Food Processing and Packaging websites, starting from December 2012/January 2013.

Our flagship titles include www.foodproductiondaily.com, with an independently audited monthly readership of more than 60,000 unique visitors.

The successful candidate will be responsible for identifying content ideas appropriate to our audience and delivering them in a multi-media format spanning online text articles, audio podcasts and video reports.

Previous media experience is less important than a passion for news and a dedication to reach the very highest standards of multi-media journalism.

Applicants must have an appropriate qualification, and an ability to turn your hand to the nuts and bolts of food processing and packaging and the science of food safety would be a distinct advantage.

You will be expected to acquire multi-media journalism skills quickly. Our journalists produce sharp, tightly-written, independent news to exacting deadlines – so you must work well under pressure and relish challenges.

In return, we offer employment in the south of France, with all the benefits that exposure to a new culture brings, multi-media news training with our young, vigorous, talented team and a stipend.

How to apply:

If you would relish the challenge of being one of our expert editorial staff, please email a covering letter, explaining why you’re right for an internship with us, plus a CV to rod.addy@wrbm.com and eva.murigneux@wrbm.com, mentioning that you found this job on Journalism.co.uk.