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Our Open Positions
If you are a native English speaker living in the Arnhem region, we look forward to hearing from you. You can directly email your application to Michel Nijland through michel@cnsmedia.com.
Senior Journalist
Location: Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
As our Senior Journalist, you will make part of our dynamic and ambitious editorial team. Your role is all about developing cutting-edge, engaging content that our readers cannot afford to miss. The Senior Journalist position involves every element of content creation. Writing, researching and proofing daily news articles and feature writing for our titles is at the center of the job. With your experience, you actively ask for complex stories to be assigned to you. You know how to turn stories around in a time efficient way that suits the business model of a publisher.
About the job
You will allocate most of your time to a dedicated platform, while you are hands on and a team player who writes across the various platforms published by CNS Media. In an exciting newsroom environment, you push to bring insights forward and inform our readers about the latest developments in the market.
The editorial team is jointly responsible for coordinating all daily content for our platforms Food Ingredients First, Nutrition Insight, Packaging Insights, Personal Care Insights, and our publication The World of Food Ingredients.
The Senior Journalist reports directly to his manager, the Vice President. The first point of contact for all daily operations and other editorial related questions can be directed to the Platform Editor or Senior Editor. You are responsible for creating, proofing, and uploading the content via CMS. You communicate daily with the platform editor, while you are expected to report your achievements during bi-weekly editorial meetings.
Your Responsibilities
- Engage in every element of content creation: writing, researching, and proofing daily news articles and features for our titles.
- Conduct interviews and turn collected information into writings, videos, features, and podcasts.
- You know how to establish and maintain relationships with industry stakeholders, such as marketing and communication contacts at suppliers, thought leaders, executives, and industry representatives.
- Attend and report on international trade shows, exhibitions, or media trips.
- Find industry interest for editorial opportunities to be shared with the platform editor.
- Write and proofread stories, posts, newsletters, in-depth articles, reports, and podcast scripts.
- Research and authenticate facts, dates, and statistics.
- Uploading and organizing content via the Content Management System (CMS).
- Researching and writing in-depth reports and features.
- Deliver the created content in our corporate style guide, while using our Grammarly tool.
- Feature writing for our journal The World of Food Ingredients.
- You perform as a role model for our journalists in our team. Be helpful if asked for help, to develop their writing skills.
- You provide high quality articles and features day in day out. The first drafts provided by you require little rework or feedback based on your experience and attention to detail.
- For continuous professional growth, you attend a yearly performance appraisal meeting with your manager.
About CNS Media
CNS Media is a leading provider of B2B industry news and analysis on product development in FMCG-related industries. Key topics of specialization include business news, ingredient and product launches, research & development and regulatory analysis. The content produced will be published on our industry-leading platforms; The World of Food Ingredients, Food Ingredients First, Nutrition Insight, Packaging Insights and Personal Care Insights.
WHAT WE DO
We are the industry source for news, analysis, and insights into these diverse sectors. We are experts in food design trends, nutrition advances and packaging innovations. The decision-makers in our industry rely on us for their daily news.
HOW WE WORK TOGETHER
We work in a dynamic and agile environment focusing on bringing the latest news and insights forward through our platforms. Various teams contribute daily to our business success.We work in a fast-paced environment, which makes it essential to work together for maximum impact and result.We value the energy, creativity, and innovative ideas from all our colleagues.
DIVERSITY AND CULTURE
We celebrate and champion diversity, equality and culture. We have a team with many different backgrounds, and everyone is unique. We know that providing opportunities to people with diverse backgrounds and experiences gives us rich and authentic perspectives.
PROFESSIONAL GROWTH
Individually, our team members bring energy, proactivity and an entrepreneurial initiative. As part of our team, you will be exposed to learning opportunities that allow you to grow and develop your skills. You will regularly engage and work with leading companies around the globe.