Monday, April 23, 2012

[KITlist] CONTR: Editorial Writer and Project Manager |eBay (San Jose, California)

Please direct your responses to: rlewczyk@ebay.com

The Pro Seller Marketing and Communications team at eBay has an immediate need for a person to provide copywriting, project management and production support for our editorial staff. We are looking for someone with excellent writing skills who is highly organized with keen attention to detail. This person will be asked to write and edit various seller marketing communications and should be proactive in nature to help our team stay focused on top priorities during the production cycles for our various publications and launches, while taking on full responsibility for managing production-related duties. Writing samples will be required.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Copywriting: Write and/or edit copy for various projects (customer stories, collateral, telemarketing scripts and other communications) as needed.
Project management/production support:
• Coordinate with our internal Operations team, the newsletter staff, and agencies - to integrate into the larger team's organizational processes while maintaining production schedules/calendars; and alerting stakeholders to upcoming milestones and deliverables.
• Coordinate with newsletter staff and agency to maintain production schedule/calendar; and alert stakeholders to upcoming milestones and deliverables.
• For PowerUP semi-annual print magazine: Manage the flow of creative documents: circulate and follow up with content providers/reviewers on development, review and approvals of articles for magazine to ensure timely delivery.
o Assist with magazine and landing page production management
 Work with our web dev team on web page development (may require some work in the evening)
 Work with external agency on creative assets for landing pages
 Work with internal Relationship Marketing team on email, onsite marketing requests
 Manage changes to subscription landing pages and process
• Assist in publishing Announcement Board posts using proprietary tool
• Customer Success Stories: Assist with logistics for customer success stories: internal vetting, managing schedule for interviews and photo shoot.


JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Writing skills and experience in technology environment
• Highly organized
• Keen attention to detail, ability to multi-task successfully
• Able to support multiple team members simultaneously and juggle priorities
• Proficient in all Office programs
• Proficiency (intermediate level or better) at Excel, PowerPoint
• Proficiency in data analysis and sharing (basic report generation)
• 3-5 years in a similar position, ideally at eBay or similar technology company


Respond to: rlewczyk@ebay.com



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