The Standard Group Jobs in Kenya


The Standard Group comprises of The Standard Newspapers, Game Yetu, The County Weekly, KTN, Radio Maisha, PDS, Standard Digital and Think Outdoor Services. 

The Group is looking for highly motivated, qualified, experienced and reputable team players to fill the following positions:

 
Mechanical Engineer
 
Key Responsibilities
  • Carry out plant corrective, preventive and scheduled maintenance,
  • Effective daily reporting of all machinery technical performance status,
  • Identify and analyse maintenance deficiencies encountered,
  • Management of press spare parts stock movement and re-ordering level within the lead time,
  • Advising and guiding plant users on health and safety operation procedures,
  • Provide leadership to plant technical staff.
Qualifications & Experience
  • BSc. in Mechanical or Plant Engineering.
  • Good knowledge of plant machines and computer based industrial automation.
  • Good communication and leadership skills.
  • Good team player.
  • Ability to make quick decisions and to improvise if necessary.
  • Ability and energy to work during odd hours.
  • Minimum 3 years working experience in a busy Industrial Plant set up.

AMC & Electrical Technician
 
Key Responsibilities
  • Repair and maintenance of Air-Conditioning installations
  • Analyzing and rectifying AC & electrical technical faults
  • Utilize knowledge of AMC & Electrical systems to install, test and maintain Air conditioning facilities
  • Maintaining specialist AC equipment and cooling equipment at the SGL offices and transmission stations
  • Identifying and implementing alternative ways of meeting requirements to cover equipment failures with minimum loss of service
  • Investigating new technologies and equipments
  • Interpreting instructions and requests from others working in administration
Qualifications & Experience
  • Diploma and above in refrigeration and Air-conditioning engineering
  • Minimum 4 years working experience preferably in a busy industrial plant
  • Ability to work and communicate well with the rest of the team
  • Can work for long, odd and Shift hours and sometimes away from normal working station.

Studio Maintenance Technician

Key Responsibilities
  • Repair Broadcast Technology Systems
  • Utilize knowledge of analog and digital systems to install, test and maintain technical facilities
  • Maintaining Specialist equipment for Audio, Video, Broadcast and Interactive Media
  • Analyzing and rectifying technical faults
  • Identifying and implementing alternative ways of meeting requirements to cover equipment failures
  • Interpreting instructions and requests from others working on programmes
Qualifications & Experience
  • Higher Diploma and above in Electrical/Electronic/Broadcast Engineering
  • Minimum 4 years working experience preferably in a busy Broadcasting environment
  • Ability to work and communicate well with the rest of the team
  • Can work for long, odd and Shift hours and sometimes away from normal working station.

Sub Editor - Entertainment & Convergence

The recruit will be part of a team that manages the Standard digital web content with a focus on Entertainment news.
 
The ideal candidate should have the following skills:
  • Ability to write, edit and-proofread and gauge newsworthiness of stories
  • Creativity and ability to generate web content for the Digital platforms
  • Experience in the entertainment industry/entertainment journalism
  • In-depth understanding of Twitter, Facebook and G+ and knowledgeable about how they can be used for conveying news and interactivity with multimedia audiences
  • Familiarity with social media trends, ethics, uses and strategies
  • Ability to edit video/audio clips, and load them on the site.
  • Understanding of YouTube, and other on-demand and live stream applications
  • Ability to use in-design and Photoshop
  • Proactive, interested and passionate about online news and entertainment journalism
  • Basic knowledge of website structures and Content Management Systems.
Key Responsibilities
  • Source for write and publish entertainment news
  • Work with Standard Group’s entertainment shows/magazines to ensure that their content is published on the site and disseminated on social media
  • Upload videos/images/stories to the website
  • Ensure that the site is on the cutting edge of entertainment news
  • Promote entertainment shows/publications on the web and social media
Qualifications & Experience
  • Degree or Masters in Journalism, mass communication, Information Science or any related field, with over 1 years’ experience in journalism.
  • Deep understanding of both local, African and international entertainment news
  • Newsroom exposure will be an added advantage
  • Advanced computer literacy
  • Social media usage and applications

Brand Manager

Key Accountabilities
  • Develop and implement the Division’s annual and long term marketing plans..
  • Develop the brand strategies and value propositions for the various digital assets of The Standard Group.
  • Analyze and drive key performance Indicators for the TV and newspaper assets - Awareness, Uptake of New Services and Products.
  • Develop and implement communication strategies including the development of comprehensive advertising briefs, compelling creative campaigns and effective media plans.
  • Provide market and competitive intelligence, monitoring and anticipation of consumer and market trends.
Qualification and Experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Management or Marketing
  • 3 to 5 years in a Marketing role with significant experience in product development and market entry strategy.
  • Self driven, passionate and proactive individual who can work under pressure and within set deadlines.
  • Strong analytical skills to effectively present and implement action plans
  • Tenacity and resolve to work in a fast paced job.
  • Extremely creative with ability to think out of the box.

Creative Designer

Do you love working on a huge variety of work from developing campaign concepts, brand ID’s, copy ideas and straplines, stamping, to visualizing brand experiences and developing effective corporate communication?
 
If you do, we want to bring you into our world
 
Key Responsibilities
 
You will be:-
  • A brilliant conceptual designer with great experience across multimedia, ready to work in a busy marketing environment.
  • You have vision and ideas in abundance and you love to see your concepts come to life.
  • You have a versatile style and attitude which is clean and clear.
  • A guru in Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator and able to turn your had to open and paper and to do the odd great copy line.
  • A confident communicator, able to present ideas and concepts at all levels
  • Flexible, friendly, committed, happy and ready for real challenge
Qualifications & Experience
  • A Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Design, Communication, Art, or a field equivalent field experience.
  • Able to work on Mac OS X, Widows and different software: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Acrobat Professional.
  • Minimum experience of 3 years in similar job.
  • Detail oriented, flexible, self-motivated and meeting deadlines.
  • Must have trouble shooting and organizational skills
  • Fast turn-around and creative judgment
  • Hands-on experience in newspaper, advertising or magazine design will be an added advantage.
If you possess the above qualifications and the drive to meet the challenges, please visit our websitewww.standardmedia.co.ke/recruitment to browse through the current openings/vacancies and apply not later than 15th February 2013.

Please note that ONLY shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
 
The Standard Group is an equal opportunity employer.