21/10/2026
NOW HIRING!
🗣️ Editorial Communications Consultant (a.k.a. Chief Jargon Assassin & Story Architect)
📍 Full-Time | Johannesburg | SA
We are not looking for someone to draft bland, vanilla press releases that disappear into the digital ether.
We need an Editorial Communications Consultant with an unmistakable voice, razor-sharp instincts, and an aggressive allergy to filler. You will take dense ideas, chaotic brain-dumps, and messy organizational milestones, and forge them into editorial gold that people actually want to read.
What You’ll Actually Do
👉🏽 Translate Corporate to Human: Strip away the fluff, buzzwords, and vague promises. Make complex strategies sound lucid, bold, and genuinely compelling.
👉🏽 Shape the Narrative Backbone: Define editorial tones, ghostwrite high-stakes thought leadership pieces, craft punchy feature articles, and build storytelling frameworks that stick.
👉🏽 Wrangle Big Ideas: Interview founders, specialists, and stakeholders who have brilliant ideas trapped behind messy technical jargon, then pull out the narrative thread that matters.
👉🏽 Protect the Standard: Serve as the gatekeeper of taste. If a draft feels safe, boring, or lukewarm, you send it back with tough love and sharper edits.
You’re the One If:
👉🏽 You have a proven track record in journalism, high-end editorial strategy, or senior brand storytelling.
👉🏽 You treat grammar rules like jazz—mastering them completely so you know exactly when and how to break them for impact.
👉🏽 You can write for a board of directors at 09:00, pitch a culture manifesto at 11:00, and polish punchy digital copy by noon without losing your mind.
👉🏽 You know that brevity isn't about short words—it’s about high density of meaning.
Don’t Bother Applying If:
👉🏽 You rely on generative AI to do your original thinking (it writes like lukewarm oatmeal; we don't hire oatmeal).
👉🏽 You believe exclamation marks compensate for weak verbs.
👉🏽 You’re afraid to push back when an executive wants to publish a 1,200-word memo that says absolutely nothing.
🎩 How to Throw Your Hat in the Ring
Skip the standard cover letter. We won't read it.
Instead, send your CV along with some of your writing / editorial campaigns. The stuff you are really proud of!
📩 [email protected]
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