Arts and Entertainment Editor

1. ACCOUNTABILITY:

People accountable to: The Arts and Entertainment Editor will be accountable to the Editor, Deputy Editor and Content Editor on a daily basis. The Arts and Entertainment Editor will also be accountable to the Disciplinary Board, concerning matters of discipline, to which he or she will have to defend or explain him or herself should he or she not adhere to the stipulations of the position at hand.

People accountable for: All members of the Arts and Entertainment team.

2. OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

· Responsible for the gathering and editing of all Arts and Entertainment content for page 8 and 9 of the paper.

· To ensure that all content is in by deadline

· To ensure that all content is submitted in the correct format

· Contribution to planning and design of pages before deadline.

· To facilitate meetings between members of their team and themselves.

· Ensure that there are meeting agenda’s and recording of meeting minutes

· Must ensure their sub-team are selected via some process of selection (at discretion of the Arts and Entertainment Editor)

· Together with Training and Development Manager, must ensure that a training programme is prepared for the incoming sub-team before swot week.

· Acting as a mentor trainer and advisor.

· Should any member of his/her sub-team not adhere to the stipulations of his/her contract, it must be reported to the Staff Manager.

· Provide writers with contact details for sources and interviews.

· Keep track of Arts and Entertainment events in and around Grahamstown

· Socialise and meet potential industry sources

· Keep up team moral and reprimand the team for mistakes and problems

· Set up a system of a conducive working environment for the team and openness in dealing with matters of content and difficult stories.

· Have fun and keep the pulse of Grahamstown’s Arts and Entertainment world