The Job Hunt: Copy Editor at the Beijinger, Events Planner at the British Chamber, Singing Coach, Footballers

Who wants to spend their Beijing days locked up in a boring, dead-end job, with horrible colleagues you'd rather never see again? As our beloved reader, you should know that you don't have to submit yourself to such an unbearable life of sadness. Instead, take a look below at the best of our job classifieds.

Copy Editor at the Beijinger
We're looking for a copy editor to join our editorial team and be responsible for the copy-editing, proofreading, and overseeing corrections of the Beijinger’s products. The candidate should demonstrate a methodical, systems-based approach to ensuring that any written matter published by the company is clear, correct, concise, complete, and consistent. The copy editor is also responsible for instilling standards of journalistic professionalism in staff editors by providing critiques during planning and editing, and leading educational seminars and on-boarding training for incoming editors. Requirements include a bachelor's degree with major in English, journalism, or related fields and at least two years of relevant work experience. Interested? Send your resume plus three writing samples to employment@thebeijinger.com.

Events Manager at The British Chamber of Commerce in China
The British Chamber of Commerce is seeking a new events planner to help put together all British Chamber event activities, including conferences, seminars, and banquets for visiting dignitaries from UK. The candidate should be a "confident and energetic team player with events management experience and excellent communications skills." Responsibilities will also include budgeting, execution of events, and marketing to their target audience. Requirements include a bachelor's degree or above and at least two years’ relevant working experience of running events.

Talented Footballers Needed
A Chinese Super League football team is looking for footballers between 18 and 29 years of age to join their football club. They're in need of goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, and strikers, so pretty much an entire team. The application is simple: send a copy of your performance photos and videos and go from there, saving time and money on trials.

Singing Coach
Have a background in singing and dancing or a related field? Drama Life school is starting a new drama course and requires energetic singing coaches to join their team.

Account Director and Producer
JITU studio, a creative agency based in Beijing and Shanghai, and operating around the world, is looking for an account director and producer to help manage their relationship with customers, vendors, and contractors by acting as the central point of contact as well as planning, executing, monitoring, and closing projects. JITU studio states that they "possess the finest local and international talent that is creative to the core" and "every creative concept is the product of a global team and a myriad of individual talent." The successful candidate must possess at least two years experience in a project management role and have an understanding of creative fields, especially graphic design, website development, video production, photography, and event management.

As always, you can see the full array of Beijing jobs on offer via our Employment Classifieds page here.

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