Community We’re Looking For Editors & A Community Manager Volunteer! by The Productive Muslim Company Jumada I 8, 1437 AH / February 16, 2016 5 min read Share If you’ve been looking forward to join the ProductiveMuslim team, you now have a great chance! ProductiveMuslim is currently looking for professional editors and a community manager. ProductiveMuslim started as a simple blog driven by Abu Productive’s vision towards inspiring others to lead productive lives.

Today, the blog has developed into an established platform on productivity — managed by a virtual team of more than 20 volunteers from around the globe. As we continue to grow and consistently seek to reach greater heights, we’re in need of some more helping hands. Here is what we’re looking for.

Editors The editor is responsible for the review of content submissions and developing them in terms of quality and relevance.

Responsibilities Edit articles for substance and quality

Develop articles to be ready for publishing (incorporate SEO features, appropriate layout and formatting, etc.)

Brainstorm relevant and recent topics for ProductiveMuslim.com fans, and assign topics to appropriate contributors

Be able to meet tight and spur of the moment deadlines

Partake in online team meetings whenever scheduled

Occasionally contribute personally written articles

Prepare or edit sales copy when required Salary Unpaid, voluntary position Training Orientation meeting and software training. Additional skills development training courses when relevant.

Commitment

Approximately 7 hours a week.

Benefits Help serve the Ummah

Develop personal/professional skills

Work with a dynamic and international team

Expand your global network of professional Muslims

Benefit from valuable courses and the exposure to modern productivity techniques

Help change lives, literally (it’s in the testimonials!)

Be inspired to be a better you Person Specification High level of English (proficiency, understanding of grammar rules, clarity etc.) – Essential

Strong written and verbal communication skills to communicate with team members and contributors – Essential

Ability to learn quickly (for various projects) – Essential

Computer literate – Essential

Have a critical eye and attention to detail for editing – Essential

Creativity and flair for content topics/ideas – Essential

Previous editorial experience – Essential

Excellent organizational skills – Desirable

Be willing and enthusiastic to support senior members of staff – Essential

Committed to the ProductiveMuslim.com vision and values – Desirable

Be able to commit 7 to 10 hours a week – Desirable





Willing to undertake tasks as set by Head of Content and Research or other members of team – Essential

Prior experience in copywriting and marketing activities – Desirable like learning thoroughly SEO from the right company.

Community Manager The Community

Manager will be the primary administrator for the Productive Muslim social media communities (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc). We are looking for someone who is comfortable creating a buzz on social media, leading social content campaigns and working on special projects.

Experience creating online content, managing online Muslim communities, building a social campaign from the ground up and a passion for social content are the four must-haves for this role.

Key Responsibilities Social Media Marketing: Works with Marketing Lead to develop and implement community promotion and engagement strategies and tactics as they relate to our strategic goals.

Coordinates with Marketing team and Research & Content team to ensure successful social media campaigns for product launches, announcing events, and/or social campaigns.

Engagement

Engages with ProductiveMuslim Online Social Media communities in a platform-appropriate style.

Monitors discussions on our social media, responds in a timely fashion where appropriate

Alerts relevant team members as issues arise and work with team members to ensure issues are resolved.

Reporting

Monitors and measures the success of community engagement (i.e. number of users, number of discussions, etc.), and provides reports to the management team.

Identifies and reports on community trends to internal teams and advises on potential opportunities or risks. You’ll Be a Great Fit If You Have previous community management experience

Actively participate in a wide variety of social media platforms.

Understand popular social networks – design, functionality, users engagement tactics, etc.

Have a high attention to detail.

Have Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.

Do Not Apply If

You are simply looking for a hobby

You are unable to commit time for this role What’s in it for you?

Flexibility: You have the freedom to work how you want, where you want. We focus on results.

Personal and professional growth: As part of volunteering with the ProductiveMuslim team,



you’ll be part of a dynamic, ever-growing, ever-learning, productive Muslim team. You’ll gain insights into how decisions are made and some of the major challenges that companies such as ours face, and you’ll be part of the ups and downs of running an online organization.

Training: As much as you’re helping us, we want to help you! Our dream for each of ourvolunteers is that they come out from the experience with as much learning and skills that they can put to use for their future work and home life. Therefore, we commit to offer you free or subsidized access to relevant training programs that will improve and add to your current skill set and stand you in good stead for the future.

You will also be working with experienced team members who are always ready to lend a helping hand.

Reward: In this life of inspiring people and turning their lives around for the better and the reward in the next life for the hard work dedicated to Allah’s ﷻ pleasure, in sha Allah.

Reference: We are also happy to provide you a reference to future employers/colleges/university upon successful completion of six months working with us.

How To Apply – For the ‘Editor’ position, please submit your resume/CV, cover letter detailing your interest and/or previous work to [email protected] Please add “Editor Application” in the subject line. – For the ‘Community Manager position please submit your resume/CV, cover letter detailing your interest via email to [email protected] Please add “Community Manager” in the subject line.

DEADLINE FOR ALL APPLICATIONS: 29 February 2016 We’re really interested for you to join us; apply early! We get a huge number of applications so, unfortunately, it’s not possible for us to reply to everyone. Please bear with us if we take time to contact you. If you don’t hear from us, try next time, in sha Allah!

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