Magazine editing
Faircape Life Retirement Villages offer ultra-modern homes on a Life Rights basis and boast industry-leading facilities in their villages and healthcare centres in the Western Cape, South Africa. In 2020, I was the managing editor, responsible for publishing Issue 11, from content compilation, to post-production marketing and distribution. It was a magnificent success!
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Key responsibilities
– Editorial strategy and direction
– Magazine grid layout planning
– Content planning
– Call for content
– Publishing schedule
– Research
– Collaboration with writers, photographers, etc.
– Managing submissions
– Oversee artwork and elements to be used in the publication
– Comprehensive print-ready layout design
– Language editing and proofing
– Liaise with suppliers
– Quality control
– Generate digitally optimised e-magazine
– Magazine print production
– Post-production marketing content creation



© Copyright of the magazine belongs to Faircape Group
Key skills
Magazine publishing Copywriting Visual communication design Art direction Content planning Article editing & proofing Call for content Print design Project management Editorial planning Print production Collaboration Research E-magazine optimisation