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05-04-2014, 06:10 AM
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SPH looking for FT editor to head its magazines (http://www.tremeritus.com/2014/04/03/sph-looking-for-ft-editor-to-head-its-magazines/)
http://www.tremeritus.org/simages/dmca_protected_sml_120n.png http://www.tremeritus.org/wp-content/themes/WP_010/images/PostDateIcon.png April 3rd, 2014 | http://www.tremeritus.org/wp-content/themes/WP_010/images/PostAuthorIcon.png Author: Editorial (http://www.tremeritus.com/author/editorial/)
A reader notified TRE of the following today (3 Apr). It is a job
advertisement from SPH posted on The Guardian’s job site yesterday (2 Apr) [Link (http://jobs.theguardian.com/job/4837736/editor-womens-high-fashion-magazine-based-in-singapore/?CMP=jap_1125&utm_source=jobfeed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=JobFeedXml%253aIndeed.co.uk&ProcessedTrackID=13452&fb_source=message)]:
http://www.tremeritus.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Capture6.jpg
Apparently, SPH Magazines is looking to hire a full-time editor from the UK
for a permanent position in Singapore. The editor will oversee the magazine in
print as well as all social media platforms, the advertisement said.
The Guardian is a British national daily newspaper founded in 1821. Its
readers are mainly British. Hence, it is safe to assume that by posting a job
advertisement on The Guardian’s job site, SPH is planning to recruit a British
editor for its stable of magazines. In fact, the opening sentence of the job
advertisement says as much, “This is your opportunity to make your mark
in Singapore.” If one intends to hire a Singaporean, there is no need
to say this. Or if one is targeting a Singaporean currently working in Britain,
the sentence would say, “This is your opportunity to make your mark in your home
country.”
Anyway the job advertisement reads:
This is your opportunity to make your mark in Singapore, working in a
magazine stable of highly acclaimed international women’s titles such as
Harper’s BAZAAR, Shape, CLEO and Cosmopolitan and award winning local mastheads,
Her World and Female.
You will manage the editorial and creative advertising content of the
magazine, ensuring dynamic, high-quality spreads and compelling reads with a
focus on women’s high fashion. As the brand ambassador of the magazine, you will
work with the sales and marketing director to bring in revenue through
advertisements and creative buys.
The editor will oversee the magazine in print as well as on all social media
platforms.
The ideal individual should be an editor or a fashion director/editor of a
women’s high fashion magazine with proven track record of success in managing an
editorial team.
The winning candidate will have:
At least 3 years experience editing/or directing a fashion magazine
The ability to inspire, engage and mobilize a large team of editorial staff
A strong command of the English language
Exceptional copy and picture editing skills
Great PR and networking ability / relationships
A commercial knowledge of the high-fashion industry
A comprehensive understanding and interest in global trends
High-level of personal presentation
Exceptional public speaking ability
Working knowledge and experience on social media platforms will be a strong
advantage.
This position is based in Singapore.
Please send your resume and portfolio of your editorial work, to the Senior
Manager, Human Resources at [email protected]
([email protected])
Visit www.sphmagazines.com.sg (http://www.sphmagazines.com.sg/)
to find out more about us.
Also, take note that even though SPH Magazines publishes international
women’s titles as a franchisee, the content of these magazines is very much
locally based and locally sourced. For example, CLEO’s website states [Link (http://www.sphmagazines.com.sg/magazines/cleo)]:
The must-read magazine for young, fun-loving, spirited
Singaporean women who are always looking for ideas, ready to
discover and wanting to learn.
Launched in 1994, the Singapore edition of CLEO is the leading
magazine for the twenty-something Asian woman.
It remains to be seen if a British expatriate editor will be able to see
things from the perspective of Singaporean and Asian women.
In view of the rampant hiring of foreigners bypassing Singaporeans, the
Ministry of Manpower (MOM) announced last year new rules that require employers
to consider Singaporeans fairly before hiring foreigners [Link (http://www.mom.gov.sg/newsroom/Pages/PressReleasesDetail.aspx?listid=523)].
MOM said firms with discriminatory hiring practices will be subject to
additional scrutiny and may have their work pass privileges curtailed. These
changes are meant to reinforce expectations for employers to consider
Singaporeans fairly for job opportunities and enhance job market
transparency.
In this regard, Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin said, “Providing
better jobs and diverse opportunities to meet Singaporeans’ aspirations are the
ultimate objectives of economic growth. Even as we remain open to foreign
manpower to complement our local workforce, all firms must make an effort to
consider Singaporeans fairly. ‘Hiring-own-kind’ and other discriminatory
practices that unfairly exclude Singaporeans run against our fundamental values
of fairness and meritocracy.”
The new rules, known as the Fair Consideration Framework (FCF), will come
into effect on 1 August this year.
Mr Tan added, “What we are doing is to put in place measures to nudge
employers to give Singaporeans – especially our young graduates and
Professionals, Managers and Executives (PMEs) – a fair chance at both job and
development opportunities. But fair consideration is fundamentally about
attitudes and mindsets. It is neither possible to change mindsets overnight nor
legislate the problem away. We must set expectations about what is acceptable
and what is not. It requires persuasion, explanation, and leading by example.
The worst employers must be taken to task. This is the context for the Fair
Consideration Framework.”
Under FCF, firms making new EP applications for foreign workers must
advertise the job vacancy on a new job bank administered by the Singapore
Workforce Development Agency (WDA). The advertisement must be open to
Singaporeans, comply with the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment
Practices, and run for at least 14 calendar days. These requirements must be met
before an Employment Pass application can be submitted to MOM.
Currently, as it is 4 months away from August, SPH need not comply with FCF
rules from a legal standpoint. But from a moral standpoint, as a
government-linked company, should SPH not lead by example to look for a
Singaporean editor first? After all, Acting Minister Tan did fair consideration
requires “persuasion, explanation, and leading by example”.
Of course FCF has its loopholes. Even when FCF comes into effect, there is
nothing to stop, say, SPH from advertising on The Guardian and on the
WDA-administered job bank just to fulfill FCF requirements. Later, SPH could
still decide to hire a British editor, despite advertising on WDA.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?178767-154th-looking-for-FTrash-editor-to-head-its-magazines&goto=newpost).
SPH looking for FT editor to head its magazines (http://www.tremeritus.com/2014/04/03/sph-looking-for-ft-editor-to-head-its-magazines/)
http://www.tremeritus.org/simages/dmca_protected_sml_120n.png http://www.tremeritus.org/wp-content/themes/WP_010/images/PostDateIcon.png April 3rd, 2014 | http://www.tremeritus.org/wp-content/themes/WP_010/images/PostAuthorIcon.png Author: Editorial (http://www.tremeritus.com/author/editorial/)
A reader notified TRE of the following today (3 Apr). It is a job
advertisement from SPH posted on The Guardian’s job site yesterday (2 Apr) [Link (http://jobs.theguardian.com/job/4837736/editor-womens-high-fashion-magazine-based-in-singapore/?CMP=jap_1125&utm_source=jobfeed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=JobFeedXml%253aIndeed.co.uk&ProcessedTrackID=13452&fb_source=message)]:
http://www.tremeritus.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Capture6.jpg
Apparently, SPH Magazines is looking to hire a full-time editor from the UK
for a permanent position in Singapore. The editor will oversee the magazine in
print as well as all social media platforms, the advertisement said.
The Guardian is a British national daily newspaper founded in 1821. Its
readers are mainly British. Hence, it is safe to assume that by posting a job
advertisement on The Guardian’s job site, SPH is planning to recruit a British
editor for its stable of magazines. In fact, the opening sentence of the job
advertisement says as much, “This is your opportunity to make your mark
in Singapore.” If one intends to hire a Singaporean, there is no need
to say this. Or if one is targeting a Singaporean currently working in Britain,
the sentence would say, “This is your opportunity to make your mark in your home
country.”
Anyway the job advertisement reads:
This is your opportunity to make your mark in Singapore, working in a
magazine stable of highly acclaimed international women’s titles such as
Harper’s BAZAAR, Shape, CLEO and Cosmopolitan and award winning local mastheads,
Her World and Female.
You will manage the editorial and creative advertising content of the
magazine, ensuring dynamic, high-quality spreads and compelling reads with a
focus on women’s high fashion. As the brand ambassador of the magazine, you will
work with the sales and marketing director to bring in revenue through
advertisements and creative buys.
The editor will oversee the magazine in print as well as on all social media
platforms.
The ideal individual should be an editor or a fashion director/editor of a
women’s high fashion magazine with proven track record of success in managing an
editorial team.
The winning candidate will have:
At least 3 years experience editing/or directing a fashion magazine
The ability to inspire, engage and mobilize a large team of editorial staff
A strong command of the English language
Exceptional copy and picture editing skills
Great PR and networking ability / relationships
A commercial knowledge of the high-fashion industry
A comprehensive understanding and interest in global trends
High-level of personal presentation
Exceptional public speaking ability
Working knowledge and experience on social media platforms will be a strong
advantage.
This position is based in Singapore.
Please send your resume and portfolio of your editorial work, to the Senior
Manager, Human Resources at [email protected]
([email protected])
Visit www.sphmagazines.com.sg (http://www.sphmagazines.com.sg/)
to find out more about us.
Also, take note that even though SPH Magazines publishes international
women’s titles as a franchisee, the content of these magazines is very much
locally based and locally sourced. For example, CLEO’s website states [Link (http://www.sphmagazines.com.sg/magazines/cleo)]:
The must-read magazine for young, fun-loving, spirited
Singaporean women who are always looking for ideas, ready to
discover and wanting to learn.
Launched in 1994, the Singapore edition of CLEO is the leading
magazine for the twenty-something Asian woman.
It remains to be seen if a British expatriate editor will be able to see
things from the perspective of Singaporean and Asian women.
In view of the rampant hiring of foreigners bypassing Singaporeans, the
Ministry of Manpower (MOM) announced last year new rules that require employers
to consider Singaporeans fairly before hiring foreigners [Link (http://www.mom.gov.sg/newsroom/Pages/PressReleasesDetail.aspx?listid=523)].
MOM said firms with discriminatory hiring practices will be subject to
additional scrutiny and may have their work pass privileges curtailed. These
changes are meant to reinforce expectations for employers to consider
Singaporeans fairly for job opportunities and enhance job market
transparency.
In this regard, Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin said, “Providing
better jobs and diverse opportunities to meet Singaporeans’ aspirations are the
ultimate objectives of economic growth. Even as we remain open to foreign
manpower to complement our local workforce, all firms must make an effort to
consider Singaporeans fairly. ‘Hiring-own-kind’ and other discriminatory
practices that unfairly exclude Singaporeans run against our fundamental values
of fairness and meritocracy.”
The new rules, known as the Fair Consideration Framework (FCF), will come
into effect on 1 August this year.
Mr Tan added, “What we are doing is to put in place measures to nudge
employers to give Singaporeans – especially our young graduates and
Professionals, Managers and Executives (PMEs) – a fair chance at both job and
development opportunities. But fair consideration is fundamentally about
attitudes and mindsets. It is neither possible to change mindsets overnight nor
legislate the problem away. We must set expectations about what is acceptable
and what is not. It requires persuasion, explanation, and leading by example.
The worst employers must be taken to task. This is the context for the Fair
Consideration Framework.”
Under FCF, firms making new EP applications for foreign workers must
advertise the job vacancy on a new job bank administered by the Singapore
Workforce Development Agency (WDA). The advertisement must be open to
Singaporeans, comply with the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment
Practices, and run for at least 14 calendar days. These requirements must be met
before an Employment Pass application can be submitted to MOM.
Currently, as it is 4 months away from August, SPH need not comply with FCF
rules from a legal standpoint. But from a moral standpoint, as a
government-linked company, should SPH not lead by example to look for a
Singaporean editor first? After all, Acting Minister Tan did fair consideration
requires “persuasion, explanation, and leading by example”.
Of course FCF has its loopholes. Even when FCF comes into effect, there is
nothing to stop, say, SPH from advertising on The Guardian and on the
WDA-administered job bank just to fulfill FCF requirements. Later, SPH could
still decide to hire a British editor, despite advertising on WDA.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?178767-154th-looking-for-FTrash-editor-to-head-its-magazines&goto=newpost).