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someone on another site was saying how they hated their job in front of screen from 9am to 6pm and would rather have a job invovled traveling. So what kind of background is needed for a job like that?
Guessing, but I would assume you would either go to school and get an IT degree, probably no more than 2 years or teach yourself, which is probably three to four years.
First you work for free, then build up a portfolio;; then shop your portfolio to either a niche market or non-profits or for profit or small businesses, or actors/actresses or government or etc...
That sounds more like a technical writer position.
If you have the job posting, then I could offer more advice.
If you are the administrator for a content management system for an Internet, Intranet or both, then you need a degree and years of experience.
Web content editor could be more like a print job- good with stylebook, writing/editing/proofing.
And there's precious little work around for that. Really.
Web content editor could be more like a print job- good with stylebook, writing/editing/proofing.
And there's precious little work around for that. Really.
DING DING DING!
Web content editing generally requires a degree in marketing communications or journalism, as well as basic knowledge of html and GUI design. In a larger company you'll need experience with a CMS as well.
It's definitely a tedious role but if you are the type of person who does not mind that type of work then it's fulfilling. Depending on the company or content you are working with it's not always text. Digital assets (graphics) can be a part of the content as well.
It's less of a creative type role (conceptualizing or branding) and more of a production/editing job. Again...to each his/her own.
It's definitely a tedious role but if you are the type of person who does not mind that type of work then it's fulfilling. Depending on the company or content you are working with it's not always text. Digital assets (graphics) can be a part of the content as well.
It's less of a creative type role (conceptualizing or branding) and more of a production/editing job. Again...to each his/her own.
That's true, I also work with Photoshop a lot.
And it can be tedious, it depends on the company. With a large corporation you are given the content by the marketing department and just copy edit or edit graphical content for the web then feed it into a CMS. (Incredibly boring with no creative latitude!)
I work for a smaller company where anything and everything to do with the site from writing and developing content to actually deploying it are my responsibility. Today I worked in Photoshop and spent three hours working in CGI-Perl and building a web form, tomorrow I've got a lot of actual content writing and editing to take care of.
With a large corporation you are given the content by the marketing department. . .
Yep, I used to be that person. I managed all of the branding, content, messaging, etc for some software products in a couple large cos. I worked with many "web content managers." Some just passed the material through the pipe. But the good ones were much more proactive with the "What if we did this . . . ?" approach.
Yep, I used to be that person. I managed all of the branding, content, messaging, etc for some software products in a couple large cos. I worked with many "web content managers." Some just passed the material through the pipe. But the good ones were much more proactive with the "What if we did this . . . ?" approach.
As a former web content manager, do you mind letting us know what kind of degree you have?
As a former web content manager, do you mind letting us know what kind of degree you have?
thanks!
Perhaps you misunderread or I misundertyped . . . I was "the marketing department."
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