- Drafting and reviewing presentations, letters, speeches, brochures, etc. in English
- Editing advertisement copy in English
- Editing materials for meetings and events and consulting as an English advisor
- Conduct market research on tourism and making reports
- Advising on the implementation of the KTO’s overseas marketing strategies
- Sometimes translating documents from Korean to English
They're looking for a native speaker with at least a Bachelor's degree, and would prefer somebody with Korean-language skills and somebody currently in Korea. The pay is 3,000,000 won a month. Those interested should submit their applications by Sunday and should be available for two interviews in Seoul.
This part is a little unusual, though:
(A working visa and medical insurance will be available one month after the start of the contract due to the processing time between the KTO and the Korean government).
Read the rest of the ad for yourself on the KTO website.
It occassionally gets asked on the teaching forums how to find a writing or editing job in South Korea. In my experience here those are jobs that find you, not the other way around, but one way is to keep your eyes on the tourism websites and on the newspapers. The KTO was looking for an editor over the summer, for example, and the Joongang Ilbo, for example, is looking for an editor:
The JoongAng Daily is seeking applicants for a senior editing position.
The successful candidate will be a native English speaker with significant experience as an editor or reporter at English daily newspapers, a background in editing national or business news or feature stories, strong headline writing skills and the ability to lead a diverse team.
I have some experience writing and editing, and though I was also interested in eventually pursuing a Master's in TESOL, when I came to Korea I thought I could work for a year or two as a teacher and transition into other work because, I thought, with all the English being used copywriters and -editors with some experience would be in demand. Hahahahaha. Those sorts of jobs are scarce---when a native-speaker writer or editor is used at all---don't seem to be advertised often, and look to go to people not only with experience and Korean proficiency, but who can start pretty quickly. Since there are a lot of people who would like a job like that---hell, I'm in line ahead of you---it would be a good idea to build up some in-country experience by helping proofread or edit local publications, such as the Gwangju News, and by contributing pieces to the local papers or English-language radio stations. You could also browse sites like Work n' Play for writing and editing jobs---such as on in-house textbooks---though again it helps to have experience, to be able to start quickly, and to of course already be in Korea.
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Sounds like a good position. Though I do get suspicious over an ad that says 9:00-18:00 is 8 hours.
Good to see they are starting to care about how they look to the world. No more "Dynamic Korea" or "Korea, Sparkling."
ZenKimchi -- It's possible to find the same thing advertised in the United States as well - 9:00-18:00 as "8 hours" - and comes from the fact that employees get a one hour unpaid "lunch" somewhere within that time. Yeah, technically the employee is at work (or its near environs) for nine hours, but one hour of that is open for the employee to spend however they want.
I met a guy who used to do this job. He quit out of frustration after his first year.
Nothing new here.
Hiring an English advisor is one thing; actually acting on their advice is another thing entirely. At a public school job, I was frequently asked to edit text for English signage around the school. But my revisions were ALWAYS rejected by the vice-principal, who couldn't even converse in English, but had declared himself an authority on the language.
#Michael
Frustration? Over what?
Too much work? Too little to do? No help/guidance? Unreasonable expectations? Co-workers? What?
Thank you!
Marko,
Yes to all. Add in less than receptive co-workers and that is what drove him over the edge.
@Acorn... U.S. federal labor law actually prohibits what you claimed. It is unlawful to give an unpaid lunch thereby end-routing the labor standard of a duty-free 45 minute break within the first 5 hours of a 7 hour work period.
That is unless those positions are considered part time and the employee is working multiple "shifts" in a row... such as a waiter.
Mike -- Thanks for pointing that out. Now it makes me wonder if I wasn't thinking of two separate shifts advertised within the same position description, or if I was combining a 9-5 shift and a 10-6 shift together in my mind. In either case, I humbly stand corrected.
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