Ateneo De Manila University Needs Writer/ Researcher For Marketing

Basic Function

Assist the Marketing Group Head in strengthening each of the Business Disciplines by developing programs and courses that are responsive to the changing needs of the market.

Principal Functions and Responsibilities

Marketing environment scanning.

Researches on the needs of various industries, sectors, and firms.

Conducts marketing intelligence on competitors' course offerings and pricing strategies.

Program development which includes supporting and strengthening the process of conceptualization, development, and customization of courses that are responsive to the specific needs and requirements of the firms and industry sectors.

Make recommendations about the positioning strategy and the specific target market segments / niches for each course.

Provide direct support to each of the Business Disciplines in terms of:

         1. Setting up meetings

         2. Providing needed data and materials

         3. Rendering updates

         4. Keeping minutes of meetings

         5. Updating resource persons on developments

 

Updates, upgrades, and fine-tunes the courses in coordination with the respective resource persons.

Performs all other tasks assigned by the Marketing Group Head.

Interested applicants can send resume to: ateneocce.recruitment@gmail.com

British Council Launches Radio Playwriting Competition

The British Council together with BBC world has recently launched an International Radio Playwriting Competition 2011. To join, you must create an original 60 minute radio play with up to 6 central characters. Two winners will each receive £2500 sterling and a trip to London to see the play being recorded and to attend a prize-giving evening. Contest is open worldwide so you better make that play stand out.

Contest Requirements:

• Open to anyone who is over the age of 16 as of March 31, 2011 who is not normally a resident of the UK. This may include anyone living/working in the UK on a temporary basis (up to 12 months) at the time of entering the competition. Professional and previously published writers are eligible to enter, but this is not a requirement of entry.
• Enter individually or as part of a group

Contest Mechanics:

1. Write a radio play of approximately 60 minutes’ length on any subject of your choice
2. Categories
• English as a first language
• English as a second language
3. Entry Guidelines
• Adaptations of novels are not eligible
• Must not have been professionally produced in any medium
• Must not be entered in any competition during the course of this contest
• Minimum of 50 pages of A4 paper
• Maximum of 75 pages NOTE: A rough guide is a minute per page; read and time your play before you send it
• Maximum of six central characters (up to 3 small “doubling” characters who don’t have more than a few lines each)
• Must be accompanied by a short synopsis which outlines the complete story of the play (no more than 400 words)
• Must be written substantially or entirely in English
4. One entry per person
5.  Download application form
6. Submit application forms together with your entry via email to radioplay@bbc.co.uk or mail to
• British Council
  10th Floor Taipan Place
  F. Ortigas Jr. Road
  Ortigas Center, Pasig City
7. View complete contest mechanics

Contest Period: October 16 - March 25, 2011

Contest Prize:

• Best play written with English as a first language - £2500 sterling and a trip to London to see the play being recorded and to attend a prize-giving evening
• Best play written with English as a second language - £2500 sterling and a trip to London to see the play being recorded and to attend a prize-giving evening
• Best radio play to be written from the following geographical areas: The Americas; Europe; Africa and the Middle East; South Asia; Russia and the Caucasus; Asia and Pacific - digital or short wave radio EACH
• All writers whose plays reach the judges' final shortlist - BBC goodie bags EACH

For more information, log on to britishcouncil.org