Hong Kong Federation of Business Students Editorial Board 2017-2018

What is Editorial Board?

Students from all disciplines can become Editors of all HKFBS publications. Editors will be assisting our Executive Committees to produce two regular publications of HKFBS – FEDNEWS and Annual Journal. They provide members with information of our federation, an overview of our functions and a number of interviews with government officials and business elites. These two publications will be delivered to the Advisory Board, Honourable Guests, Sponsors, Member Societies, 15,000 members and other supporting organisations.

Key Duties

• Assist in the arrangements and coordination of FEDNEWS 2017 and Annual Journal 2018;
• Edit/proofread manuscripts;
• Liaise with writers, editors and business partners;
• Participate in interviews of important people in Hong Kong;
• Obtain copyright permissions for passages and images;
• Assist in creating promotional materials;
• Provide publication(s) of Hong Kong Federation of Business Students with assistance and administrative support for all publishing, marketing, scheduling and reporting aspects.

Requirements

• Capable to endure workload from June, 2017 to February, 2018;
• Native Cantonese speaker, written and spoken English;
• Student from the 9 local universities or other tertiary schools, preferably in English language or literature, communication or journalism, or communication design;
• Computer literate in Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
• Computer literate in Adobe InDesign and Illustrator preferred;
• Team player with can-do attitude and willingness to learn;

Why HKFBS?

Being the committee members of Editorial board, we offer you an opportunity to explore and show your abilities of publishing skills and design talents through our publications. It will be a precious chance for you to get practical experience and equip yourselves to be a professional editor.

Questions about application?

Feel free to contact us at vanessayeung@hkfbs.org.hk (Vanessa Yeung), inkachan@hkfbs.org.hk (Inka Chan).