URGENT VACANCIES FOR EDITORS AND EVENT PHOTOGRAPHERS IN A MEDIA HOUSE

Our client, one of the top glossy cover Newspaper Outfits in the country is desirous of manning its operations with capable and experienced professionals to drive and achieve the company’s objectives of overwhelming market dominance. To achieve this, the company is looking to fill the under-listed position within its organisational structure:

Job Type: Full-Time
Location: Lagos
Department/Division: Editorial
Reports to: Branch Manager

NOTE: All candidates applying for any of these positions must possess an immense drive and will to attain success in this chosen career.

Event Photographers –NST 009
Purpose of the Job
• Work closely with other people concerned with a story/article, e. g. journalists and picture editors, in agreeing the photographic requirements for the article;
• Find a suitable viewpoint from which to take photographs;
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge about current news stories and any specialist areas;
• Photographing events or personalities, noting details for photographic captions;
• Ensuring that all pictures are appropriate, processed, catalogued and ready in time to meet deadlines;
• Explain technical photographic terminology to non-photographers;
• Handle relevant administrative arrangements, such as timing, press passes, transport and access;
• Prepare and send digital photographs for newspaper publication to deadline;
• Arranging lighting and other requirements for magazine studio shots;
• Maintaining photographic and electronic communications equipment.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree/HND or its equivalent in Arts or related fields.
• At least 1 year previous experience in photography, preferably from a press house.

Person Synopsis
• Must possess a combination of intuition, creativity and technical skills
• Sound Analytical skills
• Ability to communicate information and ideas effectively.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

PLEASE NOTE:
ONLY qualified candidates need apply, and PLEASE quote the reference number (NST 009) as the subject of the mail when sending in your application.
Qualified persons who are interested should forward an updated resume to prittrecruit@yahoo. com NOT LATER THAN Wednesday, 18th February, 2009.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Deputy Editor –NST 005
Purpose of the Job

The job involves, sourcing, writing and formatting the news
• Ensuring that the pages conform to the standard lay-out (font types, font sizes, etc) & that the edition carries the correct date, edition number, weather format, marine news summary, and marine safety news.
• Identify and correct spelling, punctuation, grammatical and semantic inconsistencies.
• Ensuring that the pages assigned are typographically correct and use the correct type of English (British).
• Measure and improve content effectiveness and usability.
• Train, coach and mentor writers.
• Benchmark quality metrics with industry and competition.
• Checking whether the stories on the template are in proper order in terms of importance & whether the sentences used in the stories are clear and simple enough to be understood by majority of our readers.
• Sending the text files (or the html files when necessary) to the IT Department, wait for the IT's confirmation that the edition/s sent are okay. Make the corrections when necessary & send the edition/s again and wait for confirmation.
• Maintaining & daily updating register with the team members regarding number of pages made.
• Cooperate with the rest of the editors to ensure that all editions are properly done and submitted on time.
• Contribute to the Story data bank
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Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree/HND or its equivalent in Mass Communication/ Journalism/ Sociology or related field.
• Professional Certification would be an advantage.
• At least two years of post-graduate journalism experience for reporter's role; and at least one year of journalism experience for the editor's role
• Experience working in a real-time news environment is desirable

Person Synopsis
• Excellent written English skills.
• Attention to detail
• Must be proficient with computers and word processing systems.
• Demonstrate news judgment, editorial and creative skills.
• Mastery of journalistic ethics, standards and libel laws.
• Knowledge of the various sectors of the economy.

PLEASE NOTE:
ONLY qualified candidates need apply, and PLEASE quote the reference number (NST 005) as the subject of the mail when sending in your application.
Qualified persons who are interested should forward an updated resume to prittrecruit@yahoo. com NOT LATER THAN Wednesday, 18th February, 2009.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Political Editor –NST 006
Purpose of the Job
• You will gather information on newsworthy political happenings and write, produce and present fair, accurate and unbiased news stories.
• Collect and analyze facts about political events by interview, investigation, or observation
• Create, report and help produce news stories and features, based on either breaking news or on pre-planned stories that were promoted ahead of time.
• Establishing sources, finding and executing enterprise news stories, building and maintaining strong list of story ideas on a year-round basis.
• Develop and maintain a network of news sources providing access to exclusive local news stories.
• Stay informed on newsworthy events locally and nationally.
• Work cooperatively as a team member under tight daily deadlines

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication/ Journalism/ Political Science or related field
• At least 2 year reporting experience with 1 year in political writing.

Person Synopsis
• Ability to work under great pressure and meet deadlines.
• Excellent knowledge on general knowledge and world politics with great concentration on Nigerian politics
• Excellent written English skills.
• Attention to detail
• Must be proficient with computers and word processing systems.

PLEASE NOTE:
ONLY qualified candidates need apply, and PLEASE quote the reference number (NST 006) as the subject of the mail when sending in your application.
Qualified persons who are interested should forward an updated resume to prittrecruit@yahoo. com NOT LATER THAN Wednesday, 18th of February, 2009.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Business Editor –NST 007
Purpose of the Job
• You will gather information on newsworthy businesses and write, produce and present fair, accurate and unbiased news stories.
• Collect and analyze facts about the economy, financial markets and businesses by interview, investigation, or observation
• Create, report and help produce news stories and features, based on either breaking news or on pre-planned stories that were promoted ahead of time.
• Establishing sources, finding and executing enterprise news stories, building and maintaining strong list of story ideas on a year-round basis.
• Develop and maintain a network of news sources providing access to exclusive business stories and the Nigerian Stock market.
• Stay informed on newsworthy events locally and nationally.
• Work cooperatively as a team member under tight daily deadlines

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication/ Journalism/ Sociology or related field
• At least 2 year reporting experience with 1 year in Business writing.

Person Synopsis
• Ability to work under great pressure and meet deadlines.
• Excellent knowledge of the economy, financial markets and business.
• Excellent written English skills.
• Superior news judgment, solid math and typing skills and attention to detail
• Must be proficient with computers and word processing systems.

PLEASE NOTE:
ONLY qualified candidates need apply, and PLEASE quote the reference number (NST 007) as the subject of the mail when sending in your application.
Qualified persons who are interested should forward an updated resume to prittrecruit@yahoo. com NOT LATER THAN Wednesday, 18th of February, 2009.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.