Urgent Vacancy for an Editor in a Gloss Print/Online Newspaper Outfit

Our client, one of the top glossy cover Newspaper Outfits in the country with an active online community, 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:

Editor/Deputy Editor –NTT 001

Salary Range: N200,000- N300,000
For Sub- Editors: N100,000- N180,000

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 and edition number.
• 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.
• 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

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree/HND or its equivalent in Mass Communication/ Journalism/ Sociology or related field.
• At least 4 years of journalism experience particularly as an editor
• MBA/Professional accreditation will be an added adavantage
• Experience working in a real-time news environment is desirable
• Must be proficient with computers and word processing systems

Person Synopsis
• Excellent written English skills.
• Excellent Proof reading capacities
• Sharp dress sense
• Demonstrate news judgment, editorial and creative skills.
• Mastery of journalistic ethics, standards and libel laws.

PLEASE NOTE:
ONLY qualified candidates need apply, and PLEASE quote the reference number (NTT 001) as the subject of the mail when sending in your application.

Qualified persons who are interested should forward an updated resume to [email protected] NOT LATER THAN Thursday, 11th of June, 2009.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.