Editor Jan 15th 2013, 11:30 Location: Lagos Description: An Online magazine offering the practical tips on dating, secrets of love, celebrity biography, relationships, health , business best practices, women and entertainment needs the services of bloggers and contributors to write on the above areas.
Duties: - Write fresh ,captivating and well researched articles
- Rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work.
- Acting as a point of contact with writers: assessing manuscripts, accepting/rejecting/editing liaising with writers during the editorial process and managing peer review for refereed articles
- Coming up with story ideas and commissioning articles that reflect current issues and trends in men's lives
- Structural editing and copyediting of articles to agreed style (short opinion pieces to long articles of 3000–4000 words)
- Proofreading articles prior to publication and making text changes to them as necessary
- Maintaining articles database, end of the month reporting on writers' performances and similar administrative duties.
- Custodian of the content guidelines/rules and responsible for helping writers' stick to them.
- Scheduling Work and Activities -- Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
- wold be responsible for the day to day management of the social media communities (share links as soon as published and create engagement on the social media platforms)
Skills/Qualifications: - Minimum of a degree in a relevant field.
- Experience in using Wordpress CMS is a must.
- Candidate must be highly versatile and be able to identify high quality creative work, proofread and edit content.
- Attention to detail and outstanding writing and editorial skills
- Tertiary qualification in publishing/editing (or equivalent practical experience)
- Previous experience in online publishing using Wordpress(background in education or educational publishing, particularly English/media, would also be useful)
- Demonstrated knowledge of, and interest in general lifestyle issues
- High-level skills in identifying an article that will be a hit
- Proven ability to work to deadlines and manage multiple projects at once.
If you are qualified for this position, Send your CV to 8aa2@jbng.me or click http://www.jobberman.com/job/185490/editor-in-lagos/ to apply | |
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