Job Description
Job Summary
- We are looking for a Managing Director with content editing experience, excellent communication skills and a fierce desire to help clients find success. We value energy, passion, authenticity and creativity.
- Who you are: someone who is dedicated to the written word, accuracy, your clients and your fellow team members. You are a curious, lifelong learner who collaborates well with others and is always a team player.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Managing the editorial process and deadlines for projects
- Serving as a client’s point of contact for editorial content expectations, needs and discussions
- Providing copywriters with a strategic understanding of each assigned article and how it fits into the overall product objective, as well as each client’s marketing plan
- Mentoring copywriters to help them continuously improve and enhance their writing skills by offering insight, assistance and explanation of revisions
- Managing the editorial process and deadlines for projects
- Proven experience writing and editing compelling content that attracts prospects and is optimized for search engines
- Ability to craft converting content for a number of channels, including landing pages, blog posts, emails, digital ads, video scripts, print articles and direct mail pieces
- Expertise creating highly effective headlines for a variety of channels
- Assign/edit stories to a team of Staff Writers and Freelancers across various verticals
- Manage deadlines/schedules for editorial team
- Maintain editorial vision and calendar for website, email, and social media platforms.
Experience / Skills
- Bachelor's Degree in Journalism or related field required.
- 3 - 5 years experience working with any reputable media house or online publishing company.
- Prior reporting/editing experience required. Demonstrated ability to multi-task.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook is helpful along with social media such as Facebook and Twitter.
- Ability to lead diverse teams.
Salary: N300,000 - N400,000 Monthly.