• Application Deadline: Tue, 31 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Business Writer / Journalist


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 1 year


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Media / Advertising / Branding 

Job Description

• As a Business / Financial Writer, you will create informative and engaging content to make complex concepts easy to understand in the finance and business space.


• Our ideal candidate must have worked with a business media platform.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Minimum of 1 year experience.


• Have an in-depth understanding of the financial industry to deliver confident writing at multiple levels.


• Create original content and enhance existing content while incorporating SEO best practices.


• Brainstorm, research, and contribute ideas for content that is of interest to the target audience.


• Experience conducting research and writing professionally about financial services topics.


• Well-versed in a wide range of financial products and accustomed to describing financial markets, products, and economic activity in clear, direct language.


• Ability to adjust tone and message to audiences and be mindful of things like flow, readability, and sentence variety.


• An understanding of search engine optimization best practices and WordPress.


• Resourceful, results-driven, highly collaborative with other writers and editors to complete projects.


• Ability to interact with a diverse group of senior stakeholders.


• Understanding grammar rules and how to construct clear sentences.


• Deep knowledge of major trends and understanding of the industry landscape.


• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with daily deadlines and quick turnaround times.


• Write stories about the economy, corporations and other topics.


• Gather background information through interviews and independent research.


• Experience writing succinct market research, preferably for a business audience.


• In order to write understandable articles, writers need to understand not only journalism, but accounting, finance, and the stock markets.