Jobs in Lagos and Abuja at BusinessdayOnline
Businessday is West Africa’s lending provider of business intelligence
and information. Written by some of West Africa’s best journalists, it
is the favourite newspaper among West Africa investor community.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Ambitious Journalist and Sub-Editor
Location: Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria
Job Status: Full-time
Job Descriptions
- Finance, business, economy, government and a country, where
Democracy has just been strengthened/ What a great combination for an
ambitious journalist, business and finance writer and sub-editor.
- As the most influential and only daily financial and business
publication in Nigeria, we write and report for CEOs, senior and middle
level executives, business leaders, policymakers and everyone interested
in business and economy in the country.
- We cover companies and entrepreneurs who are the major players in their industries and uncover those who are going to be.
- Business Day seeks journalists to cover, report, analyse, write
and sub-edit in the areas of business/finance/economy; health;
education; agriculture, and politics.
The job is Simple
Find good stories that CEOs, business leaders, policy makers and the
general interested public in Nigeria will find interesting, helpful and
entertaining.
The work is hard: You will be covering a subjects and a market that is
as large as the newspapers’ others. This position is fast-paced,
creative, demanding and a whole lot of fun:
- The right candidate is someone who can become entrenched in the
work quickly. Our beats are set up to be nearly 100% enterprise, which
means we need someone who can network, report and write with voice,
style and authority. We want you to discover the deeper layer of
businesses’ and government inner workings and craft this information
into must-read stories.
- Your task is to find out how government business works;
companies and people who are successful and show how they got there,
their next big deal, and how they will do it.
- We know our stories must be deeper than breaking news for us to
remain relevant as a business and financial daily, which we’ve done
since 2001.
- We at BusinessDay are fun, passionate and enthusiastic about our
paper. We are a company that believes in laissez-faire policies for
business when it comes to the government and rewarding exceptional work
when it comes to employees.
- We need someone who can write a daily story as well as a magazine-style feature story, and knows the difference between the two.
- This person will also be thinking about what content is most
useful for the website versus in print, and will want to get good scoops
into the digital space first.
- Our next writers will need to be people who can help us solidify our presence in the business,
- We
need someone who can write a daily story as well as a magazine-style
feature story, and knows the difference between the two.
- We want someone whose ambitions are as big as ours, who has the
motivation to help us create the highest-quality business newspaper and
website in the market. We have high expectations.
- We want someone who shares wanting to be the best and is not
afraid of the hard work needed to get there. If you like to come up with
your own stories, try out new ideas and manage your own time, this is a
great opportunity for you.
- This person will also be thinking about what content is most
useful for the website versus in print, and will want to get good scoops
into the digital space first.
- Our next writers will need to be people who can help us solidify
our presence in the business, government economic policy circles of
Nigeria, someone who does not shy away from landing the big interview.
Average daily beat reporters need not apply.
Qualifications
- 3-5 years of business writing experience
- Self-motivated and excellent time management skills
- Experience covering an enterprise beat
- Understands how to craft writing for a particular audience
Team player
- Creative, thinks about alternative story-telling ideas in print and digitally
- Degree in business, economics, journalism, English or related major
- Basic Duties (does not include all required tasks):
- Cover the specified areas above for a daily business newspaper
- Write one feature and three medium to big stories a week, plus other briefs
- Daily Web items and complementary Web stories and features
- Represent the paper at events and network in the area.
Job Title: Assistant Manager, Conferences & Event
Location: Lagos
Job Status: Full-time
Job Descriptions
- The Assistant Conferences & Events Manager must be an
enthusiastic marketer with exceptional leadership and communication
skills and a strong understanding of events and conference marketing
operations and strategy.
- The primary focus of this position will be to lead all
operational and marketing aspects of Businessday Conferences &
Events.
- You will also manage the strategy and execution of special events and conferences that take place throughout the year.
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities
- Responsible for sales/marketing of sponsorship for all conferences
- Responsible for all event and conferences operations throughout the year
- Responsible for planning and managing the programs so that they are fully integrated across marketing vehicles.
- Provide the Conferences Manager with a clear marketing plan for each event.
- Liaise with the Conferences Manager to identify and arrange
cross promotion opportunities at events. This should be done for every
event at least 2 weeks prior to the conference date.
- Manage and monitor the creation and scheduling of conference
emails to the internal conference data lists, as per marketing schedule
and conference targets.
- Manage and monitor the Conference Marketing Executive to ensure
events are promoted via relevant social media platforms, including (but
not restricted to): Facebook, Linkedln and Twitter.
- Managing, planning and implementing targeted and effective
cross- channel marketing campaigns, with the goal of securing maximum
delegate revenue
- Working cross functionally, the Assistant conference manager
will define( manage and assist with the execution on the program goals,
messages, audience generation/email campaigns, speaker plan, collateral,
event website and registration, and event logistics.
- Responsible for mentoring and managing event teams
Desired Skills and Experience
- Bachelor's degree is required: Marketing/Business degree preferred
- 3-5 years of marketing experience: Events/conferences marketing background preferred
- Minimum of 2 years management experience
- Proven experience and track record of successful marketing campaigns and delivering world class conferences
- Strong understanding of event/conferences strategy, operations, and marketing
- Ability to create program goals, messaging, communication and overall event plans with minimal direction
- Superior communication and people skills with the ability to
work across all levels in an organization and with external event
agencies.
- Exceptional leadership skills with a proven track record
managing teams to deliver effective, integrated event programs and
results
- High energy, outgoing, “can do” personality. Ability to thrive in a changing environment
- Vast knowledge of a wide range of marketing techniques and concepts
Salary
Position comes with full benefits. Pay competitive and commensurate with experience.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their resume/CV to:
[email protected] or
[email protected] or
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Note:
- Applicants MUST indicate the position applied for on the subject of the mail.
- Only short-listed candidates will be contacted
Application Deadline Tuesday, 1st December, 2015.