Publishing Director at Daily Times of Nigeria Plc

The Daily Times of Nigeria Plc is an information technology and services company based out of Reverend V. A. Roberts 43/45 Coldharbour Lane, London, Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Publishing Director

Location: Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

Job Description

• The Publishing Director oversees the content teams of a publication in order to create engaging content for print or digital. Their duties include approving proofs, setting publication goals, and generating content ideas.
• Your ultimate goal will be to provide exceptional, informative, and appealing content to attract our targeted audience and build customer loyalty. You will perform a range of tasks including evaluating proofs, setting publication goals, designing content, and generating story ideas.
• As the Editor, you will demonstrate a good eye for detail and know-how to manage all the moving parts of a publication. To excel in this position, the successful candidate will also possess excellent communication, editing, proofreading, and sales skills.
• They should be a veteran news media professional with deep understanding and experience of news publishing across geographies and should hold a second degree with not less than 10 years of media practice, with the last five being at the executive suite of a major media conglomerate.

Responsibilities

• Design the contents of publications based on the company’s publication's style, editorial policy, and publishing specifications.
• Establish publication standards and goals.
• Research and authenticate facts, dates, and statistics.
• Evaluate and approve design proofs submitted by the media room prior to publication production.
• Recommend stories and produce headline ideas to attract our target audience.
• Coordinate with designers, photographers, writers, and artists.
• Hire and supervise writers, reporters, and other media team employees.
• Meet tight deadlines and monitor budgets.
• Proofread and edit stories or art pieces.
• Develop a target-specific editorial strategy to create great contents for readers’ engagements
• Revive and activate other titles on the newspaper’s stable, namely; Business Times, Sunday Times, and Lagos Weekend.
• Submit entries for credible national and international media awards.
• Promote balance and fair reporting of all manners of people, political ideas, and other diversities.
• Closely monitor all editorial contents to prevent incidents of libelous litigations.
• Pursue the participation of the company’s titles in national and international media events.
• Explore editorial-driven business partnerships in liaison with Regional Directors in Kano and Port-Harcourt.
• Editorial production of the group e.g. special project Nigeria Our Heritage (NOH)
• Provide leadership and mentoring to a team of editors, journalists, designers, information specialists, online journalists, and photographers.
• Editorial management of Digital Products and Brands e.g CAX, Daily Times Digital, etc.
• Create and introduce new sections that capture the popular demand of our readers and capable of boosting the public profile of the newspaper.
• Ensure the regular publication of exclusive stories and interviews to elicit brand differentiation and readers’ engagement across the news platform company.
• Direct the editorial focus toward social advocacy against negative conducts in the nation’s socio-economic and political space.
• Ensure the entire editorial team adheres strictly to professional ethics and corporate integrity.
• Undertake other tasks as may be assigned by the Publisher.

Skills:

• Have excellent grammar and spelling skills
• Have an eye for detail and be very accurate in their work
• Have imagination and good visual sense
• Understand their target audience
• Have good organizational skills
• Be able to make decisions
• Be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Be prepared to work long hours if required.
• Have good it skills, including knowledge of word processing and design programs
• Have leadership skills and the ability to be diplomatic and fair
• Have sales skills to improve publication sales
• Be able to give clear, accurate instructions

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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