Editorial Assistant at Pearlstone Media Limited

Pearlstone Media Limited is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Editorial Assistant

Location: Lagos

Job Description
We are seeking a skilled and savvy assistant editor with meticulous attention to detail, storytelling and organization. Would swing as coordinator for footage research and acquisition - and not just be able to deftly search for assets, but also coordinate with aggregators and individuals - going beyond the surface of stock footage to find compelling, artful, and emotional footage.

Responsibilities

• They support senior editorial staff in the administration of the commissioning, planning and production of publications.
• Editorial assistants perform a range of administrative and editorial tasks necessary to get publications published.
• They act as the liaison for the many people involved in the publication process, from the receipt of copy from authors through to the handover to production staff.
• Supporting editorial staff in all activities leading to publication, including acting as a personal assistant to commissioning editors and overseeing tasks such as issuing contracts and dealing with royalties
• Liaising with other in-house teams, writers, photographers, printers, designers and production staff to negotiate and monitor timescales for stages in the publishing process
• Dealing with the administration of work commissioned to freelance writers, picture researchers, photographers, stylists and illustrators
• Organizing and researching projects to tight deadlines
• Summarizing written material, correcting manuscripts, obtaining rights to use materials from other publications;
• Using computers for word processing, desktop publishing and email, dealing with phone and email queries, e.g. from writers and the public
• Writing reports and amending articles
• Collating the work of several authors;
• Using specialist electronic publishing packages
• Proofing, editing and writing online content including via social media
• Uploading text and images to a website using a content management system
• Compiling newsletters using web design software and distributing newsletters using specific software
• Assessing manuscripts and making recommendations on their publication to senior editorial staff
• Responding to copyright queries from writers and other publishers in the first instance
• Updating and rewriting material
• Using your own specialist knowledge to contribute ideas
• Sourcing freelancers or other authors to produce new materials
• Assisting with the art direction and design of publications

Requirements

• Minimum of HND in Mass Communication or related field
• Must be above 30 years with at least 5 years experience in similar position
• Excellent writing and communications skill
• Must be a team player and ready to work with little or no supervision

Application Closing Date
17th August, 2015

How to Apply
Interested candidates should forward their CV's and required documents to: [email protected] and qualified candidates will be contacted.