Storyteller at TeamApt

TeamApt is Nigeria’s largest Agency banking operator and is now building the largest digital bank offering financial services products tailored to meet the needs of the underserved mass market - micropayments, savings, lending, insurance, pensions - using technology and low-cost offline distribution models. We believe providing financial access to the over 350 million Africans who are currently financially underserved will economically empower them and put them on a path to becoming the next generation of middle-class Africans.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Storyteller

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• We are looking for a natural-born storyteller to help move our audience to engage more deeply with our mission through compelling human stories and strong copywriting.
• The successful Storyteller will be a strategic and creative writer who can deliver character-driven, emotionally engaging content tailored for different target audiences and organizational goals.
• She/he will bring fresh eyes to every project and help to shape TeamApt’s distinct brand voice; yet will always be grounded in strategy.

Responsibilities

• Translate complex issues into compelling and accessible content.
• Collaborate with internal teams to coordinate and oversee the story collection and production.
• Maintain an editorial calendar of stories.
• Ask effective questions and develop rapport/trust with story subjects across teams and external stakeholders.
• Mine and Identify opportunities to gather content from the field and internal audience in support of our editorial content strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Journalism, Communication, or equivalent.
• At least 3 years of relevant working experience in a communications role, with a portfolio of work to show the production of self-developed content.
• The ability to mine and engineer stories from seemingly unsentimental situations. 
• Structured approach, eye for detail and ability to manage deadlines.
• Strong research, collaboration and planning skills.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills are a must.
• Track record of using purposeful storytelling to drive organizational impact and business results.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.