Producer at Pulse Nigeria

Pulse is Africa’s leading innovative media company, informing and engaging Africa’s young audience - and providing expansive media reach and creative marketing solutions to partners. We run news websites and social channels and marketing and production across Francophone and Anglophone West Africa and East Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Producer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Pulse is looking for a Producer to join the team. 
• The role involves producing engaging video content for Pulse and its clients, from concept development to post-production. 
• You will oversee ideation, scripting, shooting, and editing, collaborating with internal teams to ensure seamless execution. 
• Additionally, you'll manage project timelines, budgets, and legal aspects, while supervising a creative team and staying up-to-date with emerging technologies. 
• You'll also support the Head of Video with innovative strategies to drive company growth.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Produce highly engaging video content for Pulse.
• Develop and pitch creative ideas and concepts, choosing the appropriate media and style to meet the brand’s objectives.
• Oversee ideation, scripting, shooting and post-production for all Pulse client projects.
• With the use of AI, you will also script ideas and proofread it to the best output using precise prompts in AI softwares for all Pulse projects and Pulse client projects.
• Collaborate with operations/account management/sales team to ensure the seamless execution of all client campaigns.
• Oversee timelines for all Pulse client projects, ensuring videos are delivered to schedule.
• Coordinate a team of creative talents,technical crew, and other external resources to ensure effective workflows and processes.
• You will organise shooting schedules, obtain relevant permits when shooting on the field, and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and health and safety laws.
• You will be responsible for securing appropriate rights, licenses and clearances for video usage, image usage and soundtrack usage, and resolving all other factual or legal concerns.
• You will supervise post-production to ensure quality control, including proofreading and cross-checking facts, spelling, grammar, writing style, design pages, photos, images, sound, colour, etc.
• You will be accountable to a budget, managing costs at all stages of production to ensure the best value possible for Pulse.
• You will oversee video editors to ensure proper organisation and safekeeping of video footage and logs.
• You will keep abreast of emerging technologies in new media, particularly video and design programs such as Adobe Premiere Pro, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, 3ds Max, After Effects and other programs from the Adobe Creative Suite.
• Support the Head of Video by actively proposing and helping to implement new and innovative strategies in order to meet and exceed the company’s overall revenue and profit targets.
• Be an ambassador for the Pulse brand by representing Pulse at events, taking on speaking opportunities,participating in panels and other discussions in the wider media and entertainment communities in your role.

Requirements

• Interested candidates should at least possess a FSLC qualification
• 3 - 5 years of experience in overseeing new media content and video production.
• Excellent writing and story development skills.
• Project management skills.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with a team.
• Ability to plan, organize, and manage resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives.
• Strong time management to ensure deadlines are met.

Application Closing Date
5th May, 2025.