Content Creator – Events 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: Content Creator – Events

Location: Maryland, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Role Description

• The Content Creator – Events is responsible for on-ground coverage of eventsacross Pulse’s platforms, working primarily within the Picks product. This role owns the capture and initial packaging of event content, ensuring Pulse delivers high-quality, timely, and commercially viable coverage across both paid and organic channels.
• This is a hybrid role with a strong field focus, spending most of the time on-site at events rather than in the office. The role requires strong judgment, technical execution, and the ability to operate independently in fast-paced live environments.
• The Content Creator – Events plays a critical role in ensuring event coverage meets Pulse’s editorial standards and supports revenue goals by delivering content that partners and clients can confidently pay for, reuse, or license.
• Success in this role is measured by the quality, reliability, and usefulness of event content delivered, and by the role’s contribution to repeat event partnerships and commercial trust.

Key Responsibilities

• Cover live events on-site, including concerts, launches, festivals, brand activations, and cultural events
• Capture high-quality photo and video content optimised for social platforms
• Deliver content in real time or shortly after events, based on briefs and timelines
• Execute paid event coverage to agreed standards, ensuring partner expectations are met
• Work closely with the Picks team, Design team, and Sales team on event deliverables
• Maintain consistency with Pulse’s visual and editorial standard
• Contribute ideas to improve event coverage formats and execution over time.

Requirements

• Proven experience creating content at live events
• Strong photo and video capture skills (mobile and/or camera-based)
• Solid understanding of social-first storytelling
• Comfortable working independently in fast-paced environments
• Reliable, organised, and able to meet tight deadlines
• Willingness to work evenings, weekends, and travel when required
• Experience working on paid or branded event coverage is a strong advantage.

Benefits

• Flexible hybrid work setup
• Health insurance cover
• Group life insurance
• Contributory pension scheme
• Annual bonuses
• Telecommunication allowance.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.