Events Coverage Lead 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: Events Coverage Lead

Location: Maryland, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities
Event Coverage and Team Leadership:

• Lead coverage of events for Pulse Nigeria where needed, delivering premium coverage that meets client and brand expectations within set timelines
• Lead and manage a team of content creators who cover events for Pulse Nigeria
• Define individual roles within the team, working with senior leadership to set expectation and conduct reviews and feedback sessions
• Oversee and manage team schedules and workloads, providing for rest and time off where required

Strategic Planning & Execution:

• Develop and maintain an events coverage calendar,
• Establish and maintain advance timelines for briefing coverage, event arrival and departure and content delivery
• Develop specific content and execution plans for each event - outlining exactly what is required and how it will be captured, curated and delivered to ensure client expectations are met and surpassed
• Review and communicate clear content deliverables from clients to creators and collaborators for each event
• Manage logistics to and from each event, ensuring team members are in the best condition to deliver

Performance and Reporting:

• Track and analyse performance of event coverage content, personnel, costs and revenue, using those insights to improve strategy and execution
• Produce weekly, monthly and quarterly reports on output and performance for senior leadership
• Monitor and review KPIs for the team, collaborators and freelancers

Editorial Standards and Quality Control:

• Set and uphold clear editorial and coverage standards for all event content - from framing to duration and editing
• Review and approve content before and after publication to ensure client needs and our standards are met
• Develop and maintain an events coverage playbook that guides the team on best practice, formats, DOs and DONTs and expectations.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Work closely with the content, sales and partnership teams to align events coverage with broader content and revenue goals
• Support the account management team to deliver events coverage and content on time and to specification

Innovation and Platform Strategy:

• Stay ahead of trends in social media, short form video and live content to ensure our events coverage remains relevant and sharp
• Champion and develop new formats, tools and approaches that can improve our coverage
• Develop initiatives and platform-specific event coverage offerings and packages that can be offered to brands and partners.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience
• Hybrid work mode
• Health Insurance Cover
• Group Life Insurance cover
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Data and airtime monthly allowance.

Application Closing Date
20th May, 2026. 

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online