SA&B Mega Resource Limited is a fully integrated Marketing Communications company with immense capacity to provide bespoke and premium 360 degree communication and marketing solutions to its exclusive clientele.
We are recruiting creative professionals to fill the position below:
Job Title: Experienced Investigative Journalist
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time
Job Field: Reporter/Journalist
Job Description
- The role of an investigative journalist is as critical as it has ever been, if not more so
- Make It Global is searching for a talented, high-energy investigative journalist to join our team.
- The ideal candidate is curious, challenges conventional thinking and meets roadblocks with a dogged determination to get the story.
- The investigative reporter will also report what is in plain sight, using facts to fight misinformation.
- Our investigative reporter will know how to acquire and analyse documents and yet will be a storyteller who can explain his or her findings in a way that makes the impact clear to readers.
- Critically, this reporter will be passionate about serving as the voice so many do not have. The best accountability reporting begins with a state of mind - the knowledge that you are a surrogate for the public.
- At Make It Global, the reader comes first, last and always.
Qualifications
- Strong writing and editing skills and excellent news judgment
- Unwavering commitment to accurate, ethical journalism
- Experience accessing and using public records to gain understanding of complex stories
- Ability to acquire and analyse data
- Fluency in the science of readership and engagement, including an understanding of metrics/analytics programs
- Understanding of SEO and other optimization opportunities and a demonstrated ability to learn new skills in social and digital.
- Strong interpersonal skills, including empathy, the ability to take and give constructive criticism and craziness.
- Ability to engage with readers and develop sources on social media platforms including but not limited to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
- Ability to correctly identify audience for selected stories.
- Ability to meet deadlines.
- Boldness/gut to dig into the roots of any matter.
- Ability to work comfortably in a job that will be fast-paced, data-driven, shaped constantly by feedback and experimentation and always evolving.
- A way with headlines and an understanding of what works well on different platforms.
- An interest in telling stories using a variety of media, and an enthusiasm for learning new skills and technologies.
- Experience working in a media organisation.
Education Requirements (Essential Requirements):
- Bachelor's degree in Journalism or a related field required.
- At least two years of relevant experience is required.
Application Closing Date
31st August, 2019.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Application, Profile/Portfolio profile showing stories you have Covered and CV to:
[email protected] using the "Job Title" as the subject of the mail.
Note: Sending only your CV does not qualify for the job. Attach your profile/portfolio showing work done by you.