Business Editor at Daily Trust

Gender: Male or Female

The Position

• The ideal candidate will lead a team of reporters to produce cutting edge reports and analysis of business events, trends and personalities
• The job holder will perform a variety of editorial duties, such as editing, laying out, and revising content of written materials, in preparation for publication

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the business team to plan and execute effective coverage of local and international business stories
• Prepare, rewrite and edit business stories, reports, interviews and features
• Supervising and monitoring of business reporters
• Plan the contents of business pages in accordance to the Media Trust style and editorial policy
• Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources
• Review and approve news story submitted by reporters, prior to publication
• Develop stories and content ideas, considering readers and audience appeal
• Answer to different title editors who commission on the business desk for specific stories / analysis
• Assign topics, events and stories to individual reporters for coverage
• Read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication and confer with the Editor, Daily Trust regarding changes in content or publication
• Monitor news-gathering operations to ensure utilization of all news sources, such as press releases, telephone contacts, radio, television, wire services, and other reports
• Meet frequently with business departments to strategize on revenue generations to the company
• Select local, state, national and international news items received form wire services, based on assessment of items' significance and interest value.
• Any other duty assigned.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of a Degree in Mass Communication, Journalism, Economics or Business. A Master's Degree in Economics will be an advantage
• Minimum of 10 years cognate experience with at least 5 years at a middle editorial position
• Membership of relevant professional bodies is important.

Skills and Competencies:

• Rich professional experience in editorial work
• Ability to reduce complex ideas to simple and easy to follow stories
• Understands the structure and content of the English Language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar
• Knowledgeable about media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral and visual media
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Has knowledge of business, financial, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the business politics
• Computer literate and knowledgeable about Microsoft Office Suite
• Has a business drive, ability to work in a fast-paced environment, is flexible and has a “hands-on” approach
• Digital proficiency to be able to produce stories for online.