Copy Editor at Premium Times

Job Summary

• We are currently inviting candidates who consider themselves experienced, competent, energetic, and intrepid to be part of our copy-editing team.

Requirements
Ideal candidates should have the high-level ability:

• To spot grammatical and factual errors and clean up copies.
• To identify more robust or more relevant angles buried within stories written by reporters and others.
• To properly contextualise reports
• To enrich reports with relevant background, analyses and context.
• To accurately interpret statements/stories even when missed by reporters and other editors.

Candidates must also:

• Be an agent of change.
• Possess strong writing skills.
• Have an aversion to corruption.
• Have proven experience as a standard/copy editor.
• Have good interpersonal relations skills.
• Possess inquiring mind and logical reasoning.
• Be willing to work.
• An academic background in the English Language is an added advantage.