Economic Analyst at Veegil Media

Job Description

We are currently looking for an Economic Analyst

• Are you an economic analyst, brimming with news ideas, but with nowhere to put them? Does the idea of a fast-paced, multimedia platform seem like your ideal environment? Then Veegil wants you to join its team! As an experienced economic analyst, you should be a big-picture thinker that’s capable of identifying economic trends, development patterns, or story lines while also taking care of economic details and accuracy that reflect a passion for helping us connect with the world around us: to express, to share, and to be part of people's lives. As an accomplished economic analyst, you will bring credibility and solid news judgment to the role.
• We are seeking a highly motivated and results-driven economic analyst with a high net worth and strong social media presence. The ideal candidate will have a passion to discuss and analyze economic trends and development on an on-air presentation platform while engaging our audiences with his/her professional expertise.
• As a seasoned economic analyst, you must be ready to bring game-changing economic trends and developments to life and join a community that values civic engagement and political consciousness for the people. The successful candidate will have outstanding on-air presentation skills and a proven track record of engaging audiences with debate topics and content that are economically centered.

Responsibilities: While not all the duties and responsibilities that may be assigned to this position are listed, the following is a paraphrase of the primary functions of this role:

• We are looking for individuals with a passion for digital online media presentation as analysts.
• The applicant should have experience or proven knowledge of the country's economic sector and a grasp of global economic trends and issues in discourse and be able to discuss them effectively.
• Research on economic-related topics, combining online sources, and generating ideas for new content types.
• Develop positive and constructive relationships with sources across a wide range of industries, organizations, and regions to bring diverse and well-informed voices into daily reporting.
• Attract, interview, study, and interact with targeted virtual communities and network users.
• Build and execute a social media strategy through competitive research.
• Generate, edit, publish, and share daily content, original text, images, video, or HTML that builds meaningful connections and encourages community members to take action.
• Prepare well-structured drafts using Content Management Systems.
• Have a network of contacts as possible for guests on economic broadcast programs.
• Coordinate with marketing and design teams to illustrate articles.
• Conduct simple keyword research and use SEO guidelines to increase web traffic. Promote content on social media.
• Identify customers’ needs and gaps in our content, and recommend new topics.
• Ensure all-around consistency in style, fonts, images, and tone.
• Update website content as needed.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Communications, Marketing, Business Analysis, Journalism, Public Relations, Media or equivalent.
• Proven working experience in Market Analysis with a portfolio of proven written articles.
• Demonstrable social networking experience and analytics tools.
• Minimum of three years of experience in TV analysis
• Knowledge of online marketing and a good understanding of major marketing channels will be an added advantage.
• Proven experience in news reporting and ability to perform in front of the camera.
• Strong writing and storytelling skills, and knowledge of local, national, and international economic news and current events.
• Excellent writing and presentation skills.
• Good understanding of social networks and the audience.
• Proven filming and editing abilities.
• Proven organizational skills and ability to work autonomously under tight deadlines.
• Ability to manage new and emerging technologies.
• Experience and/or knowledge of third-party community sites and social networks such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and others.
• Experience with paid social media campaigns.
• Strong portfolio of previous work.

Key Skill Sets Preferred:

• Writing, editorial, and media presentation skills.
• Up to three years’ experience working as an economic analyst or in related positions in the economic space.
• Experience working independently and as part of a team, and incorporating feedback.
• An engaged social media presence and management skills.
• Up-to-date with the latest social media best practices and technologies.
• Digital Media creation (High-Value Content write-up, podcasts, video, and narrative storytelling)
• Content creation and Marketing