Editors - Southwest And Northern Regions Of Nigeria. at Premium Times

Ideal candidates should have the high-level ability:

• To edit news stories, features, and opinion pieces for clarity, grammar, accuracy, and style, ensuring that content is engaging and publication-ready.
• To identify more robust or more relevant angles buried within stories written by reporters and others.
• To develop content strategies that align with Premium Times’ editorial vision, audience preferences, and current affairs.
• 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 organised, able to meet deadlines and juggle various tasks while at the same time maintaining a high level of attention to detail and maintaining overall editorial quality.
• Stay informed on current events, emerging trends, and audience interests to continuously adapt the editorial direction.
• Be an agent of change.
• Possess strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Have proven experience as an editor with at least 5-7 years.
• Have good interpersonal relations skills.
• Possess an inquiring mind and logical reasoning.
• Be willing to work.
• Have a deep passion for journalism and a commitment to accuracy and truth.
• Have an aversion to corruption.

The ideal candidates should reside in any of the states in the South-West or Northern regions and have a deep understanding of current political, economic, and social issues in those regions.