Freelance Business Writer at AIM Consultants

Job Summary

• Are you a great freelance writer looking for a long-term gig? We are seeking a Journalist to cover classifieds and marketplaces in Nigeria. The reporter will cover Nigeria and the surrounding region.

What We Expect

• Learn, understand and become an expert in classifieds and marketplaces across Nigeria and the surrounding region.
• Build a network of contacts and sources to cover the industry. Connect with CEOs, comms departments and industry insiders to deliver the strongest content.
• Write short news items on day-to-day industry headlines on WordPress for AIMGroup.com. Add intelligence, opinion and expert perspective.
• Work on in-depth, long-form articles that include desktop research, interviews and charts.

Who We're Looking For

• Someone who is reliable, dependable, willing to learn and is a pleasure to work with.
• Writers who are absolutely proficient in English. (If it’s your second language, or fourth, that’s great, but your English writing should be flawless.)
• Someone who will develop a beat, whether it’s geographic or vertical-specific (recruitment, real estate or automotive), and consistently build relationships with sources.
• Someone with a global perspective. Just because you’re covering Nigeria doesn’t mean your sources have to be there. They can be anywhere, and should be.
• Great reporting and interviewing skills, with an ability to track down people and get them to talk.
• Someone who’s aggressive about finding new sources, whether they are individuals, companies or data, and working with them to develop great reports.

What We Offer

• A company with a 25-year track record of stability.
• A great group of team members, literally around the world, who work together on our publications, our consulting and our conferences.
• Decent pay. Always. On time. In 24 years-plus, we’ve never missed a payroll or paid late. You submit your invoices, you get paid. (For freelancers, that’s like gold.)
• Interesting work in a somewhat off-the-beaten-path, b-to-b environment.
• Work from home (WFH) with extreme flexibility.
• Payment per article or in some cases payment on retainer.
• We think long-term. Some of our writers have been with us for 10 years or more. Our managing director joined us as a writer nearly 20 years ago. It’ll take you at least three months to get proficient in your domain, and a year until you can grow into one of our rock stars. But we’re patient, and if you work with us we’ll work with you.
• The strongest candidates will be required to complete a paid trial to ask to determine their suitability.