Reporter, Business Insider Africa at Pulse NG

Position Summary

• We’re looking for a Reporter with an editorial background cutting across business, finance, economics, technology, and startups, who will be responsible for writing exclusive stories for Business Insider, one of the fastest-growing news brands in the world.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Produce highly engaging and monetizable original content for Business Insider Africa - editorial, social and video formats
• Ensure accuracy, consistency with the BI brand voice, and adherence to BI editorial & SEO guidelines
• Contribute to the editorial planning and strategy execution for the BI website & social media pages, ensuring that complex topics are broken down into a variety of formats that readers will want to read and share
• Maintain high quality for all content published on the website and social channels - story authenticity, fact-checking, spelling, grammar, style - and comply with all relevant copyright laws
• Source interviews, profiles, and features with high-level executives for exclusive stories
• Prepare weekly traffic and other performance reports and actively identify and implement strategies to increase the readership and reach of Business Insider Africa.
• Stay keyed into trends and the competitive landscape to ensure Business Insider Africa is always innovative
• Represent Business Insider Africa at industry events, panels and other key events and discussions in the wider journalistic and business communities

Desired Skills & Experience

• An editorial background and experience working at a digital publication
• Experience covering/ writing on business, finance, economics, technology and startups
• Practical knowledge of the new media landscape
• Relationship-building and networking skills to secure interviews
• Great interviewing skills and feels comfortable talking to high-level executives
• Passion for producing exclusive stories with deep analysis
• Demonstrable ability to break down complex topics and make them interesting, relatable and easy to understand
• Excellent communication skills
• Reliability and efficiency in a fast-paced environment