Job Vacancies at Pulse Nigeria (Internship & Experienced) – 6 Positions

Location: Lagos

Position Summary

• We're looking for a Senior Reporter with a solid editorial background cutting across business, finance, economics, technology and startups, who will be responsible for executing editorial strategy and producing exclusive stories for Business Insider, one of the fastest-growing news brands in the world. This role will be based in our Lagos office.

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
• Quality control of content published on the website - story authenticity, fact-checking, spelling, grammar, style - and complying with all relevant copyright laws
• Work with top-level contributors and source interviews, profiles, and features with high-level executives for exclusive stories
• You may be required to source and work with contributors and freelancers for more stories and other content for Business Insider Africa
• Prepare weekly traffic and other performance reports and actively identify and implement strategies to increase the readership and reach of Business Insider Africa.
• Liaise with Tech & Product Teams on the back-end and front-end on updates, mobile development, and CMS changes
• Identify opportunities for partnerships and work closely with the Sales team to close deals for Business Insider Africa and execute related client projects
• Develop strong, trusting relationships with all relevant stakeholders and partners, both internal and external
• Maintain industry best practices and stay keyed into trends and the competitive landscape to ensure we’re always innovative
• Act as an ambassador for Business Insider Africa and 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 excellent editorial background and experience working at a digital publication
• Experience covering/ writing on business, finance, economics, technology, and startups
• In-depth and practical knowledge of the new media landscape
• Great relationship-building and networking skills to cultivate a high-level network across industries and secure interviews
• Great interviewing skills and feels comfortable talking to high-level executives
• Passion for producing exclusive stories with deep analysis
• Great ability to break down complex topics and make them interesting, relatable, and easy to understand
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong business acumen to drive partnerships and revenue generation for Business Insider as a product
• Reliability and efficiency in a fast-paced environment

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Location: Lagos

Position Summary

• Pulse is looking for a Creative Strategy Intern with a passion and curiosity for the ever-evolving digital ecosystem.
• As a Creative Strategy Intern, you will be supporting the team in generating compelling ideas for digital campaigns that can be adapted across various media platforms.
• Our ideal candidate is a storyteller who is equal parts a meticulous planner and a spontaneous creative thinker.

The Role

• The Creative Strategy Intern is a position we’re hiring for in our Lagos office. The role will report to the Head of Creative Strategy.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist in developing sales and marketing material to support the Sales teams across Africa.
• Assist in dissecting client briefs and proposing innovative creative and marketing strategies that will enable brands to connect to their audiences and achieve their business goals in the most effective manner.
• Support in developing compelling proposals to communicate these strategies.
• Contribute, and sometimes lead, in-house ideation sessions.
• Conduct digital audits that yield rich insights into consumer and competitor’s online behavior and key motivational/attitudinal behaviour.
• Support the sales team in any and all activities that will help the team meet its overall revenue and profit targets including occasional client meetings and prospecting.
• Develop a total understanding of online target audience and mindset modes.
• Assist in creating budgets for proposed strategies in line with the company rate card, working with all relevant internal post-sales and execution teams.
• Manage timelines and monitor progress, ensuring deadlines are met

Desired Skills & Experience

• A genuine passion and interest in digital marketing and strategy.
• Excellent research, presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to plan, organize and prioritize in a fast-paced environment.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Location: Lagos

Position Summary

• Pulse is looking for a Graphic Design Intern who has a creative mindset and a good understanding of typographies, colour theories and compositions.
• You will support the Content team to translate client requirements into stunning visuals and also bring your creativity and fresh ideas to our online marketing efforts.

The Role

• The Graphic Design Intern is a position we’re hiring for in our Lagos office.
• The role will report to the Senior Graphic Designer and the Editor-in-Chief.

Duties & Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for creating design solutions with high visual impact that will appeal to our audience across the various Pulse platforms/channels.
• You will be required to work to a brief, develop creative ideas and concepts, and choose the appropriate media and style to meet set objectives.
• Responsibility for securing appropriate rights, licenses, and clearances for image usage to avoid copyright infringement.
• Support in developing design briefs by gathering information and data through research.
• Demonstrate illustrative skills with rough sketches.
• Proofreading and cross-checking facts, spelling, grammar, writing style, design pages, photos, images, etc., to produce accurate and high-quality work.
• You will keep abreast of emerging technologies in new media, particularly design programs such as Corel Draw, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, 3ds Max, After Effects, and other programs from the Adobe Creative Suite.
• You will work as part of a team of designers, social media managers, editorial, video, and sales colleagues.

Desired Skills & Experience

• A good background in using Adobe Creative Suite and design softwares.
• Solid understanding of design principles and practices.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to plan, organize and prioritize in a fast-paced environment.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Location: Lagos

Position Summary

• We are looking for an Email Marketing Manager to join the team. As the Email Marketing Manager, you will develop, manage email marketing campaigns and create newsletters that are mobile-friendly, and enhance user experience for successful lead generation.
• Our ideal candidate is passionate about the email marketing ecosystem and is equal parts a structured and analytical thinker who will drive decision making from data-driven insights.

The Role:

• The Email Marketing Manager is a position we’re hiring for in our Lagos office. The role will report to the Head of Marketing.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop Pulse’s newsletters into an outstanding newsletter product users look forward to every day and businesses are happy to sponsor.
• Full email newsletter management for all Pulse products and Pulse clients.
• Email database management, maintaining subscribers’ security and integrity, and also periodically purging non-deliverable email addresses and opt-outs.
• Grow the subscribers list by using forward-thinking strategies to garner sign-ups from our social media platforms, and other suitable sources.
• Create email marketing campaigns using approved templates to promote products/services as needed.
• Conduct A/B testing for template design, content selection, content category, etc., in order to optimise performance.
• Ensure email templates are mobile-friendly.
• Proofread newsletters for clarity, grammar, and spelling and ensure messages are on brand and impactful. Include persuasive 'call-to-actions' in advertisements and promotions.
• Create a database of emails for lead generation that would be passed on to the Sales team. Track and analyze email marketing campaign performance and suggest improvements based on data-driven insights.

Skills that Would Make a Candidate Successful in this Role

• Solid experience with email marketing and HTML.
• Highly analytical and data fluent. Must be able to gather insights from data and drive decision-making from it.
• Excellent copywriting skills and design sense.

Working at Pulse

• The Pulse team is made up of incredible and passionate individuals who go above and beyond to inform and engage our young audience with quality content, also delighting our clients and partners with their creative ability to engage their target audiences.
• As a team, we value creativity and curiosity, which helps us to stay ahead of the curve. Our Pan African team collaborates cross-functionally and values each other’s unique perspectives and opinions - true to our core values of teamwork. We also value trust as a team - both in how we work with each other transparently and how we deliver reliably for our clients. Our editorial and content team lead with credibility in a world of fake news, which our audience values immensely.
• You’ll grow a lot at Pulse because you’ll be assigned responsibilities that challenge you and help you to acquire new skills. We expect high performance, so rest assured you will have the right tools and support to do a great job. We offer you a competitive salary, great insurance cover, and generous time off so that you can take care of
• your wellbeing - we prefer our team to be energized and productive. As a digital media company, we work partially remotely and partially from the office - we think it’s important for collaboration and team building to still see each other and work together in person occasionally!
• Want to know more about what it’s like to work at Pulse? You can check out our careers page at www.pulse.africa/careers - here you will see our vision and mission, what some of our team members have to say about why they chose to work at Pulse, and some amazing projects we’ve worked on.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and a Cover email explaining why you’re a great fit for this role to:

careers@pulse.ng

using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Note

• Applicants for this role may come from a range of backgrounds, although within the Digital/ Creative/ Marketing/ Advertising industry is preferred.
• If you’re passionate about this opportunity, but don’t have all of the experience we’re looking for, we would still like to hear from you - please apply and let us know why you’d make a great addition to the Pulse team.

Location: Lagos

Position Summary

• We’re looking to hire a Head of Influencer Partnerships who will be responsible for building a network of influencer partners for Pulse and developing a strong influence-marketing offering for our clients.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Build and structure a cohesive community of influencers, including partnerships with high level/ prominent personalities
• Identify leads and recruit relevant influencers that will expand our reach and relevance across channels
• Negotiate influencer contracts for Pulse, ensuring cost-effective payment margins
• Develop a strong influence-marketing offering for Pulse clients
• Own management and results of influencer campaigns for the Pulse brand and for clients, including setting relevant KPIs, budgeting, reporting, and optimizing for maximum ROI
• Analyze data, prepare dashboards and generate weekly and monthly reports using effective benchmarks
• Organise influencer events
• Offer data-driven recommendations and informed, fact-based solutions that improve performance and support our overall goals
• Represent Pulse at events and network and build relationships with social media influencers and other prominent personalities
• Stay up to date on the latest trends, industry issues, and solutions and suggest improvements and innovations to help Pulse to maintain a competitive edge
• Manage influencer communications and relationships and provide all of our partners with excellent service and support.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience with influencer, content, and social media marketing within the Digital/ Creative/ Marketing/ Advertising industry is preferred
• Great relationship building and networking skills
• Strong verbal and written communications skills to negotiate partnerships and communicate with diverse personalities
• Great project management skills and highly organised with a strong bias for action - can drive results while multitasking priorities
• A lot of energy, passion, and enthusiasm.

Joining the Pulse Team

• The Pulse team is made up of passionate individuals who go above and beyond to inform and engage our young audience with quality content, also delighting our clients and partners with their creative ability to engage their target audiences.
• From the moment you join us, you will be empowered to run projects, solve problems and develop solutions that can impact our audience of millions and our clients and partners. You will get to work collaboratively with a pan-African team in a fast-paced environment.
• To know more about what it’s like to work at Pulse, you can check out www.pulse.africa/careers - here you will see our vision and mission, our core values, what our team members have to say about working with us, and some amazing projects we’ve worked on for clients.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and a Cover email explaining why you’re a great fit for this role to:

careers@pulse.ng

using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Position Summary

• Pulse is looking for a Senior Social Media Manager to join the team. As a Senior Social Media Manager, you will develop and execute social media and digitally-focused initiatives across our social media channels, aimed at engaging with the Pulse audience and clients.
• Our ideal candidate is passionate, socially aware of changing media trends, and equal parts a content developer and community manager.

The Role

• The Senior Social Media Manager is a position we’re hiring for in our Lagos office.
• The role will report to the Head of Social Media and work very closely with the Editor in Chief.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage Social Media marketing campaigns and day-to-day activities in line with KPIs including but not limited to:
  • Management of Pulse Nigeria's social media pages; create, curate, and distribute content relevant to the target audience across all assigned social media channels; ensuring proper content distribution, proper use of channels' features, and community management following standard execution guidelines.
  • Community management - daily spam-check across all the channels and other commenting systems. Approve comments when necessary & quick response/monitoring of comments following the standard guidelines.
  • Monitor trends and happenings across channels using social media tools such as; IO Analytics, CrowdTangle, etc., and ensure time-to-market for the content distribution is efficient.
• Become an advocate for the Company in social media spaces, engaging in dialogues and answering questions where appropriate.
• Demonstrate ability to map out marketing strategies and then drive that strategy proven by testing and metrics.
• Monitor trends in social media tools, applications, channels, design, and strategy.
• Identify threats and opportunities in user-generated content surrounding the business - Report notable threats to appropriate management.
• Analyze campaigns and translate anecdotal or qualitative data into recommendations and plans for revising the social media campaigns.
• Monitor effective benchmarks (best practices) for measuring the impact of social media campaigns. Analyze, review and report on the effectiveness of campaigns in an effort to maximise results.
• Keep up to date, research, and suggest new social media account management tools.
• Collaborate with other teams: Editorial, Video, and Sales teams to achieve company-wide goals.
• Support the Head of Social Media and Head of Marketing to actively propose and help implement new and innovative strategies in order to meet and exceed the company's overall revenue and profit targets.

Requirements
Skills that would make a candidate Successful in this Role:

• Minimum of 2 years experience managing social media accounts.
• Great content creation skills.
• A good knowledge of social media tools such as IO Analytics, CrowdTangle, etc.

Working at Pulse

• The Pulse team is made up of incredible and passionate individuals who go above and beyond to inform and engage our young audience with quality content, also delighting our clients and partners with their creative ability to engage their target audiences.
• As a team, we value creativity and curiosity, which helps us to stay ahead of the curve. Our Pan African team collaborates cross-functionally and values each other’s unique perspectives and opinions - true to our core values of teamwork. We also value trust as a team - both in how we work with each other transparently and how we deliver reliably for our clients. Our editorial and content team lead with credibility in a world of fake news, which our audience values immensely.
• You’ll grow a lot at Pulse because you’ll be assigned responsibilities that challenge you and help you to acquire new skills. We expect high performance, so rest assured you will have the right tools and support to do a great job.
• We offer you a competitive salary, great insurance cover, and generous time off so that you can take care of your wellbeing - we prefer our team to be energized and productive.
• As a digital media company, we work partially remotely and partially from the office - we think it’s important for collaboration and team building to still see each other and work together in person occasionally!
• Want to know more about what it’s like to work at Pulse? You can check out our careers page at www.pulse.africa/careers - here you will see our vision and mission, what some of our team members have to say about why they chose to work at Pulse, and some amazing projects we’ve worked on.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and a Cover email explaining why you’re a great fit for this role to:

careers@pulse.ng

using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Note

• Applicants for this role may come from a range of backgrounds, although within the Digital/ Creative/ Marketing/ Advertising industry is preferred.
• If you’re passionate about this opportunity, but don’t have all of the experience we’re looking for, we would still like to hear from you - please apply and let us know why you’d make a great addition to the Pulse team.

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