January 4th, 2022 at 09:05 am
Yen.com.gh is one of the biggest news and entertainment websites in Ghana. Yen.com.gh is a partner of Genesis Media Emerging Markets company, a media holding operating in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana, with projects like Legit.ng, TUKO.co.ke and Briefly News.
Sports Brief is a brand new sports website. The news outlet will serve fans with amazing football, basketball, athletics, rugby, cricket, boxing, and other sports stories from around Africa and across the world. The team aims to become the most popular sports news website in Africa in the next three years.
About the job
YEN.com.gh and SportsBrief.com are looking for a Sports editor!
REQUIREMENTS:
- University degree in journalism/media studies or related field.
- Proven at least 1-year of experience in sports writing and working in a similar capacity.
- Perfect command of the English language (you will have to take several tests to prove it).
- Expert in local & global sports affairs.
- Experience in the digital/social media field.
CORE VALUES:
- Passion for sports writing
- Sense of responsibility
- Hard worker
- Goal-oriented
- Can work with deadlines.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensuring timely processing and publishing of news material that meets YEN’s editorial standards, in-house style guide, and the rules (policies) of platforms (Facebook, Google, others).
- Verifying facts and accuracy of all news reports before they are published.
- Rewriting and editing copy to ensure it is readable and appeals to the target audience.
- Producing authentic content free of plagiarism.
- Ensuring articles have catchy headlines and appropriate visual elements, photos.
WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN US:
- Competitive salary.
- Comfortable working environment and super-friendly team.
- Possibility to learn from the biggest global players in IT and media worldwide.
HOW TO APPLY
CLOSING DATE: January 28, 2022