Job Description
Premium Times Services Ltd, Publishers of “Premium Times“, an online news brand of both local and international repute, is a media company with headquarters in Abuja, offices in Lagos and Washington D.C., and representatives across Nigerian states.
Premium Times was established in 2011 and is led by seasoned, highly skilled, and award-winning professionals with integrity and in-depth knowledge of the journalism industry and digital media space.
We are currently inviting candidates who consider themselves experienced, competent, energetic, and intrepid to join our copy-editing team.
Ideal candidates should have the high-level ability:
- To spot grammatical and factual errors and clean up copies.
- To identify more robust or more relevant angles buried within stories written by reporters and others.
- To properly contextualise reports.
- 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 an agent of change.
- Possess strong writing skills.
- Have an aversion to corruption.
- Have proven experience as a standard/copy editor.
- Have good interpersonal relations skills.
- Possess an inquiring mind and logical reasoning.
- Be willing to work.
- An academic background in the English Language is an added advantage.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates should send a detailed curriculum vitae, cover letter of interest, and two (2) writing samples in a single PDF document emailed to [](https://premiumtimesng.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection) (kindly indicate ‘Standard Desk Editor’ as the subject of the mail). Only suitable and qualified candidates will be contacted.
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