Pulse is Africa’s leading innovative media company, informing and engaging Africa’s young audience – and providing expansive media reach and creative marketing solutions to partners. We run news websites and social channels and marketing and production across Francophone and Anglophone West Africa and East Africa.

Business Insider Africa is a leading digital media platform delivering in-depth reporting, analysis, and insights on business, market, leaders, careers, and lifestyle across the African continent. As part of the global Business Insider network, we are dedicated to telling the stories that matter most to Africa’s dynamic and rapidly evolving economies.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Researcher / Scriptwriter – Business Insider

Location: Maryland, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Position Summary

• Business Insider is looking for a Researcher/Scriptwriter to join the team.
• As a Researcher/Scriptwriter, you will work with our in-house video team to create compelling and exciting videos that will engage with the Business Insider Africa audience, clients and meet marketing strategies and objectives.
• Our ideal candidate has a knack for in-depth research and creative and engaging of storytelling.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Research and develop scripts for Business Insider – internal and for clients.
• Craft compelling video documentary scripts
• Researching trending business topics for video and podcast content
• Developing podcast scripts and question guides
• Fact-check all information used in video scripts
• Contribute to new video format development and implementation.
• All around assistance on pre-production activities.
• You may be required to manage more than one brief at a time and will therefore have to prioritize effectively allocating the relevant amount of time and resources according to the value of the job
• Ensure that deadlines are met on all projects.
• Ensure proper organization and safekeeping of research documents and logs.
• Maintain strong, trusting relationships with all internal and external collaborators – clients and internal teams.

Desired Skills & Experience

• 2-3 years experience doing research and developing scripts for branded video content is preferred
• Expansive video script-writing portfolio
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong knowledge of Google and Microsoft Workspace – docs, sheets, drive, slides, etc.
• Very organized, goal-oriented, and can drive results while multi-tasking priorities
• A lot of energy, passion and enthusiasm.
• Experience with on-screen presenting is a plus.

Application Closing Date
17th February, 2025.