Entertainment Editor

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.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• University degree in journalism/media studies or related field.
• 2-3 years experience in entertainment reporting or working in a similar capacity.
• Perfect command of the English language (you will have to take several tests to prove it).
• Expertise in local & global entertainment and celebrity news affairs.
• Experience in the digital/social media field.
• A good laptop/PC (at least Intel 3).
• Good, stable and reliable internet connection (uncapped, with a line speed of at least 4MBps). Cellphone data is not acceptable.

Core Values:

• Passion for entertainment and celebrity news reporting.
• Understanding of Ghanaian pop culture and celebrity lifestyle.
• Sense of responsibility.
• Hard worker.
• Goal-oriented - Can work with deadlines.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary.
• Comfortable working environment and super-friendly team.
• Opportunity to learn from the biggest global players in IT and media worldwide.

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