Editor at Kenya Institute of Management (KIM)

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Head of Communication and Corporate Affairs, this position is responsible for coordination of the production of MANAGEMENT magazine that includes conceptualising story ideas, writing and assigning stories and ensuring quality of the publication.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Implementation and operationalization an Editorial Policy to guide the operations of the publication.
• Tasked with implementation and operationalization of style guide with editing styles and guide to ensure consistency and quality of publications.
• Participate in the development of an annual calendar and carry out Monthly review of the themes and cover personalities to ensure proper and timely planning for stories and aid advertising department on advertising features and supplements and Organizes meetings with writers and editorial team members to discuss ideas for artwork, layout and features
• Ensure timely filing of monthly reports based on post-mortem meeting after every issue to enhance improvement on quality of magazine and monitor progress as per operational plan
• Write and coordinates reader surveys to establish market trends and gaps in our publication and to know tastes and preferences of the readers
• Oversees the layout, appearance, artwork, design, photography and content of Magazine for quality check before release of the monthly issue.
• Generates story ideas, commission articles from freelance and in-house writers to be featured in the magazine.
• Edits, proofreads, and re-writes articles to ensure editorial quality 0f the content before publication of the magazine.
• Oversees social media and website updates for the Magazine to ensure timely update of the social media and website on monthly edition articles for publicity.
• Organize and participate in monthly meeting with the Management Magazine team to review previous magazine issues and plan for upcoming editions
• Manages relationship between the institute and freelance writers and columnists, including negotiating payments with freelance writers
• Works with marketing executives to develop advertising supplements
• Market and sell Management Magazine advertising space and subscriptions
• Plan the content of publications according to the publication’s style and editorial policy through creation of a flat plan
• Resource and external editor to engage in offering expertise advise to the content that has been generated to be published

Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree in journalism or any other related field
• Be a member of media Council of Kenya
• Five (5) years of relevant work experience.

Key Performance Indicators

• Quality of articles Published
• Quality of photos Published
• Timeliness of the Magazine
• Prominence of writers
• Social media presence
• Meet financial targets
• Quality of the whole magazine