Editorial Assistant Vacancy at North West Advertising Group, Lagos

North West Advertising Group is a marketing and communication Network Company, and we currently recruiting for the position below in our Lagos office:


Job Title: Editorial Assistant

Location: Lagos

Duties
Supporting editorial staff in all activities leading to publication, including acting as a personal assistant to commissioning editors and overseeing tasks such as issuing contracts and dealing with royalties:

• Liaising with other in-house teams, writers, photographers, printers, designers and production staff to negotiate and monitor timescales for stages in the publishing process
• Using computers for word processing, desktop publishing and email
• Dealing with phone and email queries, e.g. From writers and the public
• Filing, photocopying and other routine administrative tasks.
• Dealing with the administration of work commissioned to freelance writers, picture researchers, photographers, stylists and illustrators
• Organizing and researching projects to tight deadlines
• Summarizing written material and correcting manuscripts
• Obtaining rights to use materials from other publications

• Diploma/Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Basic understanding of printing process, photography, illustration, typography, editing, transfer and shooting of commercials preferred.
• One to two years of related work experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience required.