Conducting thorough research on materials relating to creative lab’s projects through first and second hand resources such as but not limited to internet, publications, visual, and print media
Verify facts, statistical data, dates, and evidences using standard and defined resources
Conduct interviews as deemed necessary to stakeholders, beneficiaries, and other related individuals/companies which may serve as an imperative factor in developing articles, scripts, and other materials
Engage in field work as identified by the company to recognize stories and scope of projects
Draft and revise key informant interview (kii) questions and/or focus group discussion (fgd) guides as needed in data gathering
Provide technical input in the crafting of content plan for creative lab publications
Generate well-structured feature articles, technical reports, descriptions, knowledge guides, information booklets, scripts, copywriting and other written materials for creative lab projects
Review the articles, technical reports, descriptions, knowledge guides, information booklets, scripts, and other written materials for creative lab projects
Style, edit, proofread and identify possible inaccuracies in spelling, punctuation and syntax
Produce output for intended audiences in a timely manner while adhering to highest quality standards
Abide by agreed deadlines of drafts, revisions, and other deliverables
Check final drafts of content to ensure integrity of work and that the text is error-free which includes but are not limited to, grammatical, punctuation and spelling checks as well as the verification of facts and data
Review the output seeing if the work is in alignment with the publications’ specific writing and editorial styles while ensuring readability, clarity and conciseness
Develop page plans which may entail providing inputs for page layouts, placement of articles and other elements of the publications
Coordinate with the creative director, the creative team and project managers to encompass the client’s requisites and interests
Represent assist professionally during meetings/events/gatherings
Supervise external and internal writing staff ensuring quality and timeliness of delivery and integrity of work
Qualifications
Minimum 5 years work experience as an employee in the end-to-end development of written content for a variety of communication products
At least a bachelor’s degree holder in the field of communication research, development communications, journalism, mass communications and other related fields
Has had sufficient experience doing field research and can be deployed for travel to project sites for data collection
Sufficient track record, proficiency and comfortability in the production of varied outputs ranging from feature-type write-ups, script writing, technical writing, etc.