Events Coverage Lead

About Pulse Pulse is Africa's ultimate media playground, serving up the freshest news, entertainment, and lifestyle vibes to young audiences across the continent. We live for creativity, killer storytelling and making a real impact. Catch us bringing the heat on our news platforms, social channels and rocking marketing and production in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda. We have over 100 million users and more than 100 million video views on our own channels every single month. We are your go-to partner, flexing our massive media muscle and dropping 360-degree in-house marketing solutions to get you noticed. Join us and let's make some magic. We are looking for an Events Coverage Lead who will build, manage and scale our paid coverage of events and moments for Pulse Nigeria’s social platforms. This role will lead a team of event creators, managing briefs and timelines from sales and partnerships teams, outlining expectations and content deliverables for team members, and scaling our events coverage offering to drive revenue and reach. This role is about building systems for proper events coverage - a high performing team, consistent editorial standards and an event coverage playbook that ensures our content is always on brand and in demand. The ideal candidate is a proactive people manager who leads from the front, can communicate clearly and understands the creative and operational demands of content at this pace and scale. Key Responsibilities: 1. Event Coverage and Team Leadership: Lead coverage of events for Pulse Nigeria where needed, delivering premium coverage that meets client and brand expectations within set timelines Lead and manage a team of content creators who cover events for Pulse Nigeria Define individual roles within the team, working with senior leadership to set expectation and conduct reviews and feedback sessions Oversee and manage team schedules and workloads, providing for rest and time off where required 2. Strategic Planning & Execution: Develop and maintain an events coverage calendar, Establish and maintain advance timelines for briefing coverage, event arrival and departure and content delivery Develop specific content and execution plans for each event - outlining exactly what is required and how it will be captured, curated and delivered to ensure client expectations are met and surpassed Review and communicate clear content deliverables from clients to creators and collaborators for each event Manage logistics to and from each event, ensuring team members are in the best condition to deliver 3. Performance and Reporting: Track and analyse performance of event coverage content, personnel, costs and revenue, using those insights to improve strategy and execution Produce weekly, monthly and quarterly reports on output and performance for senior leadership Monitor and review KPIs for the team, collaborators and freelancers 4. Editorial Standards and Quality Control: Set and uphold clear editorial and coverage standards for all event content - from framing to duration and editing Review and approve content before and after publication to ensure client needs and our standards are met Develop and maintain an events coverage playbook that guides the team on best practice, formats, DOs and DONTs and expectations. 5. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with the content, sales and partnership teams to align events coverage with broader content and revenue goals Support the account management team to deliver events coverage and content on time and to specification 6. Innovation and Platform Strategy: Stay ahead of trends in social media, short form video and live content to ensure our events coverage remains relevant and sharp Champion and develop new formats, tools and approaches that can improve our coverage Develop initiatives and platform-specific event coverage offerings and packages that can be offered to brands and partners Benefits Competitive salary based on experience Hybrid work mode Health Insurance Cover Group Life Insurance cover Contributory Pension Scheme Data and airtime monthly allowance Sounds like your kind of gig, Apply and share your CV.