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BantuPage Limited is a social media company that focuses on educational content, documentaries, vox pops, films, and vlogging.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Scriptwriter / Storyteller
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Location: Lekki, Lagos
Employment Type: Contract
Description
- An exciting position has arisen for an immediate start for a scriptwriter/storyteller to assume the role of chief writer at BantuPage.
- The ideal candidate must write in faultless, standard English. Your English must be top-notch and standardized to either British or American English.
- You will write scripts for documentaries, short films, social media posts, websites, etc. It would help if you were someone who could come up with creative ideas to flourish our website with articles and also be innovative enough to feed our cast with content for our YouTube channel and other platforms.
- You must possess extensive experience and meet all the necessary requirements for this position. You will undergo a week’s trial to determine suitability. There will be a phone interview, which will determine the next step.
Work Hours and Arrangement:
- 09:00 a.m.–5 p.m., Monday through Friday
- Hybrid: three days of office attendance and two days of remote.
- Remote is at the company’s discretion; it is not a right.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Write and rewrite scripts if necessary (you may need to do this several times before arriving at the final agreed-upon version).
- Developing believable plots and characters.
- Getting feedback about the first draft of your work from the management or other staff members
- Researching background material
- Laying out the screenplay to an agreed format
- Coming up with themes and ideas
- Preparing short summaries of your ideas and selling (known as ‘pitching’) them to producers or development executives
- Write scripts for content as determined by the company.
Requirements / Skills / Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s Degree
- 1 year work experience.
- Excellent writing skills
- Observational skills
- Creativity
- Interpersonal skills
- Flexibility in working hours
Salary
N100,000 – N120,000 monthly.
Application Closing Date
1st August, 2024.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send a detailed breakdown of why they are the ideal candidate, connecting their skills with the job description, to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.
Job Applications Guidelines
- In your application, Explain what you understood from the job description.
- Explain why you think you are the right candidate.
- Connect your experience to the job description.
- Confirm that you are available for an immediate start.
- Confirm that you are happy with coming to the office (Lekki, Lagos) three times a week.