Overview

KOKO TV is a fast-growing music production company, based at London’s iconic music venue, KOKO. Founded in 2010, we have quickly established ourselves as a major player in the youth music market.

Job Position: News Lead
Location: Lagos

About the job

KOKO is seeking a visionary, collaborative, and digitally fluent News and Multiplatform Content lead to spearhead our news operations across broadcast, streaming, digital, and social platforms.

This forward-thinking leader will drive an audience-centric strategy rooted in platform-agnostic distribution, omni-channel engagement, and next-gen storytelling—delivering impactful, always-on content that reaches consumers anytime, anywhere they consume content.

What You will Do

  1. Lead the vision for a fully integrated, 24/7 multi-platform newsroom with a strong digital-first mindset
  2. Develop and implement strategies that grow audience across linear, OTT/CTV, web, app, and social platforms
  3. Accelerate digital transformation with data-driven decisions that elevate reach, engagement, and loyalty
  4. Oversee the creation and curation of always-on digital content for our combined website, mobile apps, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and emerging platforms
  5. Supervise streaming operations for live newscasts, breaking news, original content, special events and live sports
  6. Champion the adoption of cutting-edge tools, analytics, and workflows to fuel digital acceleration
  7. Drive next-gen storytelling tailored to platform behaviours and optimised for user experience
  8. Set and uphold standards for editorial quality, visual presentation, and brand consistency
  9. Foster a newsroom culture of digital fluency, agility, innovation and accountability
  10. Collaborate with Creative Services to develop and execute integrated cross-platform campaigns, including news integration and sponsorships
  11. Build, lead, and mentor on-air talent, a high-performing content team, including digital producers, editors, and creators
  12. Work with station leadership on strategic planning, budgeting, and capital investment
  13. Manage newsroom, creative and agency operations in a collaborative and respectful environment
  14. Represent the stations in partnerships, events, and engagement efforts.

Qualifications

  1. Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, Communications, or related fields or equivalent experience
  2. 7+ years of senior-level newsroom or content leadership, ideally with a proven record of digital transformation
  3. Demonstrated success leading integrated broadcast and digital news teams
  4. Strong editorial judgment, newsroom leadership, and decision-making under deadline
  5. Deep understanding of digital-first content strategies, audience growth, and platform-specific best practices
  6. Proficiency with CMS, analytics tools, SEO, social publishing, and digital video distribution
  7. Skilled coach and mentor with a commitment to building diverse and high-performance teams
  8. Experience managing newsrooms, creative agency and employment contracts
  9. Must be willing to commute and work a flexible schedule onsite in our office in Ikotun, Lagos.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications with a covering letter and CV attached to: careers@kokointernet.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note

KOKO Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Join us and help shape the future of journalism in Nigeria – through bold innovation, always-on content, and a relentless focus on serving our communities wherever they consume news and content.

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