News Lead Job at KOKO TV

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.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: News Lead

Job Location: Lagos

About the job

• KOKO is 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

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

Qualifications

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

Method of Application 
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications with a covering letter and CV attached to: careers@kokointernet.com using the Job Position 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.