Job Description
The Kenya Institute of Management (KIM) is the hub of management and leadership excellence providing
the highest quality professional and institutional development programs for greater growth and expanded
opportunity. Our mission is to steer and champion excellence, integrity and competitiveness in individuals
and organizations.
The Institute hereby seeks to recruit results-oriented and self-driven experienced professional to join our team
for the position below:
EDITOR
The job holder responsible for coordination of the production of MANAGEMENT magazine that includes
conceptualizing story ideas, writing and assigning stories and ensuring quality of the publication.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
a) Responsible for implementation and operationalization of an Editorial Policy to guide the
operations of the publication.
b) Tasked with implementation and operationalization of editing styles and guide to ensure
consistency and quality of publication.
c) Participate in the development of an annual calendar and carry out Monthly review of the themes
and cover personalities to ensure proper and timely planning for stories and aid advertising
department on advertising features and supplements and organize meetings with writers and
editorial team members to discuss ideas for artwork, layout, and features.
d) Ensure timely filing of monthly reports based on post-mortem meetings after every issue to
enhance improvement on quality of magazine and monitor progress as per operational plan.
e) Write and coordinate reader surveys to establish market trends and gaps in our publication and to
know tastes and preferences of the readers.
f) Oversees the layout, appearance, artwork, design, photography, and content of Magazine for
quality checks before release of the monthly issue.
g) Generates story ideas, commission articles from freelance and in-house writers to be featured in
the magazine.
h) Edits, proofreads, and re-writes articles to ensure editorial quality of the content before publication
of the magazine.
i) Oversees social media and website updates for the Magazine to ensure timely update of the social
media and website on monthly edition articles for publicity.
j) Organize and participate in monthly meetings with the Management Magazine team to review
previous magazine issues and plan for upcoming editions.
k) Manage relationships between the Institute and freelance writers and columnists, including
negotiating payments with freelance writers.
l) Works with marketing executives to develop advertising supplements.
m) Market and sell Management Magazine advertising space and subscriptions.
n) Plan the content of publications according to the publication's style and editorial policy through
creation of a flat plan.
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
a) Quality of articles Published.
b) Quality of photos Published.
c) Timeliness of the Magazine.
d) Social media presence.
e) Meet financial targets.
f) Quality of the whole magazine
COMPETENCIES
Technical
a) Networking
b) Conceptualization
c) Public Relations
d) Journal Publishing
e) Enterprise Resource Planning
f) Customer care skills
KNOWLEDGE & EXPEREINCE REQUIRED
a) Bachelor’s Degree in journalism or any other related field.
b) Five (5) years of relevant work experience.
c) Be a member of Media Council of Kenya