10 Online Media Freelancing Jobs You Can Engage In as a Nigerian Student

Unless we choose to close our eyes to it, we know how things are getting more difficult in Nigeria. For example, Nigeria has made education difficult to the point where some of us have lost interest in it. Some of us only go to school to earn a certificate and then leave because what's the point of spending 4,5,6years in school if there's no guarantee that we'll be able to find work with our certificate? In fact, the current status of ASUU and FG is making issues worse. Because of the ASUU strike, you will only know the year you were admitted to a higher education school, but you will not be able to forecast the year you will graduate.The frustrating part is that, despite all of the anxiety, you have no way of knowing whether or not your certificate will land you a job.
 
But, thank goodness, the world is becoming increasingly digital. As a result, as Nigerian students, we do not need to be concerned about whether our diploma/certificate would lead to a job or not. Because online/remote jobs have made our lives so much easier. With just one or two skill sets, you may work from the comfort of your own home in any region of the world and earn a decent life.

  I've compiled a list of 10 high-paying Online Media Freelancing Jobs that you can do as a Nigerian student in this article.

1. Website Development

Website Development, as the name implies, entails the creation of an Internet-based website. It can be anything from creating responsive static web pages to creating a full-fledged web application. There are a variety of specializations in web development from which to pick. You can work as a front-end developer, a back-end developer, or a full-stack developer. Full stack web development integrates frontend and backend web development, giving it a competitive advantage in the web development sector.
Front-end developers are in charge of the behavior and visuals that run in the user's browser, that is, what the user can interact with on a web page, whereas back-end developers are in charge of the servers, how the user data can be secured on the web page etc.
Working remotely, part-time or Full-time, web developers can earn an average of $2000-$5000 per month, depending on their years of expertise.

2. UI/UX Design

In the media and technology business, UI/UX is a high-paying and high-demand position. UX means  User Experience, while UI stands for User Interface. Both terms are intertwined and while UI is concerned with user interaction with software and web applications, the user experience with a product or brand is what UX is all about.

Sometimes, UI/UX designers collaborate with website developers. If a startup company requires a website for its brand, a UI/UX designer may first design the interface, responsiveness, and user interaction of the entire website, giving the website developer a concept of how the entire website should look.

UI/UX designers in Nigeria make an average of N150k or more per month. Working as a UI/UX designer remotely or online could pay you $800-$1500 per month or more.

3. Content Writing

Writing for the web is referred to as content writing (internet). It covers blogs, websites, social media, and everything else that involves writing on the internet. You can choose from descriptive writing, narrative writing, persuasive writing, expository writing, and other specializations in content writing.
Every content writer should also be familiar with Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) because each business has a unique target audience, and each piece of material should include certain keywords that an internet user might use to look for services related to that business, blog, or website. This will aid in the visibility of the company you're writing for in search results. That is the most basic definition of SEO.
When freelancing online/remotely, your ability to write decent web content, as well as having a strong understanding of what SEO is all about, will bring you a high revenue.

4. Graphic Design

Graphic design entails the creation of visual content and layout for communications products such as logos, documents, signs, and brochures with the goal of conveying a message to an audience, or for web, brand, and business advertisements.
Among the different tools you can use to create innovative designs for the target audience are Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Canva.
You can work as a Brand Logo designer, a Web designer, a Product Package designer, a Print designer, and many more jobs.
As a Graphic Designer, you can earn up to six figures each month.

5. Mobile Photography

Taking images with your phone is referred to as mobile photography. It might be with an iPhone or an Android device. You'll need several applications to edit and beautify your photos in order to make your work great. Snapseed, Adobe Lightroom, and Adobe Photoshop Express are just a few of the apps available. Many individuals are unaware of how much money they can make simply by snapping photos with their smartphones and editing them to make them great and attractive.
You can make money by selling your artwork on the internet. There are numerous websites where you may sell your work and receive payment. Freepiks, Getty Images, unsplash, Shutterstock, iStock, and many others are among them.

6. Data Science

Data Science is one of today's high-paying careers in the media and technology industries. It is mostly concerned with data management and analysis.
Data scientists are employed by large corporations and enterprises to handle and analyze massive amounts of unstructured data. They also write code and then integrates it with analytical understanding to derive information from data.
As a data scientist, you can earn a lot of money working from home.

7. Email Marketing

As the name implies, email marketing entails sending advertisements or requests for business or sales by email. You may create a standard awareness for companies or brands via email marketing. Every business, corporation, or brand strives for a well-structured audience awareness of the services they provide. Email marketers distribute commercial communications to a specific audience in a strategic way, which raises awareness of the company or brand and the services it provides.
A targeted audience can be encouraged to use the company's services through email marketing.

8. Social Media Management

A social media manager is someone who handles a company's or brand's social media audience. They make interactions between the company and the general public go more smoothly. They can also create digital initiatives to help a brand grow a community or an online presence. Social media is used by almost two-thirds of the world's population. In essence, a social media manager may construct an image that represents what a company or brand stands for and the services it provides.
In Nigeria, you can make between 100k-200k per month working as a social media manager.

9. Affiliate Marketing

An affiliate marketer is a middleman who connects a firm or individual selling products with potential clients. They urge a consumer to purchase a company's items or persuade individuals to purchase someone's or a company's services, and they are paid a commission for each customer they recommend to purchase such a product. There's more to affiliate marketing than just knowing how to utilize the proper words or content to persuade customers to buy a product or service. To learn further, you can read this introduction to Affiliate Marketing or take our Affiliate Marketing Course at the NELOC Media Academy

10. Digital Marketing

A Digital Marketer/Consultant helps a corporation or business establish an online presence for a product or service using digital tools such as email, social media, software, and applications. As a digital marketer, you can devise marketing tactics that will aid in the promotion of a company's or individual's services in the face of competition from other companies providing similar services.

As Nigerian students, we no longer need to bemoan the country's high unemployment rate. Rather than grumbling, we arm ourselves with one or two of these digital skill sets and earn a decent wage while still in school. This is a digital world, so you don't have to worry about where you'll work; you can work remotely or find part-time or full-time jobs online from the comfort of your own home.


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