For the 2020 and 2021 batch
Job Title: News Curator
Job Type: Full Time
Company Location: Indore, MP
Compensation: Best in the Industry
Industry: Deep Tech, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Online Journalism
Functional Area: News Writing, News Editing, and Proofreading
About the job role
From politics to sports, if you’re the person to break the news to your crew, then how about we take it a step further? From social media stalking to knowing the deets before anyone else, to raising your voice and stating the facts, if you’ve got that news curator arsenal then we’re looking for you! So what say, let's break some news together?
Minimum Qualifications
• 2020 and 2021 batch of Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Journalism, Communications, English or relevant field
• Talented wordsmith with interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate good proofreading skills, research, observation and judgement
• Knowledge of current events and strong sense of newsworthiness
• Ability to comprehend and write for all beats/verticals
• Strong sense of deciphering fake news and knowledge of modern fact-checking methods
• Knowledge of online content strategy and creation with an eye for detail
• Ability to comprehend various perspectives and accommodate differently points of view and feedback
• Capable of maintaining an ethical and objective standard in writing
• Ambitious and eager to work at a larger scale without sacrificing craftsmanship
• Proactive with the ability to work autonomously, collaboratively and under pressure
• Ability to collaborate with others and deliver as part of a team
Preferred Qualifications
• Background in Online Journalism
• Experience of 1-2 years as an English journalist for reputed digital news organisation
• Fair understanding of social media platforms and ability to identify trending news
• Knowledge and understanding of SEO strategies
• Ability to overlook, guide and curate content that others produce
Responsibilities
• Write, proofread and review news content following the company's News Policy, while ensuring the correct tone, voice, clarity, flow, objectivity and structure of content
• Write blurbs, ledes, headlines, and straplines
• Gather information, conduct research and focus on the hard-news format
• Stay in touch with current events to keep the platform updated with the latest events
• Overall supervision and direction of the news stories going to the platform (news aggregation)
• Lead the thought process while keeping ahead of trends and providing proactive inspiration and recommendations
• Brainstorming ideas and concepts for the visual, words and content with other team members
• Multi-task across simultaneous projects and deadlines, collaborating with appropriate team members
Onsite Benefits worth INR 40000 (per month)
• No need to get 'dabbas' from home. We've got it covered with delicious 5 star catered breakfast, lunch and dinner for you, everyday!
• A fully stocked pantry! You can go on munching till your mouth hurts
• Sponsored educational programs for self development
• Support for paid online learning programs
• Quarterly excursions and off-sites as a part of team building exercises
Other Benefits
• An adorably neat and fully air-conditioned boutique office, you would hate to leave
• Shiny new MacBooks, screen setup, headphones, etc. for better work productivity
• Opportunity to work with the best talents from all over the world
• Fun working environment
• We’d hate to see you unwell, but if you do, we’ve got your back. Paid sick
Leaves
• There are multiple posture related problems that occur in our field of work. While we can't have Phoebe on board with her masseuse skills, we do have all the right gadgets and a physiotherapist just a call away, to relieve you from any kind of pain. Except the heart-ache. We have good coffee to help you cope with that!
Interested....to apply: https://forms.gle/
Last date: January 6, 2022
