Author: IIMC Alumni Association

About Maiam: Maiam is a long-form narrative literary webzine. Maiam – it means centre in Tamil – is a bilingual (English & Tamil) publication. An independent voice from India, we hope to make global ideas accessible and relevant to Indians around the world.

Location: Chennai

Designations offered:

1. Visualizer/Designer
2. Reporter/Copy Editor (English)
3. Senior Sub Editor – Tamil desk

Visualizer

Job profile:

* Strong design and visual skills
* Source, select and manipulate images
* Create info-graphics, other visual support for the articles
* Pitch and execute photo essays and similar content
* Create a stock library
* Ideal background: Advertising/graphic design, minimum 2-4 years’ experience, strong photography skills, software skills: Photoshop, Illustrator and other design too

Experience: Minimum 2-4 years of experience in related fields

Reporter/Copy Editor

Job profile:

* Sourcing content from contributors
* Ideate and write on a regular basis
* Edit, rewrite and proof English copies
* Ideal background: Journalism, portfolio of published work, bi-lingual (English and Tamil) if possible

Experience: Minimum 1-2 years in related fields

Senior Sub Editor – Tamil desk

Job profile:

* Should be bilingual
* Translate English articles to Tamil and vice-versa
* Source Tamil content
* Edit, rewrite and proof Tamil copies
* Pitch and execute story ideas
* Ideal background: Journalism, Tamil press, bi-lingual, portfolio of published work

Experience: Minimum 4-5 years in related fields

Salary: Negotiable depending on experience

Contact: Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan, maiam.mag@gmail.com

IBNLive.com, an arm of the Network 18 Media and Investments Pvt Ltd, seeks a Sub Editor with a minimum experience of one year to be part of its online news desk.

Location: Noida

Number of vacancies: One

Brief job profile: The job entails managing the news desk of IBNLive.com, including taking news from the TV rundowns, wires, editing and/or proofreading those and posting on the web; writing news stories and features; and working in shifts.

Salary: As per industry standards

Contact: Priyarag Verma, jobs@ibnlive.com

OutlookIndia.com, the web portal of the Outlook Group, is looking for fresh graduates for its news hub in New Delhi.

The positions available require:

1. At least a graduate degree
2. A desire to exploit the multimedia possibilities of the world wide web
3. Loads of news sense and an interest in life, the universe and everything
4. A way with words and images &
5. An ability to write and edit to deadline

Designation offered: Subeditor Trainees

Brief job profile: Subeditors at our website’s Newsdesk – monitoring, proof-reading and uploading news agency feeds and keeping the website updated with latest news

Experience required for the job: No experience required

Salary range offered: 15,000/p.m for the first one year

Contact: If you think you have what it takes, please apply, with the words ‘Yes, I Can’ in the subject field of your email to: edit@outlookindia.com

Note: Strictly no phone calls or visits.

TV TIMES is a new news magazine which will hit the stands in 2012.

We are looking out for the following candidates (Mumbai based candidates only) to join our ambitious project:

* Writers/ Journalists/ Reporters (Freshers/ Experienced / Freelancers)

* Ad Sales Executives and Manager (Freshers/ Experienced / Freelancers)

* Designers — Print and Web (Freshers/ Experienced / Freelancers)

* Translators

* Administrator — Freshers/ Experienced (preferably female)

Experienced professionals: Tarot Card Readers, Astrologers, Numerologists, Feng Shui Experts, Wellness & Holistic Therapy Experts, Yoga and Fitness Experts, Fashion Stylists, Beauty Experts and Nutritionists

Writers/ Journalists/ Reporters – (freshers / experienced / freelancers)

· Candidates should be well aware of the Indian Television industry. Experienced candidates should be well connected with TV actors and production houses. Experienced staff will offered better payment packages as per industry standards.

· Creative ability to churn out stories within deadlines

· Should have a nose for news

· Out-of-the-box ideas for new feature stories

· Good command over English and should be friendly with excellent inter-personal communication skills

Administrator – freshers and experienced

· Candidate (preferably female) should be well versed with all secretarial duties like typing, transcribing, correspondence, slotting meetings, managing the smooth functioning of the magazine, etc.

Translators

· Translators required for translating copies from English to Hindi and Marathi.

· Should be able to deliver and stick to deadlines.

· Suitable candidates could also be asked to manage the language based editions

Reviewers

Reviewers who have an expertise in reviewing:

· Bollywood films

· Theatre, music (Bollywood, pop, Indian classical, English, etc.)

· Television shows

· Novels and books (all genres)

· Dance recitals

Ad Sales Executives and Manager (fresh / experienced / freelancers)

·  Should be well connected with ad agencies and clients to procure advertisements for the magazine

· Should have marketing strategies in place to enhance the magazine’s visibility in the market

· Basic knowledge of magazine distribution is a must

· Should have connections for tie-ups with MNC’s and other avenues for generation of advertisement

Designers / Page makers / Web Designers (freshers / experienced / freelancers)

· Candidates should have experience in page making and designing a magazine

· Previous experience will be preferred, options open for freelancers also

· Web designers should be aware of latest trends of website creation and have some dynamic ideas for the magazine

To apply:

If you fall in any of the above mentioned categories, please email us your detailed profiles.

Candidates are requested to SUPERSCRIBE the designations they are applying for in the subject line of the email.

You can send us some links of your earlier work also.

Email: ktvtimes@gmail.com

Cricketnext.com, an arm of the Network 18 Media and Investments Pvt Ltd, seeks Sub Editors with a minimum experience of one year (preferably but not necessarily in online media) to be part of its online sports desk.

Location: Noida

Number of vacancies: Two (2)

Brief job profile: The job entails managing the online sports desk of Cricketnext.com and IBNLive Sports, including taking news from the wires, editing and/or proofreading those and posting on the web; writing news stories and features; and working in shifts.

Salary: As per industry standards

Contact: Jaspreet Sahni

E-mail: cricketnext@network18online.com

Network 1 Media is in the business of creating premium content and providing the same to TV broadcast networks, Online and Mobile companies.

This service, known as NNIS (Network 1 News and Information Syndicate), is seen as a game changer in the broadcast television industry. The company’s clients are spread across broadcast networks, online and mobile platforms.The company offers real-time feeds, news packages or bulletins to agreed delivery and content schedules.

Requirement:

Script Writer, Senior Script Writer and Copy Desk in-charge inNoida

Brief job profile: We are looking for Script Writers and a Copy Desk In-Charge who can handle diverse copy in the genres of News, Entertainment, Sports and Features.

Experience: Our ideal candidate is one who has worked in a TV channel/ News agency/ Newspaper or magazine and is comfortable writing/ copy editing.

As a ready primer, the following are some of the experience points we are looking for:

1) TV news channel/Print/News agency experience

2) Copywriting experience.

3) Knowledge of online social networks.

4) Website management

Salary range:

Junior Script Writers — Rs 15,000-20,000 per month

Senior Script Writers — Rs 25,000-35,000 per month

Copy Desk Head — Negotiable

To apply, send you applications along with a brief covering letter at jobsmediablog@gmail.com

Note: Please mention the post you are applying for on the subject line of the email.

About: VJM Media Pvt Ltd, a company owned by Dr Vijay Mallya, Chairman, UB Group publishes four magazines, namely Hi!Blitz, CineBlitz , OK! INDIA and Hi! Living.

Requirement: Junior Editorial Coordinator [Freshers can also apply]

Location: Colaba, Mumbai

Responsibilities

Organization: Beauty & Style Magazine

City: Mumbai and New Delhi

Designation offered: Assistant Editor/ Deputy Editor (as per the experience)

Experience: 6 years (3+ years, the candidate should have handled a senior level profile)

Job and candidate profile:

· A vision to take the product to the next level of success.

· Precise compilation of the issue, meeting deadlines

· Good network in the Industry

· Thorough involvement in editing, page layouts and proof-reading.

· Travel, interaction and exclusive interviews will be a major part of the job profile.

Salary range: Rs 4 to 6 lakhs per annum (varies on the basis of experience)

To apply, send you applications at resumebeautyindia@gmail.com