Category: Indian Institute of Mass Communication

  • Junxion Strategy requires Social Media and Content Manager

    Junxion Strategy brings together diverse groups of people to build communities, create economic opportunities and protect and steward the environment. In collaboration with our clients — diverse organisations in the business, charity, social enterprise and government sectors in North America, the UK and India—we develop innovative approaches that make the world a better place.

    Social Media and Content Manager
    3-5 years of experience in online marketing campaigns, social media marketing, public relations, community management, online content management.

    Who we’re after: Someone passionate to bring about social change while being a part of a global purpose driven organisation. You are dynamic, full of clever ideas on new age online media tactics and love to write for a virtual audience. Analytical, creative and a strategic thinker- you know and believe in social media campaigns’ power to change the world.

    You will bring your experience to an international team of sustainability marketing experts and help promote various environmental and social issues.

    Job scope:

    The Social Media and Content Manager defines and executes social media strategies to reach and engage young, intelligent and global online audiences, encouraging them to participate in social change. The Manager also develops compelling content, which is clear and impactful, pushing readers to share information online. He/she works very closely with a team of web designers and marketing specialists.

    Core Responsibilities:

    • Use innovative marketing ideas to design effective and insightful social media strategies and execute them using social media platforms
    • Develop powerful and interactive online articles
    • Create and manage community/group pages, regularly update them with relevant articles and moderate activity on such pages
    • Collaborate with web designers and leadership team in order to increase Junxion’s and its clients’ online presence
    • Develop monitoring mechanisms and reports to quantify the effectiveness of executed strategies

    Desired Skills & Experience:

    Skills, Experience and Education Requirements:

    • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, advertising, public relations or English
    • Outstanding understanding of brand communications, especially within a web-related environment
    • 3-5 years of experience in online marketing campaigns, social media marketing, public relations, community management, online content management.
    • Proven editorial content editing and copywriting skills with experience writing for the web and social media platforms.
    • Familiar with tools like Hootsuite, Radian6, Sprinklr, SM2, Simply Measured and Crowdbooster
    • Well-versed with intricate features and use of social media platforms-  Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Google+, Tumblr
    • Understands web design, information architecture, web analytics tools and search engine optimisation
    • Values driven, with innate creativity and strategic thinking
    • Work independently and take initiative
    • Able to work closely with other team members
    • Extremely brand-aware
    • Communicate effectively, in both written and spoken English
    • Remain even-keeled and effective under tight deadlines

    To apply: If you meet the profile above and would like to be part of our growing organisation, we invite you apply for this position to jobs@junxionstrategy.com. Please mention: “Social Media and Content Manager- India” in the subject line.

    Please provide:

    • A cover letter outlining your skills and involvement in your community and how you support different social and environmental issues
    • Resume
    • Links to websites/online campaigns you have worked on and a short 30-word description of your role on them

    Details:

    • Location: Delhi, India
    • Closing June 30, 2012
    • Compensation: TBD
    • Principals only. Recruiters, please don’t contact this job poster.
    • Please, no phone calls about this job!

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  • PaGaLGuY.com seeks Mid and Senior Level Journalists in Delhi and Mumbai

    PaGaLGuY.com — India’s most widely read and influential source of news and opinion on MBA, management education and business schools sector is looking for mid-level and senior journalists  for its offices in NEW DELHI and MUMBAI. PaGaLGuY.com boasts of more than 700,000 unique visitors per month, 12 million page views, 500,000+ community members and more than 3.3+ million articles.

    Credentials: Those who like writing on higher education or have done some incredible work on another beat and would like to switch over can apply.

    Writing hard news stories and research-backed news- feature stories is part of the job just as a positive attitude and a high-quality of work ethic is.

    The job involves frequent travel across the country and also long working hours since the output required is in-depth and often investigative in nature.

    You are someone who: Enjoys writing for the web and understands its vast potential. You appreciate technology and love the opportunity of tinkering with it. You are quick to react to global changes in the higher education space and respond to them in real time

    About: PaGaLGuY.com is a self-funded, independent and profitable techno-media company based in Mumbai. The team comprises of a diverse and brilliant set of people from IITs, Wharton, NITs, journalists, photographers and in their spare time are airline pilots, adventure sportsmen, league bikers, musicians, salsa dancers, gaming enthusiasts and some of the awesomest people you’d have ever come across in your life.

    For work environment and office pictures, please visit:http://www.pagalguy.com/join-us

    Remuneration shall be at par with industry standards and based on prior experience.

    How to apply: 
    Send us your Resumé, a Cover Letter while clearly mentioning Mumbai/Delhi in the subject line to jobs@pagalguy.com

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  • Iamwire.Com needs Business Correspondent in Gurgaon

    Iamwire is an Online Media Platform of Wirefoot India Technology Pvt Ltd which provides consulting and advisory to firms for their Online Retail Strategies. The company was established in 2008 and launched Iamwire in June 2011 to cover news and analysis of the Online Retail Industry and Internet Businesses in India.

    The company is based out of Gurgaon, and it one of the top growing Online Media Website in India, with great popularity in the Internet Business Community.

    Requirement: Business Correspondent in  MG Road, Gurgaon

    Work experience and skills: Preferred work experience as Correspondent in a media company, covering Business news, B2B. The essential required skills of good communications, writing, analytical writing, hard work, passionate to grow, versatility and ability to cope up in a start-up environment and accept challenges and follow deadlines and targets.

    Reporting to: Editorial Team

    Brief job profile: The Profile will require generating content related to Internet Businesses in India. The position requires writing about events, news and press releases as well as constant tracking of the industry through various sources. The content thus generated would be published on Iamwire.Com.

    Salary: Between INR 12,000 pm to INR 25,000 pm for first year

    3 months of probation period (With salary as per above)

    Hours: 9:15 AM to 7:15 PM; Sunday Off

    Key responsibilities & duties

    • Duties of the role: Developing content for platform in form of news, interview, articles, case studies, research data
    • Time spent: 70%
    • Competencies sought: Journalism skills, writing skills, communications, PR, hard work, analytical skills, business writing skills
    • Must have or optional (can be trained): Must have
    • Duties of the role: Marinating PR and constant tracking of industry trends
    • Time spent: 25%
    • Competencies sought: Good communication and analytical skills
    • Must have or optional (can be trained): Must have
    • Duties of the role: Miscellaneous Office activities like maintaining contact archives, content archives
    • Time spent: 5%
    • Competencies sought: Excel skills, management skills
    • Must have or optional (can be trained): Optional

    Academic or trade qualifications

    * Graduation in the field of Journalism, Mass Communication, preferred.
    * But good writers and analyst are also considerable with a common sense of Journalism.

    To apply: Send your applications to abhinav.dinesh@iamwire.com

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  • PR Opening with Boring Brands in Gurgaon; Exp: 2-3 years

    Boring Brands was started in 2009 by Aakriti Bhargava, (ex- Naukri, Mica and SRCC) helps startups with communications needs including Branding, PR and Social Media. Today, Boring Brands work with clients in Education, Mobility, E-Commerce and Digital media and has clients like Ozone Media, Aspiring Minds, iProf Learning Solutions, Your Next Leap, etc.

    Requirement: Assistant Manager — PR in Gurgaon

    Salary: 1.8L- 3.6L p.a

    * Experience in PR from 2 to 3 years in a PR agency is mandatory (Freshers DO NOT apply)
    * Should be a Post Graduate in Communications / PR

    * Should have created and built media relations with journalists and media / publication houses

    Brief job profile

    * Create and build media relations
    * Handle media communications – drafting press releases, communication and quotes for the press
    * Handle and oversee media about competitors’ news

    * Client interfacing and develop complete PR Strategy
    * Coordinating with PR affiliates

    Skills: Good writing and editing skills

    Contact person: Bokul Bhowmick

    Email: Bokul@boringbrands.com

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  • HealthKart.com seeks Content Writers in Gurgaon

    HealthKart is a leading ecommerce service health, fitness and beauty verticals. We also have healthcare specific needs which vary from one category to another.

    On-site content is a huge effort, requiring proper team management and planning. Along with on-site, content is required pretty much across verticals like marketing, CRM etc.

    Currently, we require Content Writers (2) and a Senior Content Writer (1) in Gurgaon.

    It’s a great opportunity in a fast paced startup, where the individuals will get a good understanding about the e-commerce business and an amazing chance to impact people’s health and well being.

    Considering the distance factor, we’d prefer if the candidates either reside in or near Gurgaon, or are willing to travel.

    Experience

    Senior Content Writer — 3 to 4 years in creative writing/ journalism/e-commerce content/copy writing and editing

    Content Writer — 1 to 2 years in creative writing/ journalism/e-commerce content/copy writing and editing

    Desired Skills & Experience

    Senior Content Writer:

    * Should be a Graduate/Post graduate in English/Journalism with excellent command in both written and spoken English;
    * Must have a good understanding about how new media like the Internet works;
    * Should posses strong editorial skills with an ability to create content around special projects;
    * Must be a quick learner

    Remuneration: At par with industry standards

    Content Writer

    * Should be a Graduate/Post graduate in English/Journalism with excellent command in both written and spoken English;
    * Should posses strong editorial skills with an ability to create content around special projects;
    * Should be keen to understand how new media like the Internet works and grasp quickly.

    Remuneration: At par with industry standards

    Contact: jobs@healthkart.com

    Note: This is a work from office job, remote workers please do not apply.

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  • Sunday Mid Day seeks Feature Writer cum Sub Editor in Mumbai

    Sunday Mid Day, Mumbai, is looking for a Feature Writer cum Sub Editor with at least 2 years of relevant experience.

    Candidate profile

    – Should have some experience with news and possess great feature writing skills.

    – Productions skills are a must (page making skills and experience of working on QuarkXpress)

    –  Ability to ideate and execute a number of story ideas on a whole host of feature subjects on a weekly basis.

    To apply: Please send you applications at featurescv@mid-day.com with “SMD” mentioned in the subject line

     
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  • JNU to start Ph.d in Mass Media from 2013

    Jawaharlal Nehru University has planned to introduce Ph. D in Mass Media from next year.

    The University Grants Commision (UGC) has passed the formation of Center for Media Studies (CMS) in JNU  before.

     

    The chancellor of JNU, Sudhir Kumar Sopory told that they have got the permission from the Academic Council to start M.Phil and Ph.D. The University is hoping to start it from the next year.

     

    The CMS will focus on expanding the research in the  field of Media and wish to come up as a reasearch centre on National level.The syllabus will keep in mind the increasing needs of present media.

     

    "We are looking forward to get some good teachers who will help the students to gather much information and utilise their potential to the fullest. We will apppoint permanent teachers for this, Mr Sopory added.

     

    CMS has planned to appoint economists, historians, socialogists and senior journalists as its  teaching faculty.

     

    The syllabus for research in mass media includes Media and Society, Media Organisations and Government Policies, Media Commerce and Media Laws.

     

    The syllabus will be conducted by University's 'School of Social Sciences'.

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  • The Times of India needs Reporters in Vizag

    The Times of India is looking for Reporters with 2 + yearsexperience in Visakhapatnam.

    Candidate profile: Must have a strong news sense, be willing to work round the clock and extract headlines. Excellent command over the English language is a must.

    To apply: Interested candidates send in your resumes to anupriya.gupta@timesgroup.com

     
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  • GreenThumb needs Content Writer in Delhi

    GreenThumb, the PR wing of communications agency Grasshoppers, is looking for a Content Writer in New Delhi.

    Brief job profile: Research and development of all major content including press releases, articles, pitch notes, award nomination forms, product profiles & reviews, company backgrounder, spokesperson’s profile, etc.

    Experience: 1-2 years

    Salary: As per industry norms

    Contact person: Juhi

    Email: juhi@thegreenthumb.biz

     
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