Desk Editor or Editor

• Working with the Head of Content to plan monthly, quarterly, and annual content roadmaps.
• Developing desk-wise content structures and programming with a competitive advantage.
• Arranging content partnership meetings with relevant potential content partners including all types of product & service businesses.
• Managing daily production on all language desks, primarily English by commissioning content internally and externally.
• Implementation & management of accurate & authentic copies free from plagiarism with internal/external experts.
• Negotiating on the companys behalf with all key vendors and suppliers necessary for Image subscription, news/video agencies, etc.

Core Functional tasks (30%)

• Editing, proofreading, and maintaining checks & balances across all types of content writing/editing functions & verticals.
• Production management with daily content units as per the desk structure allocated by the Head of content.
• Ensuring performance mapping through content on a daily/weekly/monthly basis the core geographies & businesses.
• Scouting ideas and brainstorming sessions with the desk & team at large.
• Tracking SEO growth by culling out data from the tools used internally and analysing it, followed by sensible data-backed decisions to tweak the stream of content production wherever needed.

Inter-departmental coordination (10%)

• Lead the content & copy team with an overlapping function of also direct coordination with all other departments with a singular objective of growth
• Smooth coordination with the BD team for client work or special pitches.
• Regular liaisoning with the Marketing & Product teams for quick action and measuring story impact via Organic, Social and referral traffic.
• Liasoning closely with the Video team for audio-visual production of content (internal and outsourced, both), if required.
• Staying in touch with the centralised and local Product teams for issue resolution on the site wrt to UI/UX, page layouts, tool performance, new releases, CMS concerns etc.
• Attending & initiating team meetings for growth discussion and understanding/learning new production pipeline attempts from other desks or depts.

  Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile

More than 8-12 years of experience working in digital publishing and marketing as well as having hands-on experience in performance tracking via tools like Google Analytics, Ahrefs, SEM Rush, etc.

• Has built and led teams of 5-10 or more people across one/multiple reporting centres.
• Passion and a burning desire to make a big impact and change the world for the better. A highly flexible and adaptable character that embraces challenges and does not work as per the clock.
• Interest in F&B/hospitality, home services, career-job, finance, education, auto-tech, travel-tourism, grocery/FMCG & entertainment, and other such domains.
• Strong track record of fast-paced, high-quality execution of strategy, ability to work with tight deadlines & in fast-growing digital companies.
• Proven ability to generate large volumes of content keeping SEO guidelines intact.
• Leadership capabilities with a team-first mentality.
• Great networking within the industry.
• Thrives in high-speed execution environments, able to make quick Plan B without impacting desired outcomes.
• Strong communication skills, in both persuasion and presentation; Impeccable English writing & speaking skills.
• E-commerce/digital publishing exp is a plus.