Job Description

Mid-Day is looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Sub Editor / Senior Sub (News Desk) with 1 to 5 years of experience to join our team. The ideal candidate should have: Should be willing to work long hours, including early mornings and late nights, including on weekends, with rotating shifts and weekly offs Ideating, pitching, planning, reporting, writing, copy-editing and publishing online news copy - compliant with SEO best practices Checking print content and revising headlines and keywords Assisting news lead with making rotas as well as daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly news plans Monitoring news and social media trends and reporting and writing timely, news copy Scanning for breaking news and updating on homepage/section pages. Ensuring no important story is missed by the online team Coordinating with photographers / camerapersons / reporters for breaking stories/photos/ video Maintaining a daily story count; meeting fortnightly, monthly, quarterly and annual targets Handling homepage/section programming Multimedia: Reporting and/or anchoring video stories, conceiving and hosting podcasts Coordinating with the feature, video and social media (and other teams) teams, as required Job Specific Knowledge Skills a) Functional: Should understand the digital media space. The candidate should possess excellent news judgement and writing, headlining and sub-editing skills. Must be aware of news trends b) Behavioural: Team player with excellent communication skills, multitasking skills, ability to handle pressures of work and deadline, and ability and willingness to take ownership of their deliverables