Sakshi Media which is credited with running two news websites (www.sakshi.com and www.sakshipost.com) is looking to hire people to be part of the organization in Hyderabad.
Listed below are some of the vacancies. If you find yourself suitable for any of the positions, do send a mail with your background, CV and contact details to sakshidaily@gmail.com.
Video content Editor/Manager
1. Working knowledge of Telugu and English
2. Fluency in any video cutting software
3. Ability to write headlines and descriptions in English and Telugu
4. Must be able to pick out good news and feature videos.
5. Must be able to make suggestions on what kind of videos to play up.
Head- Web Operations
1. Lead a team of editors and sub-editors and drive initiative and content on the website.
2. Control quality of news and its presentation according to set guidelines
3. Manage newsroom and resources
4. Decide and implement display and lineup of stories on home page. Ideate on headlines, original content and display, ensuring editorial quality.
5. Actively research viable content through internal and external contacts
6. Focus on making the site more interactive
7. Track news and monitor competition
8. Ensure on time delivery of news related products
9. Understand Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Google Analytics and train all team leaders to work on these elements.
10. Prior experience in content management for any website
Sub-editors and Sr. sub-editors for Telugu news portal
1. Working knowledge of English for headlines, keywords and tags.
2. 1-4 years experience in writing, editing and working for a Telugu news website
3. Be able to focus on making the Sakshi.com more interactive and user friendly.
4. Deliver breaking news and exclusives and ensuring high editorial integrity.
4. Be interested in news gathering and how to play up big stories of the day
5. Monitor competition websites.
6. Working knowledge of Google Analytics
Sub-editors and Sr. sub-editors for English news portal
1. 1-4 years experience of writing, editing and managing content for an English news website
2. Deliver breaking news and exclusives and ensuring high editorial integrity.
3. Ensure quality content is showcased on the website.
4. Be able to develop stories with limited and existing resources
5. Working knowledge of Google Analytics
6. Tracking news, monitoring competition
7. Know Telugu and news related to Andhra Pradesh.
Technical Operations
1. 3+ years experience building high-scale consumer-facing web applications on LAMP technologies, especially PHP with ZEND Framework.
2. Deep knowledge of MySQL.
3. Comfortable with *nix as a development and deployment environment.
4. Javascript, CSS & HTML proficiency.
5. Understanding of XML/JSON based RESTful/SOAP APIs.
6. Understanding of cross-site scripting (XSS) and other client-side vulnerabilities.
7. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
8. Demonstrated ability to learn quickly.
9. Ability to plan and manage in a rapidly changing environment.
10. Strong analytical skills.