Position: Copy Editor/Senior Copy Editor for Sify Sports (http://sify.com/sports)
No of vacancies: 1
Skills: 0-4 years on the news desk of a newspaper, Television or Internet publication
A passion for sports and enthusiasm about cricket a must
Excellent writing, editing and communication skills
Strong news sense and ability to sell a story
Willingness to learn, to adapt to trends in the Internet medium
Responsibilities: Choose and edit the content that makes it to the sports section of sify.com
Coordinate coverage of sports events and decide on placement of stories on the home page
Anchoring Live event coverage – amending, updating various content elements as required
Drive increase in visitors to sify.com/sports
Write original content, edit copies, write headlines and photo captions
Drive promotion of sify.com content on social media networks
Position: Senior Copy Editor for Sify News (http://sify.com/news)
Skills: 2-4 years or more on the news desk of a newspaper, Television or Internet publication
Excellent writing and communication skills
Strong news sense and ability to sell a story
Willingness to learn, to adapt to trends in the Internet medium
Responsibilities: Choose and oversee the content that makes it to the news website of sify.com
Coordinate coverage of news events and decide on placement of stories
Drive increase in visitors to sify.com
Generate and assign story ideas to contributors, desk
Anchoring Live event coverage – amending, updating various content elements as required
Write original content, edit copies, write headlines and photo captions
Drive promotion of sify.com content on social media networks
Position: Copy Editor/Senior Copy Editor for Sify Movies (http://sify.com/movies)
Skills: 2-5 years on any desk of a newspaper, Television or Internet publication
Must be passionate about Indian and International movies
Excellent editing and writing skills – Ability to write featurish, fun copy and give smart headlines
Willingness to learn, to adapt to trends in the Internet medium
Responsibilities: Write original content, edit copies, write headlines and photo captions
Choose and edit the content for the movies website of sify.com
Coordinate coverage of movies-related chats, event-based specials and decide on placement for stories on the home page
Drive increase in visitors to Sify Movies
Drive promotion of Sify Movies content on social media networks
Position: Copy Editor/Senior Copy Editor for Sify Finance (http://sify.com/finance)
Skills: 2-4 years on the Business desk of a newspaper, Television or Internet publication
Must be a keen follower of developments in the financial world
Excellent writing and communication skills
Strong news sense and ability to sell a story
Responsibilities: Write original content, edit copies, write headlines and photo captions
Choose and edit the content for the Finance website of sify.com
Coordinate coverage of event-related specials and decide on placement for stories on the home page
Drive increase in visitors to Sify Finance
Drive promotion of Sify Finance content on social media networks
Position: Copy Editor, Sify Food (http://sify.com/food and http://sify.com/health)
Skills: 0-2 years on the Lifestyle desk of a newspaper, Television or Internet publication
Excellent writing and communication skills
Ability to write fun features and give smart headlines
Good networking and relationship management skills
Responsibilities: Write original content, edit copies, write headlines and photo captions
Do restaurant reviews, interviews
Organise online chats with experts in food, fitness and health
Choose and edit the content for the Health and Food sections of sify.com
Coordinate coverage of event-related specials and decide on placement for stories
Drive increase in visitors to Sify Food and Sify Health
Drive promotion of Sify.com content on social media networks
Thanks and Regards,
Sneha Bhattacharjee
General Secretary, IIMC Alumni Association, TN Chapter