Editorial Assistant

Location: Mumbai

Position:  Full time

Magazine: Champak

Experience: 1 to 2 Years

About the magazine

Champak is the most-read Indian children’s magazine, which has been nurturing children with enriching, educative and wholesome content since 1969. It is published in 8 languages and is read by more than 43 lakh* readers across India (*IRS 2017). The magazine is read both digitally and in print.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Can coordinate with Writers, free lancers and manage the editorial desk internally and externally on editorial and administrative side
• Should be able to read Hindi manuscript
• Verifying all the facts in a particular story before publishing
• Curate extremely interesting stories, suitable for the target audience
• Suggest story ideas that are theme-relevant and curate content that will cater to this need
• Write error-free copies keeping in mind the facts, grammar, and spelling
• Is passionate about children’s content on print as well as digital

 

Qualifications:

• Bachelors and masters in social sciences (History/ literature/ Political Science) or liberals arts from a reputed college.
• Excellent writing, proofreading and editing skills
• Experience with software such as InDesign
• Attention to detail
• Creative thinker and problem solver
• Great interpersonal and communication skills

 

To Apply:

Please send in a résumé, a detailed statement on your experience along with two references (with names and contact information) and a cover letter to jobseditorial@delhipress.in. Subject line should read “Editorial Assistant”.