Circle News - Associate - Operations & Growth

Circle News

- Local Newspaper reimagined for mobile.

- We are solving the need for locally relevant news and information, of Indian vernacular internet users (users who prefer to use the internet in Indian languages). Currently, the way in which hyperlocal news is produced and distributed is completely optimised for Print media, resulting in a very bad UX for users, pretty large TAT for news and unavailability of multimedia content. Most of the problems in the hyperlocal news production cycle can be solved by building the right mobile products and technology for the processes involved, making the value chain more efficient and real time. Over the next few years, we will be building some great products and tech for the ground reporters, editors, news content creators and vernacular news consumers.

- Circle News was started by three IIT Kanpur alumni and we have a strong team of people from premier institutes who have worked in the past with startups and companies like ShareChat, Grabhouse, Accenture, Samsung Research, Myntra/Jabong, Outlook India, OLA, City Group etc. We are series A -funded from the top VC's of the Indian startup ecosystem.

- We launched the product in August- 18 and so far have seen amazing growth & engagement (6 lakh downloads). We are already live in all the geographies of UP, Rajasthan, and Kerala.

Find us at Google Play Store

Day to Day Responsibility :

- Responsible for expansion in new geographies, building & managing supply-demand of content, partner & user growth at a Zonal level

- Building a network of Partners for procurement of content, news and information at a district level for a geographical Zone

- Ensuring full coverage of every news and information at a district & hyperlocal level

- Measuring and improving the metrics for growth and content at a Zonal level

- Strategising and executing different growth campaigns at district or Zonal level

- Achieving minimum TAT for breaking news in the given geography

- Identifying ways in which both consumer and supply side can grow to connect with more users

- Ensuring proper coordination between between different partners & the team

Skills Required :

- Education from a tier 1 college

- Have problem solving skills and analytical mindset

- Good communication skills in both Hindi and English language

- Expertise in excel

- Experience of managing college festivals or a big team will be a plus

- Entrepreneurial approach to handle any task

- Happy to travel and explore different parts of the country

Opportunity & Job Location :

Chance to become a part of a team which is building a product for next billion users. Base location will be Lucknow but will involve frequent travelling to different parts of the country.