Media.net - Copy Editor

Copy Editor

Designation : Copy Editor

Work location : Andheri, Mumbai

Team management : Yes, Team building & handling role.

Team locations : Spread over Mumbai & Bangalore (Liaising also with teams in the US)

More about the Team :

- Having been at the forefront of innovation in the domain parking & monetization industry, with a client list majorly made of high networth customers, this Media.net team provides custom tailored monetization solutions that are fast gaining superiority in content strategy & many other technological advances in the industry & becoming a service provider of choice.

- Simply put, our platform enables web hosting providers to monetize traffic that is controlled by them, thereby directly adding to their bottom line.

- This team, hence, works to provide highly engaging content for our many clients who directly reap the benefits of a fast growing - content rich service provider of choice.

- Our teams are very stable, high integrity & high performance - not to mention super fun & know how to have a great time while rocking the work they do, everyday!

Role Outline :

The copy editor role is a very strategic & dynamically placed role, which would in essence :

- Build a cohesive, high capability, high performance content team that would write & churn out curated content on a daily basis for various team & client needs for our contextual advertising, domain parking & monetization businesses.

- Establishing standards, systems and processes for content creation and publishing, in line with internal practices, client requirements and company policies & frameworks.

- Carry out complete quality & integrity checks on all content that is created by the team daily & ensure the quality levels are complied with. Check text to ensure it is well written and logically structured.

- Ensure duplication / plagiarism checks are done on all outgoing content to ensure integrity.

- Ensure correct grammar and spelling & not be averse to picking out the smallest of errors to ensure only the highest quality levels in content creation are followed.

- Ensure the written content/material is clear and consistent, complete and credible, and that text is well written, grammatically correct and flows well.

- Ensure the text is in line with the publisher's 'house style' or - brand voice- &/or - tone-

- Check facts and raise queries with the author/s as & when required.

- Look out for potential legal/compliance/plagiarism related problems and discuss them with the publisher/s & or in-house teams.

- Any other tasks within the framework as may be required by the Sr Directors, Management, etc.

Desired Skills and Experience :

Is This You :

- Language has always intrigued you & you have always been passionate about a career in content / writing / editing.

- You are a story teller but a creative, entrepreneurial, stickler for perfection too, with an eye for detail & ability to work within guidelines & time frames.

- You love working with teams & passing the baton of well written content & all that it encompasses.

- You understand & work well with business too, understanding that all content has a purpose & seek to come as close to business aspirations as you can, all the while maintaining your creative passion & direction.

- You have the ability to dish out high-quality work while meeting tight deadlines all the same.

Experience & Academics :

- You studied Communication / linguistics / marketing communication with an organization of repute & have a Grad/Post Grad degree doing the same.

- You have atleast 6-8 years of experience that may have been with well known ad agencies or companies where you specialized in & won appreciation for your content / copy editing prowess., with verifiable team handling experience (atleast 5-10 team members)

- You have verifiable experience in managing teams of atleast 5-6 people.

- You have been quoted in publications and definitely have a blog of your own (that you don- t get time to write for regularly but you try your best)

About Us :

Media.net, Directi's Internet Advertising Division, is one of the world's leading companies in the Contextual Advertising space. We build technology that identifies the intent of a user viewing a webpage and then shows advertisements related to what the user is looking for.

We use Machine Learning, Data Mining, Linguistic Analysis and Advanced Statistics to build contextual models to understand pages on the internet.

We serve our contextual real-time ads customized for each visitor and each page view across billions of visitors, across 10's of millions sites/domains on a server infrastructure that runs 1000+ CPUs, terabytes of RAM, and 100's of terabytes of data. Sounds incredible- Come meet us, we're taking it to the next level!

Benefits & Perks :

- Media.net employees love their jobs, and not just because we offer the most competitive salaries in the industry. Our excellent benefits include everything from great medical and life insurance to catered meals.

- Our workspaces are comfortable and fun, complete with bean bag chairs, ping pong tables, and all the snacks you can eat. We've also thoughtfully put in a gym to burn all those calories later.

- We have no dress code (tee-shirts are a-ok!). We have flexible work hours and flexible holidays, which means that teams pick their own work hours.

- Media.net has its own concierge desk that doubles up as a travel agency. We are passionate about building the next generation of web products, and we believe that happy teams are the key to achieving this goal.

- If you like the idea of working in an exciting workspace on cutting-edge internet products that make a truly global impact (and wearing flip-flops to work), then we want to get to know you!