Condé Nast India
Location
Mumbai | India
Job description
Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality content with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers in 32 territories through print, digital, video, and social platforms. Condé Nast is renowned for provocative, influential, award-winning content-across brands, across platforms, and across continents. Condé Nast India is dedicated to producing high-quality, compelling content that connects with India’s most influential audiences. A leader within the market, Condé Nast India produces the premium titles Vogue, GQ, Condé Nast Traveler, and Architectural Digest (AD).
Position Summary & Scope: As a features writer at CNT India, you will play a vital role in producing engaging, curated and well-written fashion and culture features for the website. Working closely with the senior features editor, you will contribute to the creation of captivating culture stories that align with CNT brand identity and cater to the Indian and global markets. Areas of Responsibility (Key Result Areas): Trend spotting - Keep abreast of all culture news spanning art, books, film, travel, food and homes and tailor features to respond accordingly. Producing quality features - Produce well-researched, engaging and original features, interviews and opinion pieces that align with CNT India’s style, tone and editorial guidelines. It is crucial to have an ear to the ground at all times so you’re able to present one-of-a-kind stories that haven’t been told before. Fact Checking - Verify the accuracy, credibility and authenticity of information and sources used inculture features. Adhering to deadlines and quick turnaround - As part of the leading fashion publication in the world, you will need to ensure that global targets for culture features are always met. Collaboration - Collaborate with photographers, stylists, writers and other creatives to bring fresh perspectives to culture content. Liaising with contributing writers - This involves writing to and compiling pitches from CNT India’s features contributors and running them by the section editor to create a monthly calendar. Networking - Attend art events, store opening, restaurant launches and industry gatherings to build relationships with key stakeholders, gather industry insights and source potential future opportunities. Ideating for social media - One of the key responsibilities of your job is to ideate on how to tell stories for social media. Social is a constantly evolving behemoth and with the proliferation of apps, it is crucial for you to have a sound understanding of the landscape in order to adapt content for each platform. Ideating for video content - CNT has seen great results in its thrust towards video content and our video strategy is something we will continue to refine and solidify over the course of the next few months. As a features writer, you will play an integral part in shaping CNT India’s video future. Behavioral Competency: Attention to detail Creative thinking Interpersonal and communication skills Experience: 2-4 years experience Experience working with digital publishing platforms is a Plus.Job tags
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