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Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times of India)

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 About Bennett, Coleman &amp; Co. Ltd. (The Times of India)
 
 
 
 
 We are India&rsquo;s largest media conglomerate, known for our leading publications such as The Times of India, The Economic Times, and many others. With a rich heritage of over 180 years, we are dedicated to delivering news, information, and entertainment to millions of readers across the country. Our commitment to journalistic excellence, innovation and integrity makes us a trusted name in the industry.
 
 
 As our reputation precedes us, we are a Print++ company, with print being our core, on a transformative journey to bring newer content consumption experiences.
 
 
 Come be a part of our growing family!
 
 
 
 
 About Brand Equity:
 
 
 
 
 Brand Equity, the flagship marketing &amp; advertising platform of The Economic Times, is India&rsquo;s most respected authority on brands, media, advertising, marketing, and consumer businesses. We are now building the next chapter of Brand Equity, expanding across print, digital, multimedia, and IP.
 
 
 
 
 Role Overview:
 
 
 
 
 We are looking for a sharp, insightful, and enterprising Business Features Writer to join our editorial team. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in writing long-form features, breaking stories, and developing unique perspectives across advertising, retail, marketing, consumer trends, and consumer-facing businesses.
 
 
 This role requires a journalist who can create stories that not only engage marketers and agency professionals, but also resonate with CEOs, CFOs, COOs, and boards of India Inc. by connecting marketing and brand strategy to larger business and cultural shifts.
 
 
 
 
 Key Responsibilities:
 
 
 
 
 Generate compelling feature stories, analyses, and interviews on advertising, retail, marketing, and consumer-facing businesses.
 
 
 Track and interpret industry trends, campaigns, consumer insights, and innovations shaping the marketing and advertising ecosystem.
 
 
 Build and maintain strong relationships with CMOs, CXOs, agency leaders, brand custodians, and decision-makers across corporate India.
 
 
 Deliver impactful writing for print, digital, and multimedia formats that speaks to both industry insiders and the broader C-suite.
 
 
 Collaborate with editors to drive cover stories, special issues, and thematic features that influence marketing and business strategy.
 
 
 Ensure accuracy, sharpness, and reader engagement across all stories.
 
 
 Qualifications &amp; Experience:
 
 
 6&ndash;10 years of proven experience in business journalism, ideally covering advertising, marketing, retail, or consumer sectors.
 
 
 Strong editorial judgment, reporting skills, and ability to craft compelling narratives with business depth.
 
 
 A portfolio of published features showcasing an ability to explain how consumer trends and marketing decisions impact business outcomes.
 
 
 Comfort with deadlines, multitasking, and working across print and digital platforms.
 
 
 Excellent interviewing, research, and analytical skills.
 
 
 
 
 What We&rsquo;re Looking For:
 
 
 
 
 A keen observer of consumer, cultural, and business trends.
 
 
 Someone who understands the nuances of brands, business strategy, and the role of marketing in driving enterprise value.
 
 
 A writer who can marry deep industry expertise with engaging storytelling that appeals to CXOs as much as marketers.
 
 
 networked professional who can source exclusives and bring thought-provoking perspectives to the table.
 
 
 
 
 Why Join Us:
 
 
 
 
 Be part of The Economic Times&rsquo; legacy and help shape the future of Brand Equity.
 
 
 Drive conversations that matter to India&rsquo;s most influential business and marketing leaders.
 
 
 Work across marquee stories, multimedia formats, and IPs that shape the future of the marketing and consumer business ecosystem.
 
 
 
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Business Features Writer

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 Job Title
 
 
 
 Influencer Marketing Execution
 
 
 
 Function/Department
 
 
 
 Response &ndash; Branded Content
 
 
 
 Job Location
 
 
 
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 Position Summary &amp; Scope
 
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 The Influencer Marketing &ndash; Sourcing &amp; Execution resource will play a critical role in supporting influencer-driven branded content campaigns for diverse clients within TOI&rsquo;s brand studio. Reporting to the Influencer Marketing Lead, the role involves identifying and onboarding influencers, managing day-to-day execution of campaigns, coordinating with internal teams and creators, and ensuring timely, error-free deliveries.
 
 
 
 
 
 The position demands a highly organized, proactive, and collaborative professional with strong knowledge of influencer ecosystems across platforms (Instagram, YouTube, etc.), who can manage multiple campaigns simultaneously while delivering quality and speed.
 
 
 
 
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 Influencer Identification &amp; Sourcing:
 
 
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 Support the lead in shortlisting suitable influencers based on brief, target audience, platform, budget, and category fit.
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 Maintain and update a database of creators across genres, tiers (nano to celeb), and geographies.
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 Liaise with talent managers and agencies to gather rates, availability, and past performance data.
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 Campaign Coordination &amp; Execution
 
 
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 Own operational execution of influencer campaigns &mdash; briefing, content timelines, reminders, and delivery.
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 Coordinate with creators to ensure adherence to brand guidelines and timelines.
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 Track and follow up on each stage: content creation, submission, feedback, approvals, and posting.
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 Creator Communication &amp; Deliverables Management
 
 
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 Share detailed campaign briefs, platform specs, and dos &amp; don&rsquo;ts with selected creators.
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 Ensure influencer deliverables are accurate, on-brand, and compliant with the agreed scope.
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 Address creator queries, schedule revisions, and ensure feedback is integrated smoothly.
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 Documentation, Reporting &amp; Payments
 
 
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 Collect and manage contracts, invoices, and platform post links for documentation and payment processing.
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 Share real-time performance updates and post links with internal and client teams.
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 Assist in post-campaign reporting with all relevant deliverables, screenshots, and metrics.
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 Cross-Team Collaboration
 
 
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 Work closely with the influencer lead, client solutions, creative, finance, and legal teams to ensure smooth execution.
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 Support brainstorms by sharing new creator trends, content formats, and case studies.
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 Platform &amp; Trend Awareness
 
 
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 Stay up-to-date with the latest creator trends, meme formats, and digital content innovations.
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 Flag new creators, niche category talent, or viral formats for future opportunities
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 Organizational Relationships
 
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 Reporting To
 
 
 
 Influencer Marketing Lead
 
 
 
 Reviewer/Skip Level Manager
 
 
 
 AVP &amp; Head &ndash; Branded Content
 
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 Job Accountability Indicators
 
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 Financial
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Non-Financial
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Key Interactions
 
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 Frequent interactions (inside and outside the organization).
 
 
 
 
 Stakeholder Type
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Most Frequent Contacts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Frequency
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Purpose &amp; Nature of Contact
 
 
 
 
 Internal
 
 
 Meetings with Response, Times Experiences
 
 
 Daily/ Weekly
 
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 Interact to find more opportunities
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 Educate and help convert the business
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 Internal
 
 
 Head- Branded Content
 
 
 Daily/ Weekly
 
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 Discuss Business Opportunities, Ideation and Interactions
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 External
 
 
 Clients
 
 
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 Go on the client meetings as and when required and help convert business
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 External
 
 
 Vendors &amp; Celeb Managers
 
 
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 Should have good connects with influencer marketing agencies and celebrity managers
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 Qualification and Experience
 
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 Educational Qualifications Required
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Relevant Experience
 
 
 
 
 MBA, Degree in Advertising
 
 
 2-5 Yrs
 
 
 
 
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 Key Skills &amp; Core Competencies
 
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 Functional Competency
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Behavioral Competency
 
 
 
 
 Good with Influencer Marketing SaaS Platforms, Powerpoint, Excel
 
 
 
 
 
 Good in Communication, good negotiator
 
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Influencer Marketing Specialist

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 Position Summary &amp; Scope
 
 
 
 The Correspondent is responsible for ideating, writing, editing, and proofreading content across various industries. This role also involves managing production processes, coordinating with designers, and ensuring timely delivery of high-quality, error-free pages.
 
 
 
 About Response
 
 
 
 Response is the Sales function of the Company and contributes over 90% to the Company&rsquo;s top-line. The function has colleagues who are engaged in business planning, business development, fulfilment of client orders, and sales capability building. The function uses world class processes, cutting edge technology and analytics to ensure that business growth objectives are met.
 
 
 
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 Generate engaging, relevant, and trending story ideas across industries such as: Real Estate,Retail,F &amp; B,Education,Banking &amp; Finance.
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 Conduct thorough research and fact-checking to ensure accuracy.
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 Write and edit articles with strong attention to grammar, punctuation, and style.
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 Collaborate with designers on page-making and layout using software like
 
 InDesign
 
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 Oversee the production process to ensure smooth workflow and timely delivery.
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 Attend industry events and conduct interviews with professionals.
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 Adhere strictly to editorial deadlines and production schedules.
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 Qualification:-
 
 
 
 Graduate
 
 
 
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 3 years to 7 years
 
 
 
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 Market Trend Analysis, Fact-Checking, Event Coverage, Editing and writing, Should have knowledge of page designing software like in-design.
 
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Correspondent

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 About Bennett, Coleman &amp; Co. Ltd. (The Times of India)
 
 
 
 
 We are India's largest media conglomerate, known for our leading publications such as The Times of India, The Economic Times, and many others. With a rich heritage of over 180 years, we are dedicated to delivering news, information, and entertainment to millions of readers across the country. Our commitment to journalistic excellence, innovation, and integrity makes us a trusted name in the industry.
 
 
 As our reputation precedes us, we are a Print++ company, with print being our core, on a transformative journey to bring newer content consumption experiences.
 
 
 Come be a part of our growing family!
 
 
 
 
 About the Hiring Function
 
 
 
 
 The Times of India is the flagship publication of Bennett, Coleman &amp; Co. Ltd. It is the world&rsquo;s largest English broadsheet daily newspaper and covers a wide range of news interests like political, business, sports, entertainment, lifestyle, etc. TOI is built on the key principle to question conventional wisdom and present a comprehensive perspective to the reader for the news around us. The TOI Editorial function is the driving force behind the generation of content that shapes the reader experience. With a focus on news and analysis, this function constantly endeavours to implement path-breaking ideas and drive value-creation innovations.
 
 
 
 
 Roles &amp; Responsibilities: -
 
 
 
 
 Edit articles, select photos and give story ideas, give headlines and captions and edit copies.
 
 
 Liaise with reporters for graphic matter and stories and with photographers for photos to ensure that no important stories are missed, and readers get correct picture of an event.
 
 
 Make pages, give correct and catchy headlines, give smart taglines adages and provide informative captions and make attractive and informative graphics and edit and rewrite stories to produce error-free, informative and attractive pages.
 
 
 Make pages, draw dummies for the assigned edition, decide on stories and pictures to be taken to produce a visually pleasing page.
 
 
 Scan the agencies and make a list of relevant stories which are not being covered by reporters to maintain the paper&rsquo;s edge over competitors and ensure that no story is missed
 
 
 
 
 Education and Experience Required: -
 
 
 
 
 Educational Qualifications: Graduation degree in any discipline preferably in English with degree or diploma in journalism/mass communication
 
 
 Experience &ndash; 2 to 8 years
 
 
 
 
 Note-We are only looking for Print Media Copy Editor/ Sub Editor/Desk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Knowledge and Skills:
 
 
 
 
 Language skills
 
 
 Well-read and proficient in written and spoken English.
 
 
 Good news sense.
 
 
 Tech savvy to keep up with the new software&rsquo;s being introduced
 
 
 
 
 What is in it For You?
 
 
 
 
 
 Inclusive Workplace
 
 : We are an inclusive place to work, where diversity is valued, and everyone feels welcomed. We embrace everyone with open hearts and minds.
 
 
 
 Embracing Change
 
 : We welcome change and encourage innovative thinking and adaptability in our dynamic environment.
 
 
 
 Growth Opportunities
 
 : We believe we grow when our people grow, offering numerous opportunities for professional and personal development.
 
 
 
 People-Centric Policies
 
 : Our policies are designed with our people in mind, including a creche facility, comprehensive leave policies, flexible work hours, guest house facility, a robust POSH (Prevention of Sexual Harassment) policy, to name a few.
 
 
 
 Collaborative Culture
 
 : We foster a positive and collaborative culture, where employees are encouraged to share ideas, support each other, and work together towards common goals. At BCCL, we are more than colleagues; we are a family
 
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Business Features Writer

Influencer Marketing Specialist

Correspondent

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