Vacancy: Content Editor for Datamatics Mumbai

19 November 2010
Vacancy: Content Editor for Datamatics Mumbai
About Company

Datamatics Ltd creates IT and software solutions that anticipate and effectively respond to a rapidly changing global business environment. We are focused on consistently delivering superior business value through client specific solutions and building long-term relationships, to enable customers capture market opportunities and consolidate their leadership position. We do this by undertaking strategic business initiatives, enhancing business efficiency and productivity, and improving time to market.

An ISO certified company, Datamatics has to date executed over a 1000 projects in over 58 countries across the globe, including several for the world's largest companies in their lines of business, and Top Fortune 500 companies - providing customers a wide spectrum of software services. Our customer-centric, dedicated teams in the US, UK, Germany and Switzerland enhance our support services and enable a close interaction with our customers. Our advanced people and quality initiatives gives Datamatics the unique distinction of being amongst only three companies enterprise-wide to be assessed at Level V of both the P-CMM (People-Capability Maturity Model), and the SW-CMMi.

For more information about company profile, please visit the URL: www.datamatics.com

Job Description

Impeccable grammar and spelling is mandatory. Passion for reading comes next.

Since the work is online, the ability to write crisp and clear is essential. Amending, rephrasing or redeveloping the writing in response to feedback from the editors would be an integral responsibility.

The writer would be required to create 8 such articles of 110 words each, in a day.

The articles will be about a wide range of products including, but not limited to, consumer goods and services.

The desired candidate profile can be summed up as, 'Can be a bright graduate with Degree or Diploma in English, Mass Communication, Journalism or Advertising. Should have at least 1-3 years of experience in writing for print or online publishing on topics such as consumer goods and/or services.’

Editor

To read product reviews written for international companies and edit them to conform to English grammar rules, content validity and customer guidelines.

Experience: 1 to 3 Years

Location: Mumbai

Key Responsibility Areas

1. To understand the scope of B2C/B2B writing (Product Reviews etc.)

2. Ability to understand products with an end user perspective

3. To get familiar with web research techniques

4. To edit product reviews written by writers

5. To discuss feedback with writers

6. To update Quality metrics per writer and maintain trends analysis

7. To conduct feedback presentation sessions and training sessions for new and existing writers

8. Achieve production targets assigned for QA

9. Update production trackers for QA done as part of own production

10. Continually refresh own knowledge as per revised guidelines and customer feedback

11. Work with the team and help team members to continually improve accuracy

12. Be a team player

More information here.
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