About the Role The ideal candidate should bring 8+ years of experience in the news/media industry, strong command over Hindi, excellent editorial judgment, and a deep understanding of education, current affairs and general knowledge content. This is a senior role that combines content strategy, editorial leadership, quality control and team mentoring. The person should be equally comfortable shaping daily news coverage and building high-value explainers, features and evergreen content for students and competitive exam aspirants.

Key Responsibilities - Lead Hindi content strategy for Education, GK and Current Affairs.

- Plan and supervise coverage of education news, examinations, results, government policies, scholarships, admissions and institutional developments.
- Drive high-quality GK and current affairs content across national affairs, international developments, economy, science, polity, history, geography and related areas.
- Develop strong explainers, features and knowledge-led stories, going beyond routine news reporting.
- Identify emerging topics and build editorial calendars around student interest, search demand and major academic/examination cycles.
- Ensure complex developments are presented in clear, accurate and accessible Hindi.
- Edit and review content for factual accuracy, structure, language, relevance and reader value.
- Mentor writers and editors, improve newsroom processes and establish strong editorial quality benchmarks.
- Work closely with SEO, product, audience and other editorial teams to improve reach and engagement.
- Use performance insights to identify content opportunities without compromising editorial quality.
- Take ownership of major breaking developments and ensure timely, comprehensive coverage.

Required Experience - Minimum 8 years of editorial experience in the news/media industry.

- Prior experience with a reputed digital news organisation, newspaper, television newsroom or established media publication is mandatory.
- Demonstrated experience handling Hindi news and editorial content.
- Strong exposure to Education,



Current Affairs, General Knowledge or competitive-exam-oriented content is highly desirable.
- Experience managing or mentoring an editorial team is essential.

Educational

Qualifications - Graduate/Postgraduate degree in any relevant discipline.

- Candidates with academic exposure to Hindi, Political Science, History, Economics, Education, Humanities or Social Sciences will have an advantage.
- Journalism/Mass Communication qualifications may be considered, provided the candidate has substantial newsroom experience and strong subject understanding.

Key Skills & Competencies - Exceptional command over written Hindi, with strong grammar, vocabulary and editing skills.

- Robust news sense and editorial judgment.
- Ability to distinguish between news, explainer, feature, evergreen and exam-relevant content.
- Strong understanding of Indian education, government systems, public policy and current affairs.
- Ability to simplify complicated topics without compromising factual accuracy.
- Strong headline-writing and digital content packaging skills.
- Excellent research and fact-checking abilities.
- Leadership, communication and people-management skills.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced digital newsroom and handling multiple priorities.

Preferred Qualifications - Understanding of the content requirements of examinations such as UPSC, SSC, Railways, Banking, Defence and State Government examinations.

- Experience developing Hindi explainers, current affairs packages, quizzes, GK features or examination-oriented editorial properties.
- Familiarity with SEO, Google Discover, audience analytics and digital publishing workflows.
- Experience building editorial series or new content verticals will be an added advantage.

Why Jagran New Media

We are a part of a leading conglomerate group and amongst the top 10 digital media companies in India. We have been certified for building a /"Good to Great/" culture by Great Place to work. We have also been ranked as /"Best in Media Industry/" in 2021 by the Great place to work Institute. In order to know more about us do spend some time scrolling our website jnm.digital.

📌 Content Manager - Education (Meerut)
🏢 Jagran New Media
📍 Meerut