BCCL - Design Head - Editorial

About Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd:

- We are India's Most Diversified Media Company in World's Fastest Growing Media Market. The Company has a strong Heritage of 176 Years. We have strong presence in Newspapers, Magazines, Radio, Television and Internet domains. Our brands like Radio Mirchi, Femina, and Filmfare are market leaders in their respective segments.

Our flagship brand, The Times of India, is the world's largest selling English daily, and The Economic Times is the world's 2nd largest English Daily after wall Street Journal.

The Company has more than 7,000 employees across all major cities in India.

We are:

- A Powerhouse of successful Brands - We believe in shaping market trends and building a portfolio of solid, innovative brands which keep us ahead of competition. Our flagship brand, The Times of India, is the world's largest circulating English daily and The Economic Times is the world's second largest circulating English Business daily. We have continuously grown, driven by the indomitable spirit to question the conventional wisdom and change rules of the game.

- Learning and Innovative We are regarded as one of the most consistently innovative publishing companies. Our unique 'Brand Capital model' - which invests media capital, in turn for a stake in the prospective advertiser - is considered amongst the most innovative ideas in publishing. Previous innovations of the Group include such ideas as Invitation Pricing, Combos, Space Drawing Rights and Advertorial Supplements.Click on the link below to catch a glimpse of how Innovation has shaped our Growth! https://www.youtube.com/watch- v=YP1RWXlipuA

- Great People - Finest minds who inspire, strive and drive innovative initiatives, build trust and encourage employees to achieve optimal performance- is the Hallmark of our leadership team. We are one internally cohesive and disciplined team of people from diverse backgrounds, who collaborate to write our success story. We invest in our people and our policies are designed for their long-term happiness, ensuring work life balance simultaneously. We look for ways to keep our employees healthy, whether physically, emotionally, financially or socially. Our policies and benefits are one of the best in industry, and this shows in our employee referral rate of more than 60%.

About - function- :

About the Position:

1. Position Summary :

Generate ideas for visuals, make templates using style sheet, select photographs and keep the track of latest design trends in mind while designing the product with the objective of producing error-free, visually appealing products and consequently increase readership of these products.

2. Areas of Responsibility :

- Planning: Attend meetings for issue plan, discuss and give inputs for visual representation for each story in order to create basic skeleton for the forthcoming issue.

- Photo shoot and selection of pictures: Brief the detail to the concern team to get accurate photos and select photos according to the layout in order to get a good package for the story

- Implementation of final design: Implement the final idea and design the lead visual for the story, give headline (occasionally) to the lead story, assign tasks to the design team, and review pages during page making in order to ensure adherence to the style sheet.

- Special projects: Create template, select photos and create Photoshop imaging, and design special projects in order to produce a visually appealing product.

3. Key skills/competencies:

- Creative Thinking

- Sound technical knowledge on design software

- Decision Making ability

- Team Management Skills

4. Candidate :

Educational Qualifications - Required Relevant Experience

Post-Graduation in any field 10-15 years of experience