• Build editorial teams to develop content on various news categories such as technology and entertainment• Create new products such as video and podcast series, with content guidelines and production workflows• Implement content strategies that help achieve business targets on subscriptions and unique users• Work on digital transformation strategies to make the legacy print newsroom more online oriented• Coordinate coverage of key events such as general elections• Recruit to strengthen existing teams and create new teamsKey Achievements• Created several new video and podcast series utilising print journalists by providing orientation and training• Deployed a new Food vertical with a bank of recipes and restaurant reviews• Built a team that generates interactive and static graphics as value addition for stories

• Set social media strategy• Rework video strategy and improve production workflow• Build a podcast offering from scratch• Revamp newsletters and develop new ones• Work with Product and Tech team on redesigning the siteKey Achievements• The Hindu’s YouTube subscriber base rose from 40,000 to 1.2 million• Podcast downloads went from zero to over a million a year• Newsletter readership rose from a few thousand to 3 million readers a month. • The Hindu’s Instagram handle added over 2 million subscribers

Tasks• Set the news priorities on the International News page of the daily • Actively follow news developments across the globe• Coordinate with foreign correspondents to ensure coverage of key events• Proofread reports from correspondents and news agencies• Design the layout of the pageKey Achievements• Coordinated the coverage of the Sri Lankan civil war with correspondents in the field• Coordinated the coverage of the 2011 Arab Spring with correspondents in the field

• Proofread and fact-check regional news reports• Design and make pages for regional newspaper edition