Anchor, Editor & Producer - Digital English Media

Company: PrimeTime India
Location: Mumbai
Employment Type: Full-time | On-site
Experience: 7+ Years
Salary: ₹9-12 LPA
About PrimeTime India
PrimeTime India is a rapidly growing Indian digital news network focused on politics, governance, current affairs, public policy, and issues that shape public opinion.
PrimeTime Network operates multilingual digital media channels serving regional and national audiences across India. PrimeTime Maharashtra, the Marathi-language channel within the network, is already building a strong digital presence, while PrimeTime India is being developed as the network's English-language national news platform.
With a combined social media reach of 5M+ subscribers/followers, PrimeTime is building a digital-first media ecosystem focused on credible journalism, fast news coverage, original storytelling, and audience-focused content.
About the Role
PrimeTime India is looking for an experienced Anchor, Editor & Producer - Digital English Media to join its growing English digital newsroom in Mumbai.
This is a hands-on editorial and content production role for someone who understands digital journalism, has strong news judgment, and knows how to turn breaking developments, political stories, interviews, explainers, and current-affairs topics into compelling digital content.
The role will work closely with the editorial, reporting, research, video, and social media teams to take stories from idea and research through scripting, production, editing, and publishing.
We are looking for someone who can go beyond simply rewriting news. You should be able to identify the story behind the story, find compelling angles, develop strong narratives, and create content that works for today's digital audience.
Key Responsibilities
Editorial & News Development
· Monitor breaking news, political developments, government announcements, policy decisions, elections, and major national and international events.
· Identify stories and topics with strong public-interest and audience value.
· Develop original angles, story ideas, explainers, interviews, features, and digital series.
· Research and verify information using credible sources.
· Write, edit, and refine news stories, scripts, headlines, captions, and editorial narratives.
· Ensure accuracy, context, balance, and credibility across all published content.
· Make quick editorial decisions during breaking-news situations.
Digital Content Production
· Produce digital-first content for YouTube, Shorts, social media, and other digital platforms.
· Develop scripts for breaking news, political stories, explainers, interviews, analysis, ground reports, and current-affairs programs.
· Work with video producers, editors, reporters, researchers, anchors, and designers to take stories from concept to final publication.
· Review video edits, scripts, graphics, thumbnails, titles, descriptions, and other publishing assets.
· Ensure every piece of content has a clear narrative, strong opening, relevant context, and compelling presentation.
· Help develop repeatable content formats and recurring digital shows.
Politics & Current Affairs
· Maintain a strong understanding of Indian politics, elections, governance, public policy, Parliament, political parties, and major national issues.
· Track political developments and emerging public narratives.
· Develop timely coverage around major political and current-affairs events.
· Identify opportunities for interviews with politicians, policymakers, experts, business leaders, analysts, and other relevant newsmakers.
· Develop interview briefs, questions, research notes, and editorial narratives where required.
· Bring context and clarity to complex political and public-interest issues.
Editorial Planning
· Contribute to PrimeTime India's daily and weekly editorial planning.
· Help prioritise stories based on urgency, relevance, public interest, originality, and audience potential.
· Develop content calendars around major events, elections, political developments, and national issues.
· Build a pipeline of original stories and evergreen current-affairs content alongside breaking news.
· Coordinate with reporting and production teams to ensure timely execution.
YouTube & Digital Audience
· Understand how news content performs across YouTube and social platforms.
· Analyse metrics such as CTR, audience retention, watch time, views, returning viewers, and subscriber growth.
· Use performance insights to improve headlines, hooks, storytelling, thumbnails, formats, and programming.
· Experiment with different content lengths, formats, openings, storytelling structures, and presentation styles.
· Balance editorial value with the realities of digital audience behaviour.
· Work with the team to develop content that can generate sustained audience engagement rather than only short-term views.
Team Coordination
· Coordinate with reporters, researchers, producers, video editors, designers, social media teams, and other content resources.
· Provide editorial direction and feedback to writers, reporters, and content producers.
· Review scripts and content before publication.
· Maintain production timelines and ensure stories move efficiently from assignment to publication.
· Mentor junior editorial and production team members where required.
What We're Looking For
· 7+ years of experience in digital journalism, news media, television news, publishing, or a related field.
· Strong experience working in English-language news and digital media.
· Excellent command of written and spoken English.
· Strong understanding of Indian politics, governance, current affairs, and national affairs.
· Excellent editorial judgment and news sense.
· Strong research, writing, editing, and fact-checking abilities.
· Experience producing digital video content and writing video scripts.
· Strong understanding of YouTube and social-first news content.
· Ability to identify compelling stories and original angles.
· Strong understanding of headlines, hooks, storytelling, and audience engagement.
· Ability to work under pressure and meet tight breaking-news deadlines.
· Strong coordination and communication skills.
· Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with a multidisciplinary digital newsroom.
Strongly Preferred
· Experience working with a digital news channel, YouTube news platform, news portal, or media startup.
· Proven portfolio of YouTube videos, digital news stories, interviews, explainers, or current-affairs programs.
· Experience developing or producing recurring digital shows or content formats.
· Experience working on political or current-affairs coverage.
· Familiarity with YouTube Studio and digital audience analytics.
· Experience with live news coverage or live digital programming.
· Existing network of journalists, political sources, experts, policymakers, or other newsmakers is an advantage.
· Experience working across both breaking

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