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Music2Deal Sr. Correspondent Internship at Mumbai

Music2Deal Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai is a wholly owned subsidiary of its German parent
Music2Deal Worldwide. With local representations in more than 30 countries across the world, employing 250 professionals, Music2Deal head quartered in Hamburg, Germany, is a highly evolved online networking platform & a marketplace for the music industry professionals across the world.

With over 90% market-share and US$2.1 million in revenues, Music2Deal is the world’s
largest internet platform which enables artists, managers, producers, publishers & record
labels to communicate with each other and sign deals. Music Business News (MbN) is an independent e-newsletter initiated by Music2Deal. Poised to be circulated to over 45000 subscribers across the world, MbN, will be India’s first truly global music business newsletter.

• Position: Sr. Correspondent
• Location: Music2Deal Office, Mumbai
• Essential Requirement: The interested candidate should be passionate about music
• Preference: Highly motivated female candidates
• Experience: A minimum of 2 to 3 years in PRINT or ONLINE

To Apply:

• Interested candidates must mail their CV’s alongwith a recent passport size photograph to
• music2deal@indianinternship.com

Skill-sets:

• Should have strong written and oral communication skills.
• Should be good with words and must have flair for writing.
• Should have a keen interest in news, current affairs, business and people.
• Being accurate with spellings, grammar and punctuation is a must.
• Should have the ability to work under pressure and deliver on tight deadlines.
• Should have the ability to grasp complex issues quickly and explain them in simple, concise language.
• The interested candidate must possess resilience, determination, flexibility, persistence and motivation.
• Most importantly should be able to lead a team of reporters and corespondents.

Qualification:

1. A Masters Degree in English Literature or
2. A Degree in Mass Media and Communication or
3. A Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism from a reputed institute
4. An excellent academic track record will be preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of reporters and correspondents
• Becoming a part of a real-time news reporting operation producing headlines,
• stories and tables based on corporate announcements from
• music and music related companies in the Asia Pacific.
• Write stories with accuracy, speed and independence, in accordance with
• Music2Deal principles and operating standards.
• Identify market-moving figures and comments from sources including electronic
• news releases, conference calls, webcasts, conferences, and produce news items
• based on them.
• Build and maintain a set of contacts and sources.
• Manage news coordination with the operational head, content partners and content
• managers in Germany.
• Develop expertise and knowledge in relevant areas of sector specialization through
• research, networking with specialist reporters in other online newsletters etc.
• Co-ordinate, discuss and collate relevant content.
• Organize content into various heads or categories.
• Interview & leverage these interviews to the maximum benefit of the organization.
• Research for the interviews and articles on the newsletter.
• Work in sync with the Operational head and the MD to get support to connect with
• the concerned in the industry to assist in the research.
• Push through various topics suitable to the newsletter & skew it to the advantage of
• the organization by garnering the support of authoritative speaking heads (music
• head honchos, policy makers, etc.) These viewpoints then need to be fleshed out
• as comprehensive news stories and articles.
• Will also be responsible for co-ordinating guest interviews & connecting with the
• concerned to get important quotes and comments to support the top stories.
• Relation – Building exercise within the music industry to establish an excellent
• rapport.
• Build relations with various PR organisations, PRESS and the MEDIA.

Interview Parameters:

1. Familiarity with current affairs
2. A proactive approach to finding things out
3. Good research skills
4. Determination and Persistence
5. Strong Interpersonal skills
6. A demonstrable interest and passion for music