India Curator
- Full-time
Company Description
Twitter is what’s happening and what people are talking about right now. For us, life's not about a job, it's about purpose. We believe real change starts with conversation. Here, your voice matters. Come as you are and together we'll do what's right (not what's easy) to serve the public conversation.
The Curation team contextualizes content related to topics of interest including misinformation, politics, breaking global news, entertainment and sports, and we’re looking for a skilled Curator to help us identify the best Tweets, photos, and videos in real-time around those topics in India.
The ideal candidate for this role should also have a deep, non-partisan, understanding of politics and feel comfortable fact-checking content related to politics, social justice or health. In addition to curation, members of this teamwork collaboratively and are encouraged to support curation and projects of other verticals.
Our Curation team works hard to present and reflect outstanding content experiences and conversations in real-time to Twitter users.
This position is based in Singapore or Sydney and is focused on curating content in English and Indian regional languages.
Job Description
What You'll Do
Identifying the best Twitter content related to local news and/or global conversations
Effective verbal and written communication. Can present to broader team on specific projects
A basic understanding of "content quality" and the data and Curation Standards by which we might judge and measure that within a product surface
Is able to prioritize work effectively, under deadline
Iscapable of, and receptive to, giving and receiving constructive feedback
Curate live updates around various topics and events across civic integrity, local news, misinformation, entertainment and sports for Twitter customers
Weave together stories from sequences of Tweets
Identify events and emerging trends on Twitter that will drive unique content experiences
Work cross-collaboratively with teammates and internal stakeholders to create strategies for key events
Strong real-time news judgment: Able to provide timely and accurate coverage of the most impactful conversations on the platform.
Qualifications
Strong real-time news judgment: Able to provide timely and accurate coverage of the most impactful conversations on the platform.
Excellent editing skills. Can quickly identify ways to improve copy and effectively communicate changes while working with others in the team.
Use Twitter and very familiar with the product
Experience in online content moderation
Excellent understanding of the Indian political system - especially the nuances of regional politics
Deadline-oriented and thrives in fast-paced, changing environments
Fluency and ability to read and write in English and Tamil or Hindi
An interest in Machine Learning and Human-in-the-Loop technology
Multilingual in additional Indian languages like Telugu, Marathi and/or Bengali
Experience or aptitude for newsgathering tools like Tweetdeck, Dataminr for News preferred but not required.
Experience with JIRA
Additional Information
Experience working as part of a global team
Proficiency using data to identify opportunities for improving processes or launching new initiatives
Articulating feature or service proposals to product managers and software engineers
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
We are committed to an inclusive and diverse Twitter. Twitter is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, colour, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.