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mDhil is a start-up that has grown over the last year to become India’s largest online health community. Our first services were SMS-based, but in the last 12 months we have seen terrific growth in our mobile & desktop website, as well as in our original video content (we have over 600,000 views on our YouTube channel!). We were born out of a need for honest and frank health-related information that is factually accurate, supported by health professionals, and compelling for an Indian audience.

Our most popular topics include sexual health and women’s health, diet and nutrition, and beauty, lifestyle diseases, exercise, etc. Information is displayed on our site in the form of articles, health tips, images, slideshows, quizzes and videos. Our core users are urban, and we have seen wonderful support coming from the physician and doctor community in India. mDhil has over 140,000 Facebook fans, and we use social media as a key tool of audience engagement.

mDhil was founded by a Harvard Business School graduate, and you would be joining a start-up full of bright individuals who have fun while working in a non-bureaucratic environment. We have a dedicated team of health professionals, journalists, a social media manager, a SEO whiz, and a borrowed pet-dog…all that’s really missing is you. mDhil has been recognized at venues like TED, Sankalp Mumbai, the World Bank, Health 2.0, and SXSW. If interested, read on!

Responsibilities

As a Health Editor, you will be part of the editorial team and reporting directly to the Online Editor. * Ideating and coming up with relevant health topics for the website * Writing fresh articles using primary and secondary research * Confirming & reviewing articles written by other writers (external or internal) * Communicating with doctors and health experts for their approvals and inputs * Contributing to films – by way of ideas, scripts and working with filmmakers * Helping mDhil’s social media initiatives on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.

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* 2 – 4 years of work experience as a journalist/content writer * Excellent communication and English writing skills * Should know his/her way around the Internet * Enthusiasm to work hard, uphold quality and the willingness to go beyond just immediate purview of work * Current bloggers and individuals interested in social, mobile, and Web 2.0 are welcomed!

Oh, and hopefully you are fun to be around…we’ve been known to share a few beers on Fridays at the office