Website:
ashoka.edu.in
Job details:
Job Title: Deputy Manager (Content), Strategic Communications
Reports to: Assistant Director, Strategic Communications
Location: New Delhi
Experience (in years): 2-5 years of relevant experience
About Ashoka University: https://www.ashoka.edu.in
About the Strategic Communications Team:
The Strategic Communications team plays a crucial role in shaping Ashoka University’s identity among its key stakeholders, including founders, donors, strategic partners, policymakers, and the broader public. The team drives the creation of high-quality communications and content, including newsletters, publications, events, and films, to strengthen stakeholder engagement, advance fundraising, and support institution-building. As a core part of the Development Team, Strategic Communications plays a pivotal role in enabling and amplifying Ashoka’s fundraising initiatives.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Create and curate content catered towards fundraising efforts, with a focus on writing for websites and other digital mediums
- Contribute to creating top-notch communications products across print, digital and audio-visual platforms, at par with global best practices
- Lead the crafting of high-quality proposals and presentations in collaboration with members of the fundraising team
- Assist in producing impactful videos and multimedia content to support fundraising campaigns
- Create and manage a network of vendors for printing and production of various collateral and merchandise
- Liaise with on-campus teams to gather updates and insights to create targeted communication collateral
- Support the execution of various fundraising events across key cities
Desired Skills and Abilities:
- Team player and collaborator
- Innovator
- Proactive and willing to learn, un-learn and relearn
- Strong leadership skills
- Good organisational skills and multi-tasker
- Highly motivated and self-driven
- Ability to challenge the status quo
Qualifications and competencies:
- Good writer and editor
- Outstanding fluency in written and spoken English
- Able to create multimedia content (written, video and digital)
- Previous experience with videos - shooting and editing - is highly preferred
- Prior experience in content, education or fundraising preferred
- Undergraduate degree in Literature/Mass Communications/Journalism or a related field
- Has an understanding of design software (Adobe InDesign and Photoshop) as well as online tools such as Canva and Mailchimp
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