- Provide writing, editing and proof-reading support to all communication materials conceptualized under the project.
- Develop content for press releases, brochures and social media content along with ideating, facilitating, and editing op-eds for external publication.
- Create communication collaterals to facilitate the execution of offline and online events.
- Document on-ground activities - challenges, opportunities and impact.
- Serve as liaison between WRI India communications and project partners to develop program-related communications.
- Create and manage a project-specific calendar and ensure timely dissemination of all communication materials as per program schedule.
Website Social Media -
Create and perform quality control checks on all content for the website and social media.
Liaison with project partners and donors to ensure the website is duly updated and relevant for the audience.
Ability to create/supervise simple social media infographics/visuals and disseminate research data in a visually appealing format. Visual communication expertise and knowledge of photo editing softwares are a plus.
Facilitating webinars/workshops/campaigns that involve digital planning and social media coverage in collaboration with partners.
Technical Responsibilities -
- Support the researchers/writers in developing research/knowledge products and ensure pertinent dissemination and coverage.
- Engage in program related outreach activities with various stakeholder groups through strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong analytical writing skills to support the team in ongoing projects, research, content generation, reports, proposals, etc.
- Ability to simplify complex ideas, including creating visualizations for easy interpretation of the data for different audiences.
- Communicating and coordinating with partners and other stakeholders and liaising with relevant organizations/ platforms/ initiatives to further project goals.
- Ensuring that all WRI India content disbursed to the media is precise, factual, and legally sound. Also, ensuring that our branding and style guides are adhered to in all outreach materials.
- Mapping media to specific work and pitching relevant stories in collaboration with the Media lead.
- Identifying key messages and packaging and pitching stories for dissemination.
- Coordinating with local vendors for executing events in different cities as per project requirements.
Qualifications Requirements we seek:
- Minimum 5 years of full-time experience working as:
- Media communicator in the development sector
- Experience in gender/inclusivity/mobility planning focused organization preferred.
- Excellent writing and editing skills in English.
Ability to speak as well and read and write Kannada - Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to build and maintain productive relationships internally and externally.
- Capability to communicate complex ideas in everyday language.
- Ability to self-manage and meet deadlines, manage multiple projects at the same time.
- Enthusiasm, flexibility, technical curiosity, and willingness to learn.
- Understanding of how websites are developed and basic troubleshooting.
- Basic familiarity with design software (Photoshop, InDesign, Canva or other AV/ animation software) is an added benefit.
