Every day real change occurs because of campaigns started onChange.org, from passing local recycling ordinances to preventing human trafficking online. As the world’s most powerful campaigning platform - empowering anyone to start, join and win campaigns for social change on the issues they care about most - we are growing by over 400,000 new members a month and are excited to expand our team in India.
The India Director of Communications will creatively use effective press outreach as leverage to help win India-based social action campaigns on the Change.org platform by:
- Implementing a comprehensive and effective strategy for all national press outreach around India-based campaigns on theChange.org platform.
- Localising global Change.org campaigns to a Indiacontext to earn increased coverage in national media.
- Overseeing all national media outreach on behalf of the grassroots campaigns that develop daily on Change.org every day, and advise, advising our organising team on local and regional media outreach.
- Leading the buildup of our brand in India, and helping to establishChange.org as the central platform for social change in India.
- Building and fostering relationships with well-established print and broadcast media as well as influential online outlets, social media leaders and bloggers.
- Supervising a national communications team, including a communications manager, social media manager and press secretary.
- Creating and maintaining systems for the tracking and reporting of media placement and contacts.
The ideal candidate will have:
- A strong interest in aiding local, member-driven online organising campaigns and developing member capacity for increasingly larger campaigns.
- Innovative ideas on how to use communications and media to win local, national, and international campaigns – and a willingness to take risks, to fail and to adapt.
- Strong writing skills, with the ability to create high quality copy on very tight deadlines.
- Insightful understanding of messaging and framing, and the judgment to repeatedly find the right message to engage campaign targets, journalists and Change.org members.
- Notable past success in attracting national media attention as well as the ability to smoothly manage the most senior of media relations.
- A strong grasp of politics, the political process and current social justice, economic and environmental issues within India and internationally.
- Experience in press and communications directly related to advocacy, political and/or nonprofit organisations is preferred but not required.
Change.org is an exceptionally fast-paced and agile work environment. Candidates must be self-starters excited to work collaboratively in an ambitious organisation working for social change. Our staff members are high-impact, low-ego, and have a deep respect for our members. We would expect you to be the same.
Regardless of experience, we are looking for a passionate, hard-working, organised and detailed-oriented person who has excellent interpersonal skills and wants to be part of an organisation working to change the world.
Compensation is competitive, and while preference will be given to candidates in Delhi, Mumbai or Bangalore, we are open to exceptional candidates based elsewhere in India.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical disability, or length of time spent unemployed.