Associate-Digital Communications

Every person across rural India deserves to lead a more secure, prosperous, and dignified life. With that vision in mind, Sehgal Foundation’s mission is to strengthen community-led development initiatives to achieve positive social, economic, and environmental change across rural India. With support from the partners, S M Sehgal Foundation (Sehgal Foundation) designs and promotes rural development interventions that create opportunities, build resilience, and provide solutions to some of the most pressing challenges in India’s poorest communities.

S M Sehgal Foundation invites applications for the Associate, Digital Communications position on an annually renewable fixed-term contract.

About the Role:

We are looking for a creative and digitally savvy communications professional who can bring the Foundation’s work and community stories to life through compelling writing, visual content, social media, newsletters, and short-form audio-video.

The ideal candidate must have strong English writing, storytelling, visual communication, and digital-trends skills, with an interest in social and development issues

Reporting: Principal Lead, Outreach for Development (OFD)

Location : Gurugram, Haryana

Skills and Experience:

• Excellent writing and storytelling skills with a strong command of English and Hindi.
• 3–5 years of experience in digital communications, content creation, social media, or a related field.
• Strong visual sense and experience creating digital/social media content.
• Working knowledge of Canva and/or Adobe Creative Suite and video-editing tools.
• Ability to work collaboratively, manage multiple assignments, and meet deadlines.
• Creativity, curiosity, empathy, and sensitivity in telling stories about rural communities.
• Basic understanding of SEO principles, including keyword research, on-page SEO, content optimisation, meta titles and descriptions, internal linking, and Google Search Analytics.

Qualification:

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in communications, journalism, mass communication, digital media, marketing, design, or a related field.

A portfolio of writing, social media, design, video, or digital storytelling work is preferred.

Job Description:

• Develop compelling stories, captions, articles, social media posts, newsletters, award applications, and other digital content showcasing the Foundation’s work and community voices.
• Manage content for social media platforms, including LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, and contribute to content planning and calendars.
• Create and design engaging social media posts, carousels, infographics, reels, and other digital formats using tools such as Canva and/or Adobe Creative Suite.
• Edit short audio and video content for social media and digital platforms, including reels, shorts, interviews, and field stories.
• Work with programme teams to identify stories, gather content from the field, and translate programme experiences into engaging digital narratives.
• Support newsletters, website content, digital campaigns, events, and other communications initiatives.
• Track and analyse social media performance and stay updated on emerging digital formats and trends.

Deadline for applying: October 20, 2026

Compensation: Salaries at S M Sehgal Foundation are highly competitive. Women candidates are encouraged to apply.