Associate, Producer

Roundglass Foundation; Punjab; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Roundglass Creative Studio is seeking an Associate, Producer to join our India team in Punjab. You will support the development and production of non-fiction films, coordinating with internal teams, contributors, and production crews across every stage from story discovery to final delivery.

The role requires strong research skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work in fast-paced environments. English fluency is essential; Hindi and Punjabi familiarity is a plus, with travel across

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in documentary or non-fiction filmmaking as Researcher, Assistant Director or related role.
• Strong understanding of visual storytelling and narrative structures.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills–ability to navigate ground realities and communicate across departments and communities.
• Fluency in English (spoken and written). Conversational Hindi and Punjabi.
• Willingness to travel and work on location in Punjab.
• Prior experience in filmmaking, being on the set, scheduling, field research and production management is a must.

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth online and field research to support story discovery, development, and validation.
• Support the Creative Lead in identifying strong case studies and contributors and ensuring that research and narrative choices remain aligned with the film’s creative objective.
• Develop and organise research notes, contributor profiles, beat sheets, step outlines, visual references, and shot breakdowns in line with the creative direction.
• Coordinate with writers on scripts, revisions, feedback, and timely submissions.
• Support pre-production planning and crew coordination, ensuring clarity and alignment on schedules, requirements, deliverables, and expectations across departments.
• Coordinate closely with internal programme teams, contributors, communities, and external production partners to ensure information and production requirements are communicated accurately and on time.
• Across all productions, ensure adherence to Roundglass standards, design guidelines, science and factual accuracy, safety protocols, compliances, and ethical storytelling practices.
• Act as a key bridge between the creative team, production crew, program teams, and contributors during shoots.
• Help ensure contributors, locations, scenes, and production requirements are ready and coordinated according to the shooting plan.
• Track shot sequences and coverage requirements, helping the team stay aligned with the creative brief while responding to the realities of the field.
• Maintain detailed shoot logs, contributor notes, coverage records, and production documentation to ensure continuity from production into post-production.
• Manage on-ground flow and troubleshoot coordination challenges as they arise, supporting the crew in making informed decisions within real-time constraints.
• Work closely with the post-production team to ensure that creative briefs, footage, research, contributor context, and production notes are clearly organised and handed over.
• Provide editorial support through shoot logs, story notes, contributor and character context, transcripts, research material, and visual references.
• Coordinate across different stages of post-production, including editing, graphics, sound, colour, reviews, feedback, and final delivery, as required.
• Track post-production schedules, review rounds, feedback, approval gateways, and deliverables to ensure projects move efficiently through each stage.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration between creative, programme, and external teams, ensuring feedback is consolidated, communicated clearly, and followed through.
• Maintain organised project documentation and ensure that final masters, project files, assets, and supporting material are properly managed, handed over and archived.

Skills

Research in documentary

Story development

Team coordination

English fluency

Travel readiness

Job description

• Industry Nonprofit Charitable Organizations
• Country India

Job Description

Position Title: Associate, Producer - Creative Studio, India

Position Type: Regular, Full- Time

Who we are:

At Roundglass,our primary goal is to make a positive impact on people's lives worldwide. Weare constantly seeking individuals who share our passion for meaningful workand are driven by a sense of purpose. If you care about making a difference and want to be part ofa team that values impactful work, we invite you to join us.

We have established Roundglass Giving, which encompasses various social impact initiatives like the Roundglass Foundation, Roundglass Sports, and Roundglass Sustain. These initiatives are dedicated topromoting wellbeing for communities and the planet.

At RoundglassLiving, our mission is centered around helping individuals lead healthier andmore fulfilling lives through the practice of holistic wellbeing. We achieve this by providing access to the bestteachers, innovative tools for cultivating healthy habits, and scientificallybacked resources. Through these offerings, we empower people to make lastingchanges that enhance their overall health and wellbeing.

About the Role

RoundglassCreative Studio is looking for a detail-oriented Associate with a stronginterest in non-fiction storytelling, a grounding in documentary research andproduction processes, and the ability to work confidently in fast-paced,real-world environments. The idealcandidate will work closely with the Creative Lead and support the developmentand production of films across the Studio. The role involves coordinating withinternal teams, programme teams, community members, contributors, and externalproduction crews through every stage of the filmmaking process — from storydiscovery, research and validation to pre-production, field shoots,post-production, and final delivery. We are looking for someone who understands that astrong documentary film begins long before the camera starts rolling. Itrequires curiosity, thorough research, careful validation, an understanding ofcontext, and detailed preparation. It means finding the layers within a story -understanding not only what happened, but why it matters, whose perspectiveneeds to be represented, and what will make the story meaningful to anaudience. The role requires someone who is comfortable goingacross Punjab, comfortable meeting people and communities, listening closely,and asking the right questions. The candidate should be able to observe andidentify the impact of different programmes and help translate that intostrong, research-backed pre-production material. The Associate will help ensure that research,contributors, production requirements, references, footage, feedback, andpost-production workflows are organized and followed through carefully.

What you ’ ll do:

End-to-End Project Coordination | Development toPost-Production

• Conductin-depth online and field research to support story discovery,development, and validation.
  
• Supportthe Creative Lead in identifying strong case studies and contributors andensuring that research and narrative choices remain aligned with thefilm’s creative objective.
  
• Developand organise research notes, contributor profiles, beat sheets, stepoutlines, visual references, and shot breakdowns in line with the creativedirection.
  
• Coordinatewith writers on scripts, revisions, feedback, and timely submissions.
  
• Supportpre-production planning and crew coordination, ensuring clarity andalignment on schedules, requirements, deliverables, and expectationsacross departments.
  
• Coordinateclosely with internal programme teams, contributors, communities, andexternal production partners to ensure information and productionrequirements are communicated accurately and on time.
  
• Acrossall productions, ensure adherence to Roundglass standards, designguidelines, science and factual accuracy, safety protocols, compliances,and ethical storytelling practices.
  
• Actas a key bridge between the creative team, production crew, programmeteams, and contributors during shoots.
  
• Helpensure contributors, locations, scenes, and production requirements areready and coordinated according to the shooting plan.
  
• Trackshot sequences and coverage requirements, helping the team stay alignedwith the creative brief while responding to the realities of the field.
  
• Maintaindetailed shoot logs, contributor notes, coverage records, and productiondocumentation to ensure continuity from production into post-production.
  
• Manageon-ground flow and troubleshoot coordination challenges as they arise,supporting the crew in making informed decisions within real-timeconstraints.
  
• Workclosely with the post-production team to ensure that creative briefs,footage, research, contributor context, and production notes are clearlyorganised and handed over.
  
• Provideeditorial support through shoot logs, story notes, contributor andcharacter context, transcripts, research material, and visual references.
  
• Coordinateacross different stages of post-production, including editing, graphics,sound, colour, reviews, feedback, and final delivery, as required.
  
• Trackpost-production schedules, review rounds, feedback, approval gateways, anddeliverables to ensure projects move efficiently through each stage.
  
• Facilitatecross-functional collaboration between creative, programme, and externalteams, ensuring feedback is consolidated, communicated clearly, andfollowed through.
  
• Maintainorganised project documentation and ensure that final masters, projectfiles, assets, and supporting material are properly managed, handed overand archived.
  

Qualifications & Skills

• Minimum 5years’experienceindocumentaryornon-fictionfilmmakingas Researcher, AssistantDirectororinarelated role.
• Strong understanding of visual storytelling and narrative structures.
• Excellentcommunicationandinterpersonalskills–abilitytonavigategroundrealitiesand communicateacross departments and communities.
• Fluency in English (spoken and written). Conversational Hindi and Punjabi.
• Willingnesstotravelandworkonlocationinruralandsemi-urbanareasof Punjab.
• Priorexperiencein filmmaking, being on the set, scheduling,fieldresearchandproductionmanagementisamust .