Communications Manager in Bengaluru | Agastya International Foundation

aikyam; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Agastya International Foundation seeks a Communications Manager to craft and harmonize stories of its science education work. You will lead communications strategy, branding, and content across donor, partner, educator, and public channels, collaborating with leadership and program teams.

You will translate program impact into compelling narratives, manage editorial calendars, and oversee multi-channel marketing campaigns to raise awareness and support for hands-on science learning across India.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing, PR, or related fields.
• 5–8 years of relevant experience in non-profit/education sector preferred.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling capabilities with strong strategic planning and project management.
• Hands-on familiarity with visual storytelling and digital communication trends; Canva and Adobe Creative Cloud experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills for cross-functional collaboration; submission of 2–3 writing samples is required.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Communication & Branding: Formulate and execute comprehensive communication strategies aligned with organizational goals, maintaining consistent brand positioning across all channels.
• Content Creation & Editorial: Draft, edit, and publish key collateral, including annual reports, donor updates, newsletters, press releases, website copy, and pitch presentations.
• Storytelling & Impact Marketing: Collaborate with internal leadership, fundraising, and field teams to convert complex program metrics into engaging stories, marketing assets, and PR campaigns.
• Creative Direction & Production: Lead designers, videographers, and digital teams in producing visual media and brand-aligned marketing materials.

Skills

Writing & editing

Storytelling

Strategic planning

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Canva

Adobe Creative Cloud

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Communications/Journalism/Marketing/PR

Tools

Canva

Adobe Creative Cloud

Job description

Agastya International Foundation is a non-profit that helps children and teachers learn science through hands-on activities and play. It runs science centres, mobile science labs, Lab-on-a-Bike, innovation hubs, art and media labs, and teacher training programmes. Its work reaches schools and communities in more than 23 states across India. Agastya wants every child to be curious, creative and confident. This role sits within Agastya's communications function, which tells the story of this work to donors, partners, educators and the public.

Role

As Communications Manager, you will lead how Agastya speaks to the world. You will turn the impact of its programmes into clear stories and campaigns, and keep the message, brand and design the same across every channel. You will work with leadership, fundraising, programme, design and digital teams to help more people understand and support Agastya's mission.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Communication & Branding: Formulate and execute comprehensive communication strategies aligned with organizational goals, maintaining consistent brand positioning across all channels.
• Content Creation & Editorial: Draft, edit, and publish key collateral, including annual reports, donor updates, newsletters, press releases, website copy, and pitch presentations.
• Storytelling & Impact Marketing: Collaborate with internal leadership, fundraising, and field teams to convert complex program metrics into engaging stories, marketing assets, and PR campaigns.
• Creative Direction & Production: Lead designers, videographers, and digital teams in producing visual media and brand-aligned marketing materials.

Requirements

• Education & Experience: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing, PR, or related fields, with 5 to 8 years of relevant experience (non-profit/education sector experience preferred).
• Core Skills: Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling capabilities, backed by strong strategic planning and project management skills.
• Technical & Design Aptitude: Solid grasp of visual storytelling and digital communication trends, with hands-on familiarity with tools like Canva and Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Strong interpersonal skills for cross-functional collaboration and external vendor management; submission of 2-3 writing samples is required.
• Shape how a national education non-profit tells its story to donors, partners and educators.
• Work closely with leadership and with fundraising, programme, design and digital teams.
• Be part of work that brings hands-on science learning to children in more than 23 states.

Content writing and editing Communication strategy Brand management Public relations Canva / Adobe Creative Cloud