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Sr. Manager - Media and Storytelling

  • Company

    CSR Box

  • Location

    Ahmedabad(Gujarat) New Delhi(Delhi)

  • Employment Type

    Full-Time

  • Functional Category

    Strategy & Innovation

  • Experience

    7 - 12 years

About CSR Box

For the past decade, CSRBOX has served as a prominent figure in India, fostering collaboration between businesses and the delivery of social impact. CSRBOX collaborates with companies and CSR foundations to design, implement, and assess effective CSR programs. Its three primary verticals—Impact Advisory, Platform, and Programs—comprise a comprehensive approach to corporate social responsibility. Since 2014, CSRBOX has empowered over 350 companies, aiding them in achieving enhanced Social Return on Investment (SROI) through their CSR initiatives and partnerships with governmental entities.

Overview of the Role

The Senior Manager — Media and Storytelling leads the creative, editorial, and production direction for CSRBOX’s impact communication platform. The role is responsible for designing narrative frameworks, developing a strong pipeline of high-quality impact stories, steering podcast storytelling, and ensuring the platform reflects authenticity, depth, and narrative excellence. This position serves as the central creative anchor—shaping CSRBOX into a credible voice for India and South Asia’s impact ecosystem.

Job Description

A. Editorial & Content Direction
• Develop a long-term storytelling roadmap, including podcast series, documentary features, on-field impact stories, thematic campaigns, and regional story portfolios.
• Design structured storytelling templates and style guides (tone, script flow, hooks, cadence, emotional arc).
• Lead research for new content directions relevant to CSR, philanthropy, education, community development, sustainability, public health, and livelihoods

B. Story Pipeline Leadership
• Build and maintain a structured story pipeline through collaboration with government programs, NGOs, CSR teams, social enterprises, community groups, and innovators.
• Conduct pre-interviews with potential protagonists and guests to assess depth, narrative potential, and story angles.
• Prioritize stories based on relevance, authenticity, quality, feasibility, and audience value.

C. Production Planning & Oversight
• Finalize shoot outlines, shot lists, interview questionnaires, locations, and field-recording strategies.
• Coordinate logistics, approvals, and timelines with the production team to ensure seamless execution.
• Attend major podcast recordings and select field shoots to guide narrative clarity and ensure subject comfort.

D. Quality Assurance & Editorial Review
• Review editing drafts, cutdowns, sound design, visuals, subtitling, and metadata prior to publishing.
• Uphold quality benchmarks across content formats and ensure alignment with platform identity and emotional tone.

E. Collaboration & Ecosystem Engagement
• Work closely with sector partners, impact leaders, researchers, and field organisations to ensure content integrity and access.
• Identify co-creation opportunities with institutions, domain experts, and thought leaders.

F. Team Leadership & Systems
• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary creative team (videographers, editors, writers, communication personnel).
• Develop SOPs for research, scripting, editing, archival systems, and publishing workflows.

Required & Preferred Qualifications

Experience

• 7–12 years of experience in storytelling, media production, documentary formats, journalism, or communication strategy. • Strong interviewing, writing, narrative design, script development, and editorial supervision abilities. • Prior experience with long-form storytelling (YouTube, OTT, podcasts, documentary formats).