Hybrid Communications Associate – Content and Editing

at Climate Policy Initiative

• Job title: Communications Associate – Content and Editing
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Tech skills: WordPress
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New Delhi, India

About the role

• Communications Associate supporting content development and editing for CPI, focusing on climate finance and policy in India. Collaborating with internal teams and external partners to deliver clear, concise insights.

Responsibilities

• Develop and carry out integrated, external communications plans that are aligned with directly influencing the intended audience and have measurable KPIs
• Guide content development from concept to publication—including storyboards, key messaging, structure, and editing — of CPI research products, presentations, op-eds, social media campaigns, and other written content.
• Ensure adherence to CPI’s in-house style guide, brand, and citation standards.
• Maintain and evolve a repository of talking points that summarizes CPI India’s body of work and addresses current issues in climate finance and policy.
• Support internal communications that build cohesion and reinforce CPI’s positive and inspiring culture.
• Help with content taxonomy, keywords, and tagging to ensure web content is optimized for search indexing and discovery.
• Occasionally lead or help with media relations, including identifying outlets and placing stories in top-tier business, financial, and energy sector media.

Requirements

• Post Graduate degree in Mass Communications/ Public Relations/ Marketing, and demonstrable (minimum of 4 years) post-qualification experience in the field, or a Graduate degree with minimum 6 years of experience
• Experience with handling content development, written content editing, media outreach and public relations.
• Financial and business press experience will be beneficial.
• Experience with content editing, copywriting, and ensuring consistency with brand and style guidelines.
• Experience with social media and online content campaign development, execution, and analysis, as well as experience with relevant tools, including Wordpress, Google Analytics, Google Ads, Mailchimp, Hootsuite, or equivalents.
• Editorial calendar and project management, handling input from a variety of internal stakeholders, ensuring all deliverables are executed on time and internal stakeholders are kept up to date on task status.

Benefits

• CPI offers a competitive compensation and benefits package