Story Teller Intern

Role: Storyteller_intern

Department: Talks

About us:

Josh is on a mission to unlock human potential by creating tools that effectively nurture each individual’s potential. We started out in 2015, giving Bharat’s youth access to relatable role models in regional languages through the Josh Talks platform. As the next step, we expanded to provide affordable, employability-enhancing skills through our Android application, Josh Skills. Our flagship offering, the Spoken English course, has generated strong user feedback with industry-leading course completion rates, unlocking employment opportunities for our users.

As of March 24, our content has accumulated over 3 billion lifetime views, averaging 100 million+ monthly views across platforms. Josh Skills has more than 9 million downloads with 520,000 paid users. To find out more information about our work, visit joshtalks.com

Awards & Recognition

Forbes India 2020: Most Powerful Self-Made Women (CEO Supriya Paul)

National Media Award 2019: President of India

Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia: Batch of 2018

Position Summary

We are on the lookout for a talented Storyteller_intern to enrich the narrative and content curation of our YouTube channel at Josh Talks. This role requires collaboration across content creation, marketing, and production teams to significantly elevate the presence and impact of Josh Talks.

Key Responsibilities

• Craft engaging narratives, content, and marketing materials for Josh Talks.
• Conduct thorough research on market trends, competitor content, and audience preferences to inform content creation.
• Write compelling copy for marketing materials, YouTube video titles, and descriptions to captivate and engage the audience.
• Analyze data to derive insights that inform content and marketing strategies.
• Develop and manage a content calendar that aligns with audience interests and content themes.
• Identify, vet, and engage speakers, weaving their stories with the aspirations of our audience.
• Dive deep into audience research to curate content that strikes a chord with their interests and needs.
• Script and direct high-impact talks, optimizing for audience engagement and platform algorithms.
• Collaborate with production teams to ensure content is produced to the highest quality.
• Design and iterate on thumbnails and ads to maximize conversions and engagement.

Competencies and Skills Required

Content Strategy & Production:

• Strong research skills, for unearthing stories through online and offline mediums.
• Ability to develop the strategy wrt the projection of content trends and audience consumption.
• Proven ability to craft compelling narratives and translate them into engaging digital content (e.g., scripts, videos, thumbnails, marketing materials).
• Experience in curating and analyzing diverse content formats (long-form & short-form) for maximum impact.
• Experience in scriptwriting, ensuring all key elements are captured for maximum audience relatability.
• Deep understanding of Josh Talks' target audience: Demonstrates strong empathy for the aspirations, challenges, and preferred content formats of Josh Talks viewers, ensuring all content aligns seamlessly and resonates with viewers.

Creative & Analytical Mindset:

• Highly creative with a knack to understand audience insights and performance to drive data oriented story telling.
• Structured thinker with the ability to dissect complex problems into easy-to-understand language and an understanding of audience retention.

Communication & Networking:

• Exceptional communication skills in English as well as Hindi, both written and verbal. Ability to tailor communication to diverse audiences (film directors, artists, civil servants, sensitive topics).
• Strong public speaking and storytelling skills, capable of captivating audiences.

Our Culture:

We are hiring you for you. And we expect you to be loud and boastful. As a guide there is a trend amongst people that have grown at Josh:

• They are downright stubborn ( ज़िद्दी )
• They take risks and don’t play it safe
• They challenge societal conforms
• They are hungry to learn
• They put our users first, always
• They look down upon mediocrity

And most importantly, they choose to not just come to work but to leave their stamp on it, for the world to look at and follow.