Associate/Sr Associate

Role Purpose

Associates are on the job learners/developing professionals building foundational capability. You will closely shadow Counsellors across campaign planning, implementation and relevant stakeholder engagement. You will work as a part of the team to deliver What we expect you to do every day

Financial

1. Provide support in writing winning proposals and pitches

2. Grow revenue & repeat business from clients served

3. Ensure timely & accurate invoicing and collection of dues from clients

4. Be frugal and conscious of expenditure

5. Conserve resources to improve profitability of the advisory

Client

1. Support the strategic planning of the client's reputation/advocacy campaign

2. Support the discovery of insights and message to inform the client campaign

3. Support the integration with The Astrum Centre services & affiliates

4. Manage the day-to-day execution of client's campaign

5. Maintain an updated and accurate constellation of stakeholders

6. Collaborate with Astrum teams to deliver effective and seamless service

7. Develop the campaign review for the client

8. Be the knowledge manager of the team

9. Develop an informed point-of-view and support it with data & insights

Advisory

1. Learn from every experience & seek new opportunities to learn & grow

2. Live The Astrum values at all time

3. Lead by setting a personal example. Live the Astrum Values

4. Live The Astrum Way

5. Promote learning & knowledge sharing within the advisory

6. Protect & grow the reputation of the advisory

Role Knowledge, Skills & Attitudes

What will help you excel in your role

Knowledge: You have a

1. Sound understanding of fundamentals of reputation management

2. Sound understanding of positioning, branding, online reputation management

3. Sound understanding of conducting opinion polls & research tools

4. Sound understanding of ESG concepts and frameworks

5. Sound grasp of media functioning & how journalists work

6. Sound grasp of how government of India works

7. Sound grasp of current affairs, policy environment & business

Skills: You are able to

1. Think ahead, anticipate problems before they occur

2. Synthesis simple situations into clear understanding

3. Analyse and interpret simple data

4. Negotiate your point of view; pitch your story convincingly

5. Develop error free, simple & clear copy

6. Write simple reports, presentations & succinct memos

7. Make presentations to a group

8. Multitask and get things done

9. Get the best out of MS Office Suite

10. Leverage emerging technologies to become faster, smarter, better

11. Manage your time efficiently

12. Handle with maturity inter-personal conflict

13. Develop & maintain a professional network of journalists & influencers

Attitude: You

1. Are deeply committed to a career in reputation management

2. Are hungry to learn and forever in pursuit of excellence

3. Are apolitical and set the bar high in professional conduct and ethics

4. Are not a clock watcher

5. Are not afraid of failure

6. Are not afraid to speak the truth

7. Are not afraid to accept your mistake or make excuses

8. Are not afraid of working with smarter and sharper colleagues

9. Are generous in forgiving others

10. Always put the team ahead of yourself

11. Always speak your mind while respecting the views of others

12. Deliver what you promise and only promise what you can deliver

13. Challenge the conventional

14. Get things done with an eye on results

15. Pay great attention to detail

16. Celebrate diversity in age, gender, faith and culture

17. Pursue your passions beyond work