Commitment: Full-time (3/6month internship with FTE conversion potential)
Location: Remote (Bengaluru Candidates Preferred)
This is not a side hustle; only candidates seeking a full-time role upon internship completion will be considered.
About Grumpy Beard Media
We create virality. Period.
Grumpy Beard Media is an award-winning 360° marketing agency that specialises in influencer-led campaigns, meme marketing, and storytelling that makes brands trend. We partner with leading industry names to help them break into culture, capture attention, and spark conversation. If it made you laugh, share, or screenshot, we probably had a hand in it.
About The Role
This is a full-time writing role across formats and platforms. You'll write Instagram captions, LinkedIn posts, meme scripts, campaign narratives, articles, ebooks, and ghostwritten content for the Founder. Some days you'll write 15 words. Some days you'll write 1,500. All of it needs to be good.
You'll work directly with the strategy, creative, and campaign teams to support influencer campaigns, build GBM's brand voice, create marketing collateral, and translate raw ideas into polished content. You'll also track trends, conduct hygiene checks on creator content, and contribute to brainstorms with culturally informed ideas.
You'll be judged on writing quality, versatility, cultural awareness, and ownership. If you can write a sharp Instagram caption and a researched article with equal skill, you'll convert to full-time. This is not a shadow internship.
What You'll Do
- The Virality (Social & Campaigns): Write Instagram captions, LinkedIn posts, and meme copy that stops the scroll. Draft campaign narratives, creator briefs, and short-form scripts for influencer content. Refine creator content for client presentations and approvals.
- The Authority (Long-Form): Research and write articles, blog posts, case studies, lead magnets, and ebooks. Create industry reports, whitepapers, and downloadable resources. Develop campaign summaries, performance reports, and pitch deck content.
- Content Operations: Own GBM's content calendar planning, writing, and scheduling. Track trends across Instagram, X/Twitter, YouTube, and Reddit to identify trending creators and cultural moments. Conduct hygiene checks on creator content to ensure alignment with brand guidelines and messaging. Support pitch decks, presentations, and client-facing documentation.
- Ghostwriting: Translate the Founders raw thoughts (voice notes, bullet points, rough drafts) into structured LinkedIn posts, blogs, and scripts. You'll need to capture a specific, authoritative voice centred around strategy, systems thinking, and agency operations whilst maintaining voice consistency and organising ideas into clear, engaging narratives.
- Ownership Milestone: By Day 60, you'll own one content vertical end-to-end: GBM's LinkedIn content, Instagram pillar, or campaign reporting documentation.
What You'll Learn
- How to write across formats without losing quality or voice
- Research-to-content workflow: from cultural signals to published posts
- Ghostwriting: capturing someone else's voice and structuring their ideas
- Campaign storytelling, meme marketing, and trend-led content strategy
- Content operations: planning, hygiene checks, tracking performance
- How agencies collaborate internally and communicate with brands
- Presentation-building, reporting, and client-facing documentation
Who We're Looking For
Eligibility
- You've already graduated (UG or PG completed).
- We are not accepting candidates currently pursuing graduation or post-graduation.
- Recent graduates or early-career professionals open to full-time conversion.
Must-Have
- Strong command of English grammar, syntax, and writing fundamentals
- Clear grasp of tone, voice, and internet culture
- You understand pop culture, memes, and what's trending on social platforms
- You can write clearly and engagingly across different lengths and formats
- You can research topics and synthesise information into structured content
- You use AI to brainstorm and outline, not to write—your first drafts sound human, not generated
- You know how to use an em dash properly—and you don't think em dashes mean AI wrote it
- You edit your own work first drafts are clean, not messy
- You care whether your writing is good or just fine
Background (Preferred)
Marketing, Advertising, Mass Communication/Media Studies, Journalism, English, Communications, or related fields. (From another discipline Apply if your writing samples show you can do this.)
Growth & Conversion Path
This internship is a serious audition for Full-Time Employment (FTE). You'll get:
- Direct exposure to live content work and published pieces
- Candid feedback loops and weekly checkpoints
- A conversion review at 90 days based on writing quality, versatility, cultural awareness, and ownership
Logistics
- Work mode: Primarily remote (work-from-home)
- Location preference: Bengaluru is ideal for occasional in-person work sessions, but we're open to strong candidates anywhere in India. Non-Indian Residents or Foreign nationals will not be considered.
- Duration: 3-6 months (with FTE conversion potential)
Stipend
- Approx. ₹8,000–₹10,000 per month. Structured across the internship; specifics shared at the offer stage.
FTE Conversion
Strong performers will be considered for a full-time offer. Any FTE offer will be higher than the internship stipend and aligned with market levels for junior roles in Bengaluru, based on performance and writing quality demonstrated during the internship.
