Job Opportunity for Campaign Director at Purpose in New Delhi

ABOUT PURPOSE

Purpose builds and supports movements to advance the fight for an open, just, and habitable world. We use public mobilisation and storytelling to help leading organisations, activists, businesses, and philanthropies engaged in this fight, and we create campaigning labs and new initiatives that can shift policies and change public narratives when it matters most.

To do this, Purpose brings together world-class talent from the world of creatives, content development, storytelling, campaigning, grassroots organising, and political strategy to build new creative campaigning models.

Guided by smart strategy and powered by participation, our work reframes issues, engages new audiences, shifts public discourse, and ultimately drives targeted action and creates lasting impact. Join the team that made all this work!

ABOUT THE ROLE

Purpose is seeking a Campaign Director with experience in managing multidisciplinary teams and complex projects, and serving as a lead representative with clients and stakeholders, including senior leadership of major foundations, NGOs, and corporations. 

This role will be responsible for — overseeing implementation, ensuring projects are on-budget and on-time, and tracking against long-term strategy and KPIs and creating innovative and inspiring campaign strategy. They will work in conjunction with India’s leadership team and in-country program and project managers, to ensure high-quality project design, implementation, measurement and reporting.

Directors play a leadership role on our team, lead campaign projects, collaborate with our creative campaigning team, manage clients & accounts, proactively seek out new ways to grow the business, and contribute to the development of their wider functional team.

We’re looking for team players with passion, a sharp mind, high integrity, a hands-on attitude, and an entrepreneurial, problem-solving spirit.

This role is offered as a Contractor/Freelance role for a period of 6 months, with a strong possibility of transitioning to full time employment based on performance and budget. The role will report to the Head of Office for Purpose India and is offered at the Director tier. We are open to candidates based in and around Delhi.

Responsibilities:

CAMPAIGN DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION

• Build, prototype, and launch new online and offline campaigns and accelerate the most promising existing efforts based on data driven insights;
• Provide decision making, oversight and troubleshooting capacity on a number of campaigns being executed simultaneously
• Drive insights and build innovative ways of campaigning in the Indian context
• Play a role in the development and constant refinement of our model of acceleration and creation:
• How do we assess which projects are the most impactful? How do we create quantum and not just incremental changes.

RELATIONSHIP BUILDING & MANAGEMENT

• Cultivate trusted advisor status with senior client contacts; able to steer stakeholders towards stronger outcomes; and negotiates persuasively to create solutions 
• Integrate into the partner outreach process and identify engagement opportunities for campaign collaboration
• Manage partnerships with clients, vendors, partners and corporations

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

• identifies new BD opportunities, can convert leads into Purpose business opportunities, and leverages issue or functional expertise.
• Grows the Purpose India project pipeline

LEADERSHIP & TEAM BUILDING

• Support ongoing work across issue areas. Provides contacts or issue area advice to other project and BD teams, and clients and prospects; and builds stature in the issue area.
• Manages multiple people with their long-term career in mind; develops their professional development skills as managers; proactively seeks unofficial mentorship opportunities; and creates an open environment for two-way feedback.
• Sets the standard and models leadership on internal and external projects through strong expectation management, direction and delegation; and fosters ownership and commitment in others.
• Sets expectations and holds self and others accountable to Purpose standards; and supports and guides others in maintaining positive and respectful relationships, particularly during times of conflict/change. 

QUALIFICAITON

• 12+ years work experience, including several years managing multidisciplinary teams and complex projects
• Campaign or communications background, ideally from a leading consultancy/agency or non-profit advocacy organisation, serving as a lead representative with clients and stakeholders or lead in project management and delivery, including senior leadership of major foundations, NGOs, and corporations, with a demonstrated track record leading complex projects with multidisciplinary teams in a deadline-driven environment
• Experience managing large scale and long-term accounts, building and holding budgets, work-plans, team management and impact and measurement. 
• Experience managing large-scale campaigns from concept through execution, including developing and executing campaigns across channels, including earned and paid media, content-led strategies, and direct action
• Experience running iterative, agile, and/or lean campaigns that emphasize experimentation and scaling of success, ideally within a technology context
• Established relationships with key advocacy organizations, including experience working in partnership
• Background in political advocacy, organizing, digital marketing, public policy, or related field
• Understanding of Indian campaigning landscape and issue area expertise on climate change would be an advantage.
• Ability to manage a young, dynamic and ambitious team
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• High bar for quality, rigor, and integrity in your own work, as well as your colleagues’
• Demonstrated track record and/or interest in social sector organising and advocacy
• Passion, a sharp mind, high integrity, a hands-on attitude, and an entrepreneurial, problem-solving spirit

If these are the things that get you up in the morning, we want to hear from you! Please submit your resume and a cover letter that gives us insight into your passion and qualifications for the role.

Purpose takes on some of the biggest challenges in the world, which affect people of different identities and backgrounds in different ways. We are stronger and most effective with a diverse team leading the charge and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome the unique contributions that individuals bring in terms of their education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.