Senior Communications Specialist

The Mandate Lab · India

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Communications Specialist to develop and execute communication strategies across political campaigns, public affairs, and high-impact political initiatives. The ideal candidate should have strong writing, research, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills, with a good understanding of politics, media, and public discourse.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Develop communication strategies, narratives, and messaging for political campaigns and initiatives.
• Draft speeches, talking points, briefs, press notes, statements, articles, and other communication material .
• Conduct research on political, social, economic, and current affairs topics.
• Monitor news, media coverage, public sentiment, and emerging political narratives.
• Work closely with strategy, research, creative, digital, and media teams .
• Support media engagement and external communication initiatives.
• Translate complex political issues into clear, compelling, and audience-focused communication.
• Ensure consistency, accuracy, and quality across all communication outputs.
• Manage multiple projects and deliver within tight timelines.

Requirements

• More than 5 years of experience in Communications, PR, Political Consulting, Public Affairs, Journalism, or a related field.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong research, storytelling, and content creation abilities.
• Good understanding of Indian politics, current affairs, media, and public discourse .
• Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.

Key Skills

Political Communications | Strategic Communications | Content Writing | Storytelling | Speech Writing | PR | Media Relations | Public Affairs | Political Research | Narrative Building | Stakeholder Management