Associate/Associate Manager- Writing

Athena is India’s largest institution in the premium undergraduate study abroad space.  Founded 10 years ago by two Princeton graduates, Poshak Agrawal and Rahul Subramaniam, Athena is headquartered in Gurgaon, with offices in Mumbai and Bangalore, and caters to students from over 15 countries.

Athena’s vision is to help students become the best version of themselves. Athena’s transformative, holistic life coaching program embraces both depth and breadth, sciences, and the humanities. Athena encourages students to deepen their theoretical knowledge and apply it to address practical issues confronting society, both locally and globally.

Through our flagship program, our students have gotten into various, universities including Harvard University, Princeton University, Yale University, Stanford University, University of Cambridge, MIT, Brown, Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Chicago, among others. A Writing Associate/Senior Associate will infuse college essays/projects creativity. 

Our legacy as pioneers in the study-abroad process, coupled with a creative, open environment and professional growth opportunities, makes Athena a perfect place for those looking to build a lasting career in education. 

This role is for candidates who are looking for highly creative work. If you enjoy working in dynamic educational environments and love expanding the horizons of your linguistic innovation, we look forward to hearing from you!

Learn more about Athena: 

https://www.athenaeducation.co.in/article.aspx 

Key Skills:

• Exceptional writing skills (Long form)
• Multi-Dimensional Creative ability - Stories, Essays, Scripts, etc.
• Taking pride and ownership in work

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive the essay process of students by understanding students thoroughly, and working with them to translate their brand into an assortment of essays and other facets of the college application
• Ideate and outline essays with excellent content, structure, and style while ensuring that all drafts are polished and ready for submission to elite universities like Harvard University, Princeton University, Yale University, etc.
• Guide students with various creative projects spanning theater scripts, book writing, poetry writing
• Conduct creative workshops that build writing, communication, and other skills in students
• Support writing for company public relations 
• Support with student counseling

Education and Experience: 

• Bachelor’s/ Master’s from top colleges in India and abroad 
• Preferred experience 1+ years in writing/editing 

Why should you be interested?

• Impact

• Working with Athena will provide you with an opportunity to bring about a positive impact in the lives of the best students in the country - the future pioneers of the world.
• Opportunity to mentor budding writers

• Team and Culture
• We are a young and daring collection of adventurers dedicated to excellence and growth. We are always efficient and occasionally funny.
• The candidate will get a chance to work in a multicultural environment with ex-pats from different corners of the globe.

• Professional Advancement
• We give every opportunity to our team members to grow holistically: grow in their field of interest, and become leaders at early stages of their career.  

Location & Work Environment: Vatika Triangle, MG Road, Gurugram 122002.

• Our team comprises creative and diverse people, all goal-oriented, proactive, and looking to transform students’ lives. We love to work hard, play hard!  Our work environment encourages you to be an independent thinker, an intellectually curious team member, and be an objective decisionmaker. To top it all, we love to share food! :)