Who are you? 

You are a writer of today’s digital age – you follow a variety of styles and genres of writing, and think of yourself as a #writerofinstagram.

Your inspirations range from Akshar Pathak, to Gary Vaynerchuck, Amitav Ghosh, Lilly Singh and more (essentially you enjoy writing in all of its forms, and love exploring different kinds of writers).

You are already actively sharing and promoting your own work on your social pages, but you’re here because you see Humour Me as a place where you can do exactly what you’re already doing, but make a living out of it as well.

Your exposure makes you a versatile writer, capable of churning out witty one-liners that pack a punch, or telling an entire story in the space of an Instagram post. You can move between more imaginative and informative universes with ease, bringing a touch of your own personality to every creative you make, be it a social media post or a large-scale campaign script.

You’re also a great communicator, and enjoy interacting with other people on social media.

Your Roles

• • Creating impactful content for our partner brands on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter
  • Community management for partner brands – you’ll be interacting with their communities to keep them engaged. You’ll have conversations with them and help them out whenever they have a question
  • Conceptualising larger, digital-first brand campaigns, and writing scripts and screenplays for them
  • Actively involving yourself in the production of your concepts, to make sure that they are as per your vision and quality standards
  • Strategically aligning your creative concepts to suit our partner brands’ personality and needs
  • Writing supportive copy wherever necessary (headlines, newsletters, banners, etc.)

Requirements

• A minimum of two years of professional writing experience
• Impeccable grammar and communication skills (we don’t like to micromanage this!)
• Extensive literary exposure
• An understanding of pop culture trends (you need to be able to keep up with Gen Z – what are they watching? What is the next challenge going viral? Who are the most popular content creators?)
• A Bachelor’s degree in Arts is preferred, but not mandatory
• Zero creative ego, and a healthy attitude towards criticism and feedback
• A positive and enthusiastic approach to your work

Who are you? 

Naturally, you are a visual thinker – you have the ability to turn any creative idea into an impactful design expression. Your aesthetic sense is modern yet versatile, and you can adapt your personal style to a variety of creative challenges.

Your inspirations include Malika Favre, David Carson, Anant Ahuja and Paula Scher (to name a few). Your social media pages are a reflection of your best work, and you’re here because you see Humour Me as a place where you can do exactly what you’re already doing, but make a living out of it as well.

You set high standards for yourself and strive for global quality with all of your designs. You work fast, and are also able to stay up to date with the latest trends and innovations in your area of expertise.

Your Roles

• Crafting unique design universes for our partner brands
• Designing highly finessed brand identities for our partner brands
• Working on impactful, solution-oriented product packaging
• Bringing a variety of creative concepts to life across mediums such as Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Requirements

• A minimum of two years of professional experience in graphic design
• Extensive exposure to design trends
• An understanding of pop culture trends (you need to be able to keep up with Gen Z – what are they watching? What is the next challenge going viral? Who are the most popular content creators?)
• Preferably a graduate of NID or Srishti School of Art and Design
• Zero creative ego, and a healthy attitude towards criticism and feedback

We at Humour Me are in a unique position to culture-build with our communication products and content. We use highly imaginative disruptive thinking to solve communication challenges and give our clients an unfair advantage and share of attention.

We are currently on the lookout for illustrators with a unique and flexible style who will be able to cater to the requirements of varying brands, while simultaneously bringing something fresh to their communication.

Who are you?

• You are someone with a strong personality that is looking for radical disruption through visual communication in new media and social platforms.

• You have an original personality and style of approaching the visual communication needs of our clients, as well as the maturity to not change the persona/identity of the clients’ communication to suit your own aesthetic inclinations.

• You have the ability to guide other creative folks in the organisation to think about the visual demands of each creative product while never over emphasising/overstating its importance.

• You have a strong sense of both contextual art and global influences as well.

• You’re extremely up to date with the most current and relevant happenings in the world of brand design, art and visual communication.

• You are great at building and finding a team of skilled art executors, designers and junior artists.

• You love nothing more than putting the right systems and processes in place for junior teams to execute and deliver the best work they can.

• You normally work in collaboration with a senior creative professional (Copy/Screenplay/Idea-oriented) or under the direction of the Senior Creative in the company.

• You love working on small teams that have the potential for scaling into the leadership roles of tomorrow.

• You have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to creative ego and mistreatment of your teams. You cherish meaningful work and professional relationships above all else.

• Nothing gives you more joy than seeing a beautifully designed website, social communication, visually stunning presentation, and brand identity.

• You ultimately want to create an impact in the world of branded communication, and want to disrupt the communications business.

Your Experience:

• You have a Bachelors in Design and Fine Arts from some of the top institutions for design in India (NID, NIFT, Srishti School, Delhi School of Art, or Symbiosis)

• You are sick of the conventional and are on the lookout for new and exciting creative thinking when it comes to brand communication.

• You have the ability to think like an entrepreneur and always have an eye on the costs when conjuring up new and revolutionary ideas.

• You have a deep technical understanding of the latest tools and software in order to deliver the best work for our clients and partners.

• You are a branded content junkie and love nothing more than to follow the latest innovation in design and communication.

• Your work is your passion. You understand that work hours are not always fixed, and you are willing to spend the necessary time required to get a job done.

• You have a minimum of 3-4 years of experience at a leading communications/digital agency, with a demonstrated impact of personal contribution towards a digitally led disruptive campaign/(s) [preferably in the film domain]

• Highlighting any global/national awards, recognitions or recommendations will go a long way in us considering you for this role.

We at Humour Me have a fantastic full-time opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic Video Editor with a proven track record, to join our talented production team in New Delhi.

Storytelling is a very important aspect of our company, so our editor must be able to communicate the emotional content and excitement of a film across genres and multiple formats. The ideal candidate will have a combination of video editing skills and the ability to create simple graphics and animations. The Video Editor will work closely with the in-house production team, organizing footage, and turning around a finished product via Adobe Premiere and other Creative Cloud software.

The Video Editor will own and manage all required tasks assigned for each project. The turnaround times for video projects are very quick and the Video Editor may be asked to work on multiple programs each day.

The candidate must be able to juggle multiple responsibilities under tight deadlines and possess the ability to work independently and part of a team. Sharp attention to details is a must.

Requirements:

• 3 years + experience

• Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment
• Produce visually creative concepts from start to finish
• Manage and deliver multiple projects on to tight deadlines
• Produce motion graphics; As a minimum – title sequences, lower thirds & infographics
• Work effectively with a team or alone
• Be extremely well organized with an excellent eye for detail
• Fluent spoken and written English
• Adobe Creative Cloud, including: After Effects, Premiere Pro and Photoshop

Preferred ‘applications’ knowledge:

• After Effects plug-ins
• Trap code Particular
• Element 3D
• Motion Boutique – Newton
• Adobe Audition
• Cinema 4D

Who are you?

• Executive Producers are responsible for overseeing complex and high-end campaigns, requiring skill and effort, whilst monitoring and working with a sharp eye for detail, colleagues will rely on the senior producer to plan and execute clear strategies and timelines.

• The Executive Producer drives processes end-to-end, this role involves encouraging the team to simplify processes in order and be more productive. Confident in decision making, the Executive Producer, or project manager is always ready to face new challenges while striving for perfection.

• You have a dedicated approach to the job and the willingness to influence many members of staff. You will work normal office hours for a majority of the time, but some projects may demand commitments outside this time frame to meet deadlines.

• You sign off work only when the highest quality product and service is delivered to the client.

Responsibilities –  

• Managing small and large scale projects.
• Overseeing team members and delegating tasks.
• Ensuring that the assigned projects are produced to a high creative standard, delivered on time and within the agreed budget.
• Structuring projects and devising efficient processes.
• Liaising with clients and the creative team to ensure projects run smoothly
• Tracking and identifying new opportunities to improve our methodology and training offerings from a production perspective.
• Continually defining ways to increase client satisfaction and deepen client relationships.

Desired Skills

Both creative and open-minded, a successful Producer is flexible and highly adaptable in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. Assertive and proactive, they work well under pressure and have excellent time-management skills. Above all, Producers are leaders, who can guide a project from start to finish and create quality results. In addition to these general skills Producers should have the following skills –

• Ability to multi-task and process information efficiently
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate clearly and delegate projects
• Knowledge of television or film production, camera operation, audio control, editing and directing
• Ability to work flexible hours, under tight deadline pressure
• Strong storytelling skills

While we at Humour Me are constantly exploring different mediums, a lot of our content comprises of films. We are on the lookout for a Director of Photography who has a highly tuned aesthetic eye who can execute our films with high production values and finesse.

Who are you?

You understand that a large aspect of the visual impact of a film is determined by the approach of the DOP. You are a lover of cinema and have been religiously following the progress of both contextual and global filmmaking over the past years. You have a keen creative eye and will pitch in when an idea is being discussed, and give your artistic point of view as to how best to execute a film. You also understand branding and will not compromise a brand’s overall tonality and message with your personal aesthetic sense. Moreover, you understand that your working hours will be flexible, and are willing to put in whatever work it takes to get the job done. 

Responsibilities:

• Being directly involved in the pre-production process. This means working closely with creative teams to discuss and dissect screenplays so as to make sure that ideas are executed in the best possible way, without any creative ego involved. This also involves adding valuable cinematic insights in the creation of treatment notes.
• Meticulously planning the execution of each shot in a film. This involves creating multiple mood boards and presenting your visual treatment ideas to the rest of your team
• Assembling and setting up equipment and teams for smaller shoots (including camera, light and sound equipment when required). These shoots will include product shoots, still shoots, photogrammetry shoots and other specialized shoots.
• Liaising with lighting, camera and technical staff while on shoot
• Working with the rest of the production team to efficiently execute a film
• Working closely with the editor to make sure the final film meets expectations
• Delivering high quality films within the given deadlines

Requirements:

• Up to date with the latest developments in contextual and global cinema
• A thorough understanding of production equipment (including latest technology)
• Ability to manage a team during shoots
• Bachelor’s degree in courses such as Mass Communication, Film-Making, Journalism, Arts, etc. would be preferred
• 2-3 years of experience in professional camera work (both stills and video)
• Experience in working on both large and small scale projects
• General understanding of editing
• General understanding of film direction

Who are you? 

You are a leader with both a creative inclination and an understanding of business and strategy. You have many talents – one day you may be coming up with a new content strategy for a brand, and the next you could be working hand in hand with a director on a film set. You understand how to manage a team, and have a no-tolerance policy for egos. You know how to utilise the full potential of your team and create high-quality creative products which are delivered on time. You are also excellent at interacting with clients and working closely with them to create a content strategy that best suits their needs. Moreover, you have a comprehensive understanding of new mediums and can manage media distribution to make sure that your team’s content gets its best chance at success by reaching the right audiences.

Responsibilities: 

• Ideating for multiple brand campaigns along with your teams
• Giving constructive guidance and feedback to teams regarding ideas and strategies
• Analyzing marketing trends and staying up to date with developments in the industry
• Managing teams to make sure that high quality content is delivered on time
• Interacting with clients on a regular basis, and working closely with them
• Providing final approvals on all creative projects
• Overseeing all creative projects from start to finish
• Training junior members and new hires and assimilating them into existing teams
• Consistently monitoring teams’ performances and conducting routine evaluations
• Maintaining strict systems and processes to ensure efficiency among your teams

Requirements

• Creative and strategic aptitude
• Over 7 years of prior experience in a creative role
• Ability to multi-task and manage multiple teams and brands
• Excellent leadership skills
• Overall understanding of digital media marketing, brand-building strategy and interaction with clients