• 8 May 2025
  • 4 mins read

Social Media and Legal Assistant

About Nyaaya

Nyaaya is an open-access, digital resource that provides simple, actionable, recallable, and authoritative legal information to Indian citizens. We want to enable access to information about the law in multiple Indian languages so that access to justice is not limited to a privileged minority.

To understand Nyaaya better, visit our website: https://nyaaya.org/ and social media handles:

Role Description

Nyaaya is looking for a Social Media and Legal Assistant to assist us with our content and communications work. We are looking for someone who is passionate about changing the way citizens interact with the law. Your primary task will be to assist the team in creating high-quality written and video content for our social media platforms, and managing Nyaaya’s social media calendar and posting, while ensuring the quality and accuracy of the final product. You will:

  • Work with the Nyaaya team to create, curate, and execute its social media plans
  • Conduct legal research for explainers, blogs, posts and videos, when required
  • Ideate and produce at least 2 high-quality Instagram reels a month
  • Come up with innovative social media campaign ideas 
  • Assist the Nyaaya Team with managing the social media campaigns calendar
  • Write short blogs for the Nyaaya website in English on a biweekly basis

Requirements

Essential 

  • Law student (4th or 5th year) or a recent graduate
  • Strong writing and research skills
  • Fluency in English (written and spoken)
  • Familiarity with social media algorithms, trends, hashtags, etc. across platforms. 
  • Excellent organisational and project management abilities, with an eye for detail.
  • Proactive mindset, ability to take initiative and work independently with minimal supervision.

Desirable

  • Experience making high-impact social media reels and videos (short-form and/or long-form) and managing social media platforms
  • Comfortable appearing on camera for creating engaging video content
  • Fluency in any Indian language apart from English
  • Prior publications in media and/or academic platforms

What’s in it for you?

  • Working in a small dynamic team where equal importance is given to different functions across tech, content, design, and marketing
  • Working with grassroots organizations to scale impact and be a part of the change to enable the citizen to access services and understand their rights
  • A non-hierarchical work environment, and opportunities to ideate solutions and execute them
  • Make a positive impact in transforming the relationship between the law and the people interacting with it

Location, Duration, and Remuneration

  • This is a remote position
  • A monthly stipend of INR 7,500 along with an experience certificate will be offered
  • The initial duration of the internship will be 3 months, with a strong possibility of an extension for a longer term subject to performance

Method of Application

Interested candidates should apply through our online portal and must submit the following documents merged into one document under the ‘Upload CV’ button:

  • Latest Curriculum Vitae (CV) in not more than two A4 pages
  • A cover letter on why you want to work with Nyaaya and your thoughts on the work
  • Links to a few sample reels/short videos and posts that you have created in the past  
  • A writing sample (if you have one)

The deadline to submit the application is June 1, 2025, 11:59 PM IST. 

Queries may only be sent through email, titled ‘Social Media and Legal Assistant (Query)’, addressed to kanav@nyaaya.in.  Please note that we will not review applications sent by email. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.  

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