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Head of Storytelling

Head of Storytelling

Head of Storytelling

Start Date:

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September 2025

September 2025

September 2025

About Ten in Ten

About Ten in Ten

About Ten in Ten

Our mission is to tackle ten complex challenges in ten years. We do this through building at-scale demonstrations of effective strategic responses to complex challenges.

Our mission is to tackle ten complex challenges in ten years. We do this through building at-scale demonstrations of effective strategic responses to complex challenges.

Our mission is to tackle ten complex challenges in ten years. We do this through building at-scale demonstrations of effective strategic responses to complex challenges.

About Gigatonne

About Gigatonne

About Gigatonne

Gigatonne is our flagship strategy. It is an effective, fair, and rapid response to tackling the global climate crisis. We believe that we can shift the trajectory of the climate crisis in 60 months. We focus on three problems. Youth unemployment, climate breakdown, and the leadership gap in tackling the climate crisis. Projections show that youth unemployment could increase to half a billion young people globally in the next decade, much of it in the Global South. This vast talent pool remains unrealised.  Our strategy is to put young people to work tackling the climate crisis by turning organic waste into agricultural outputs while moving them from being unskilled labour to a highly skilled labour pool. In doing so we aim to become the market front-runner in tackling climate breakdown on the ground.

Gigatonne is our flagship strategy. It is an effective, fair, and rapid response to tackling the global climate crisis. We believe that we can shift the trajectory of the climate crisis in 60 months. We focus on three problems. Youth unemployment, climate breakdown, and the leadership gap in tackling the climate crisis. Projections show that youth unemployment could increase to half a billion young people globally in the next decade, much of it in the Global South. This vast talent pool remains unrealised.  Our strategy is to put young people to work tackling the climate crisis by turning organic waste into agricultural outputs while moving them from being unskilled labour to a highly skilled labour pool. In doing so we aim to become the market front-runner in tackling climate breakdown on the ground.

Gigatonne is our flagship strategy. It is an effective, fair, and rapid response to tackling the global climate crisis. We believe that we can shift the trajectory of the climate crisis in 60 months. We focus on three problems. Youth unemployment, climate breakdown, and the leadership gap in tackling the climate crisis. Projections show that youth unemployment could increase to half a billion young people globally in the next decade, much of it in the Global South. This vast talent pool remains unrealised.  Our strategy is to put young people to work tackling the climate crisis by turning organic waste into agricultural outputs while moving them from being unskilled labour to a highly skilled labour pool. In doing so we aim to become the market front-runner in tackling climate breakdown on the ground.

What We’re Looking For

What We’re Looking For

What We’re Looking For

We’re hiring for character under fire. In this phase of rapid growth we need people who’ve already been tested. We’re looking for individuals who’ve led under pressure, made decisions with imperfect information, and held the line when it mattered. We are seeking experienced individuals who can take accountability for helping deliver on a groundbreaking strategy. If your track record includes execution across messy, fast-moving environments that require acting on your feet while managing a team, we want to hear from you.

We’re hiring for character under fire. In this phase of rapid growth we need people who’ve already been tested. We’re looking for individuals who’ve led under pressure, made decisions with imperfect information, and held the line when it mattered. We are seeking experienced individuals who can take accountability for helping deliver on a groundbreaking strategy. If your track record includes execution across messy, fast-moving environments that require acting on your feet while managing a team, we want to hear from you.

We’re hiring for character under fire. In this phase of rapid growth we need people who’ve already been tested. We’re looking for individuals who’ve led under pressure, made decisions with imperfect information, and held the line when it mattered. We are seeking experienced individuals who can take accountability for helping deliver on a groundbreaking strategy. If your track record includes execution across messy, fast-moving environments that require acting on your feet while managing a team, we want to hear from you.

About the Role

About the Role

About the Role

The Head of Storytelling will lead the narrative and marketing function for Gigatonne. This is not a traditional comms role - it’s about shaping how the world understands and connects with what we’re building. You will be responsible for telling the story of Ten in Ten and Gigatonne: as a vision, as a bold new climate strategy and more than anything else as a a a grassroots movement consisting of real people solving real problems.   Our core storytelling challenge is that we have to appeal to very diverse audiences, from grassroots communities on the ground to corporate leaders, donors and investors. You will be expected to manage multiple storytelling streams aimed at emotionally and intellectually engaging our stakeholders. You’ll work across all three internal functions - Strategy, Operations, and Ground - to source, shape, and share stories that are honest, compelling, and rooted in the reality of the work. From investor decks and brand strategy to frontline photo essays and in-country launches, this role carries narrative responsibility. You will oversee creative production teams, editorial contributors, and media partners to bring Gigatonne’s story to life across platforms. This is a role for someone who understands the pace and rhythm of digital storytelling: rapid, real, and resonant.

The Head of Storytelling will lead the narrative and marketing function for Gigatonne. This is not a traditional comms role - it’s about shaping how the world understands and connects with what we’re building. You will be responsible for telling the story of Ten in Ten and Gigatonne: as a vision, as a bold new climate strategy and more than anything else as a a a grassroots movement consisting of real people solving real problems.   Our core storytelling challenge is that we have to appeal to very diverse audiences, from grassroots communities on the ground to corporate leaders, donors and investors. You will be expected to manage multiple storytelling streams aimed at emotionally and intellectually engaging our stakeholders. You’ll work across all three internal functions - Strategy, Operations, and Ground - to source, shape, and share stories that are honest, compelling, and rooted in the reality of the work. From investor decks and brand strategy to frontline photo essays and in-country launches, this role carries narrative responsibility. You will oversee creative production teams, editorial contributors, and media partners to bring Gigatonne’s story to life across platforms. This is a role for someone who understands the pace and rhythm of digital storytelling: rapid, real, and resonant.

The Head of Storytelling will lead the narrative and marketing function for Gigatonne. This is not a traditional comms role - it’s about shaping how the world understands and connects with what we’re building. You will be responsible for telling the story of Ten in Ten and Gigatonne: as a vision, as a bold new climate strategy and more than anything else as a a a grassroots movement consisting of real people solving real problems.   Our core storytelling challenge is that we have to appeal to very diverse audiences, from grassroots communities on the ground to corporate leaders, donors and investors. You will be expected to manage multiple storytelling streams aimed at emotionally and intellectually engaging our stakeholders. You’ll work across all three internal functions - Strategy, Operations, and Ground - to source, shape, and share stories that are honest, compelling, and rooted in the reality of the work. From investor decks and brand strategy to frontline photo essays and in-country launches, this role carries narrative responsibility. You will oversee creative production teams, editorial contributors, and media partners to bring Gigatonne’s story to life across platforms. This is a role for someone who understands the pace and rhythm of digital storytelling: rapid, real, and resonant.

Experience & Technical Requirements

Experience & Technical Requirements

Experience & Technical Requirements

- 8+ years in senior storytelling, marketing, or strategic communications roles, ideally across both purpose-driven and high-performance environments - Proven experience leading brand or narrative development for projects operating across multiple countries or sectors - Demonstrated ability to craft, maintain, and scale coherent narratives across a wide range of audiences and mediums (e.g., donors, policymakers, frontline teams) - Experience working with decentralized or field-based teams to surface and shape grounded stories - Strong editorial judgment - from campaign messaging to frontline profiles to investor-facing narratives - Demonstrated ability to lead creative production teams (writers, designers, filmmakers, photographers) - Evidence of a strong digital storytelling portfolio, including visual and video storytelling - Ability to identify, shape, and translate complex stories into accessible and emotionally resonant content - Comfortable producing and publishing on rapid cycles - we value momentum and resonance over polish and perfection

- 8+ years in senior storytelling, marketing, or strategic communications roles, ideally across both purpose-driven and high-performance environments - Proven experience leading brand or narrative development for projects operating across multiple countries or sectors - Demonstrated ability to craft, maintain, and scale coherent narratives across a wide range of audiences and mediums (e.g., donors, policymakers, frontline teams) - Experience working with decentralized or field-based teams to surface and shape grounded stories - Strong editorial judgment - from campaign messaging to frontline profiles to investor-facing narratives - Demonstrated ability to lead creative production teams (writers, designers, filmmakers, photographers) - Evidence of a strong digital storytelling portfolio, including visual and video storytelling - Ability to identify, shape, and translate complex stories into accessible and emotionally resonant content - Comfortable producing and publishing on rapid cycles - we value momentum and resonance over polish and perfection

- 8+ years in senior storytelling, marketing, or strategic communications roles, ideally across both purpose-driven and high-performance environments - Proven experience leading brand or narrative development for projects operating across multiple countries or sectors - Demonstrated ability to craft, maintain, and scale coherent narratives across a wide range of audiences and mediums (e.g., donors, policymakers, frontline teams) - Experience working with decentralized or field-based teams to surface and shape grounded stories - Strong editorial judgment - from campaign messaging to frontline profiles to investor-facing narratives - Demonstrated ability to lead creative production teams (writers, designers, filmmakers, photographers) - Evidence of a strong digital storytelling portfolio, including visual and video storytelling - Ability to identify, shape, and translate complex stories into accessible and emotionally resonant content - Comfortable producing and publishing on rapid cycles - we value momentum and resonance over polish and perfection

Role Structure

Role Structure

Role Structure

Ten in Ten and Gigatonne is structured into three broad internal teams: Strategy, Operations, and Ground.  This role - Head of Storytelling - sits in the Strategy team, with a mandate to work across all three.  You will report to the CEO.  You’ll liaise with the Ground team to capture the lived experience of GT Teams and work with Operations to ensure narrative integrity and compliance. Gigatonne uses a three-band internal structure to organize roles based on scope, accountability, and responsibility: - Band A: Director level - manages teams, holds accountabilities, and carries fiduciary responsibility - Band B: Manages teams and holds key accountabilities, without fiduciary oversight - Band C: Task-focused roles without team or fiduciary responsibilitiesEach band includes two levels: Level 1 (experienced) and Level 2 (inexperienced), allowing space for both senior professionals and those on a development path. This role is expected to fall within Band A / Level 1 or Band B / Level 1, depending on the candidate’s experience and preference for scope and fiduciary responsibility.

Ten in Ten and Gigatonne is structured into three broad internal teams: Strategy, Operations, and Ground.  This role - Head of Storytelling - sits in the Strategy team, with a mandate to work across all three.  You will report to the CEO.  You’ll liaise with the Ground team to capture the lived experience of GT Teams and work with Operations to ensure narrative integrity and compliance. Gigatonne uses a three-band internal structure to organize roles based on scope, accountability, and responsibility: - Band A: Director level - manages teams, holds accountabilities, and carries fiduciary responsibility - Band B: Manages teams and holds key accountabilities, without fiduciary oversight - Band C: Task-focused roles without team or fiduciary responsibilitiesEach band includes two levels: Level 1 (experienced) and Level 2 (inexperienced), allowing space for both senior professionals and those on a development path. This role is expected to fall within Band A / Level 1 or Band B / Level 1, depending on the candidate’s experience and preference for scope and fiduciary responsibility.

Ten in Ten and Gigatonne is structured into three broad internal teams: Strategy, Operations, and Ground.  This role - Head of Storytelling - sits in the Strategy team, with a mandate to work across all three.  You will report to the CEO.  You’ll liaise with the Ground team to capture the lived experience of GT Teams and work with Operations to ensure narrative integrity and compliance. Gigatonne uses a three-band internal structure to organize roles based on scope, accountability, and responsibility: - Band A: Director level - manages teams, holds accountabilities, and carries fiduciary responsibility - Band B: Manages teams and holds key accountabilities, without fiduciary oversight - Band C: Task-focused roles without team or fiduciary responsibilitiesEach band includes two levels: Level 1 (experienced) and Level 2 (inexperienced), allowing space for both senior professionals and those on a development path. This role is expected to fall within Band A / Level 1 or Band B / Level 1, depending on the candidate’s experience and preference for scope and fiduciary responsibility.

Capabilities Framework

Capabilities Framework

Capabilities Framework

We assess candidates across three dimensions of capability: Functional, Technical, and Core. These help us ensure that everyone at Gigatonne is equipped to work across complexity, under pressure, and in a high-trust, high-performance environment.

Functional Capabilities are specific to the role you apply for. For Head of Storytelling, they are as follows,

  1. Strategic Communications and Brand Positioning: High-level brand building, narrative development, and audience connection - it’s about crafting the why and how of our story.

    - Digital Strategic communications

    - Brand and narrative development

    - Story sourcing and editorial oversight

    - Market and audience engagement

  2. Systems Thinking and Climate Communication: Understanding how storytelling intersects with systemic climate challenges and behavior change at scale.

    - Translating complex climate data and systems into relatable stories

    - Framing narratives for behavior change and systems impact

    - Aligning stories with climate justice, equity, and localized context

    - Crafting content that links local action to global outcomes

  3. Strategic Influence and Stakeholder Engagement: Using storytelling to inspire action across diverse stakeholders — from funders and partners to youth teams and global audiences.

    - Executive-level presentation and narrative framing

    - Story-driven partnership and donor engagement

    - Ecosystem storytelling — aligning multiple voices into one coherent story

    - Message calibration for cross-cultural and multigenerational audiences

Technical Capabilities allow to operate fluently in a digital environment and lead multidisciplinary creative processes,

  1. Campaign Execution and Production Management: Execution, content planning, team leadership, and multichannel storytelling — it’s about delivering the what, where, and how of our content.

    - Editorial and content strategy

    - Digital storytelling across platforms

    - Online Campaign planning and execution

    - Team leadership and creative production process management

  2. Platform Fluency and Tool Proficiency: Comfort and agility working across tools and formats in fast-paced digital environments.

    - Working knowledge of CMS, social media platforms, and newsletter systems

    - Fluency in multimedia formats: video, audio, animation, live content

    - Collaboration tools (e.g. Notion, Slack, Miro, Figma, Trello, etc.)

    - Data-informed storytelling: using insights to drive content refinement

Core Capabilities reflect how we work together as trusting colleagues. These are shared across all roles and vital to success at Gigatonne,

  1. Complexity Navigation

    - Comfort working in ambiguity, across evolving strategies and ecosystems

    - Ability to hold both local and global perspectives in decision-making

  2. Radical Collaboration

    - Builds trust and alignment across diverse, remote, and cross-functional teams

    - Creates space for others’ voices while guiding toward shared outcomes

  3. Entrepreneurial Execution

    - Moves ideas from concept to action with speed and care

    - Takes ownership and works with autonomy in lean, high-performing teams

  4. Impact Orientation

    - Constantly seeks ways to connect storytelling to outcomes

    - Values effectiveness, not perfection, and always iterates for improvement

  5. Values-Driven Leadership

    - Leads with humility, curiosity, and deep commitment to climate justice

    - Embeds equity and inclusion into storytelling and team culture

Location & Compensation

Location & Compensation

Location & Compensation

This role is based in Sharjah. You will be expected to relocate if not already based there.  Compensation ranges from $75,000–$120,000 USD, depending on experience and final band placement.  This role comes with a performance-based bonus at least 15% of base salary and tied to the company as a whole meeting its annual targets.  The total package also includes: - relocation stipend (fixed cost) - full healthcare insurance  - participation in company share option scheme 

This role is based in Sharjah. You will be expected to relocate if not already based there.  Compensation ranges from $75,000–$120,000 USD, depending on experience and final band placement.  This role comes with a performance-based bonus at least 15% of base salary and tied to the company as a whole meeting its annual targets.  The total package also includes: - relocation stipend (fixed cost) - full healthcare insurance  - participation in company share option scheme 

This role is based in Sharjah. You will be expected to relocate if not already based there.  Compensation ranges from $75,000–$120,000 USD, depending on experience and final band placement.  This role comes with a performance-based bonus at least 15% of base salary and tied to the company as a whole meeting its annual targets.  The total package also includes: - relocation stipend (fixed cost) - full healthcare insurance  - participation in company share option scheme 

Join a global community pioneering a new practice for systems change.

Join a global community pioneering a new practice for systems change.

Join a global community pioneering a new practice for systems change.

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Ten in Ten is registered in England and Wales as company number 14483873 and in India as company number U80900DL2022PTC406870

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Ten in Ten is registered in England and Wales as company number 14483873 and in India as company number U80900DL2022PTC406870

Email - team@xinx.co

Ten in Ten is registered in England and Wales as company number 14483873 and in India as company number U80900DL2022PTC406870

Email - team@xinx.co

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