Role Title: Founder's Associate

Reporting To: Jatin Varma (directly)

Location: Delhi (Remote-first, with possibility of in-office support)

Employment Type: Full-time

Experience Required: 1–3 years

CTC: ₹6,00,000 – ₹7,00,000 per annum

Entities Covered: Across Universe Media, TCBT India, New IP's, Consultancy et al.

1) What This Role Actually Is The title is Founder's Associate — not Executive Assistant — because that's what this role genuinely is. You won't be filing papers or fielding switchboard calls. You'll be working directly with Jatin across multiple live ventures at different stages of build, helping him stay organised, keep his commitments, and ensure things actually move forward.

Jatin works from home in Delhi and operates without a traditional corporate infrastructure. The ventures he is running — Foundation Comics, TCBT India, new IP launch, and an active consultancy — each have their own stakeholders, timelines and operational demands. Your job is to hold the threads across all of them so that Jatin's attention goes where it matters most.

This is an early-career role, and it is deliberately structured that way. You don't need to come in knowing everything. You need to come in sharp, organised, genuinely curious about Jatin's world, and willing to grow into the full scope of the role over time. The scope will expand as trust is established.

A NOTE ON GROWTH

This role is structured as a ground-floor opportunity. Jatin's ventures are simultaneously at launch stage — Foundation Comics goes live mid-2026, new IP being built from scratch, and TCBT India is executing its first national programme. The person who joins now will have rare, direct visibility into how multiple creative businesses are built in real time.

Performance, trust and expanding scope will be formally reviewed at the 12-month mark. This is a role for someone who wants to grow with the work, not just execute within it.

2) Immediate Focus Areas In the first 6 months, the role will be anchored around the three workstreams with the most immediate operational demand. Additional projects will come into scope as the role matures.

2A. The Comic Book Trust Of India The Trust's inaugural Indian Comic Book Awards ceremony is scheduled for May 2026 in Mumbai — making this the most time-sensitive priority on day one.

• Coordinate with the Advisory Council — scheduling, agendas, minutes and action item follow-ups


• Manage the Awards programme end-to-end: submissions tracking, jury communication, ceremony logistics and vendor management


• Handle all Trust communications: email, newsletter, press outreach and social media coordination


• Support relationship management with government bodies, sponsors, academic partners and media

2B. The Comic Book Trust Of India

Foundation Comics is preparing to launch 20+ comic book titles over 24 months starting June/July 2026. In parallel, Jatin is exploring IP licensing for animation and live action adaptation.


• Maintain a master publishing calendar tracking title milestones — scripts, artwork, approvals, print and launch dates


• Coordinate with writers, artists and creative collaborators — scheduling, follow-ups, deliverable tracking


• Manage communications with printers, distributors, retailers and digital platforms


• Help prepare pitch materials and decks for IP licensing conversations with studios and production houses

2C. Consultancy

Jatin has one active consultancy engagement and is actively pitching new clients in the media, entertainment and pop culture space.


• Manage Jatin's calendar and block focused time for active consulting engagements


• Research prospective clients ahead of pitches — their business, leadership and relevant context


• Prepare proposals, capability documents and follow-up communications for new mandates


• Maintain a simple pipeline tracker for consultancy conversations; coordinate invoicing with the acc