We are looking for
music enthusiasts
looking to learn music composition
design freaks
looking to learn basic 2D animations
literary geeks
looking to setup brands in publishing
social bees
looking to gain experience in marketing
The applications for the year 2018 are now closed.
If Selected, Here Is What We Expect From You
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What will I be doing?
You will be working with our core team on our on-going projects. Fellows will be assigned weekly goals which ought to be completed timely to stay in the program. We will teach you skills and you will invest your time in our projects and help us scale them.
How will you measure my performance?
You are required to INVEST 500 hours in 100 days with 80% efficiency to successfully graduate from the program. If you fail to achieve this minimum performance criteria, you will not be acknowledged as a Literary Fellow.
What is the nature of job?
This is work-from-home type program. You can be based ANYWHERE in Pakistan. All we require is for you to be willing to put your blood and sweat to achieve the goal, i.e. to help the writers make a decent living through their skills.
You will report daily to your captains about the work you did. If you fail to meet the 80% performance efficiency, you will be knocked out from the program.
Aroosa Mushtaq Malik
Aroosa was featured on PTV World’s Show ‘World This Morning’. Since graduation, she has had a prolific career as a Content Writer at various organizations.
Kiran Ashraf
She is an experienced education consultant and career counselor. After graduation, she was hired by Synergyzer as content creator.
Mahnoor Naseer
She co-founded The Ancient Souls, was hired in Daastan‘s core team. Currently, serves as the head of English Editorial and Publishing Wing.
Areesh Fatmee
TEDx speaker, award winning debater and the youngest Pakistani free verse poetry writer. We hired her as Director PR after her graduation.
Armin Bilquis
Armin is Daastan’s Youngest Literary fellow who published her English poetry collection titled ‘Melted Kaleidoscopes‘ at the age of 20.
Romessa Ahmad
She is an engineer who resolved our technical issues and soon after graduation, she was invited as ‘Guest of Honor’ in SpeakLit Fest.
Details About Program
Music Composition
This year, we are setting the standards to a new extreme by introducing ‘Music Composition’ module. We have internationally certified trainers who will help individuals interested in using software to compose their own original music. If you are someone madly addicted to music then this is perfect opportunity for you.
Pre-requisites:
Profound knowledge about local/international musicians, music genres and basic know-how of music instruments.
What we will teach?
Basic music theory and associated software which will help you compose your own music.
What will you deliver?
You will help us process podcasts for our new mobile app DAASTAN NAAMA
Animated Videos
Pakistan has produced very limited quality animated works. We dream to create some of the world’s most stunning and meaningful animation by turning our top notch published stories into animated films. If you are someone who has that spark in you and you share our dream then come forward. Together, we are going to wreak havoc!
Pre-requisites:
Intermediate level of understanding of design tools like Adobe Photoshop and illustrator. Good aesthetic sense and profound interest in literature.
What we will teach?
Basic skills, guidelines and resources (i.e. explainer videos) to help you excel in this domain.
What will you deliver?
You will help us develop marketable content for our authors and your graduation project would be one animated film on a plot of your choice from the stories published on Qissa.
Literary Brands
Are you running or planning to launch a literary brand in your community? Are you affiliated with any local literary organization which is doing some phenomenal work which needs a platform? Have you dreamt of starting a magazine, book club, mobile library or something on those lines in niche of publishing?
If you answered yes to any question then thin no more. You search ends here. We are what you were looking for your whole life. Last year, Daastan launched three brands which are still operational. This year we plan to launch ten.
Pre-requisites:
Extreme passion to learn business development, technology, finance and basic designing. You must demonstrate through your past portfolio that why we should invest our time in you.
What we will teach?
Basics to help you setup your brand on the technology developed by Daastan. We will sponsor branding, hosting and domain costs for top performers.
What will you deliver?
You will invest your time to help us with our day to day operations.
Queries? Shoot us an email at merasawal@daastan.com or WhatsApp us at +92 (321) 95 25 753
Project Timeline
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Recruitment
Sep-Oct’18
Applications, interviews, selection and team formation.
Days
Execution
Nov’18 – Dec’18
Selected individuals will work to achieve their assigned goals
Days
Results
Jan’18 – Feb’18
Progress report submission, performance evaluation and results compilation.
Letter of Recommendation
to help you get a decent job
Media Exposure
to help you expand your network
Training
which will help you build a competitive edge
The Chosen Ones
Huda Tayyab
Musab Umair
Ramsha Babar
Haseeb Chaudhry
Saba Khaliq
Aisha Esbhani
Fellows Graduate
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