Find the angle
Identifying the human, emotional or explanatory core that makes a story worth watching.
Portfolio — 2026
Arjun
Agarwal
Journalist, content strategist and visual storyteller.
I research, script and produce social-first stories across news, sport, culture and emerging technology, turning complex subjects into clear, engaging narratives for digital audiences.
Noida, India Open to remote work
arjunagarwal2004@gmail.com LinkedIn profile of Arjun Agarwal (opens in a new tab)
Experience across
01 — Approach
Storytelling across formats
Arjun works across research, scripting, presenting, interviewing and visual production. At Brut India, he develops fast-turnaround stories for social platforms while maintaining clarity, source credibility and audience relevance. His wider experience spans media strategy, corporate communications, events and field research for an AI-enabled construction technology company.
Explain with clarity
Learning unfamiliar subjects quickly and translating them into accessible, visually led narratives.
Own the process
Taking work from research and scripting through presentation, production and final publication.
02 — Selected work
Selected work
Social-first reporting, interviews and explainers produced for Brut India across sport, politics, culture, breaking news and internet trends.
Featured stories
All stories
03 — Writing
Writing and long-form storytelling
Personal essay Football Brut India
I Went to Cheer Argentina. I Left Watching the End of an Era.
A first-person reflection on football fandom, collective memory and watching a defining generation approach the end of its era.
Read the article “I Went to Cheer Argentina. I Left Watching the End of an Era.” on Brut India (opens in a new tab)Interactive multimedia project
Inside India’s Concert Economy
A multimedia exploration of India’s growing live-music economy, combining editorial research with digital presentation and visual storytelling.
Explore the project “Inside India’s Concert Economy” (opens in a new tab)04 — Films
Films and documentaries
Longer-form work exploring documentary structure, production and visual narrative.
05 — Context
Beyond the newsroom
Alongside his journalism work, Arjun contributes to field research and operations at Aitkena, an early-stage construction intelligence company. The work gives him direct exposure to architecture, construction sites and the challenge of translating AI-enabled products into language grounded in real user needs.
- Architecture and construction context
- Exposure to construction workflows, field research and the practical needs of site teams.
- AI-assisted content workflows
- Using tools such as ChatGPT and Gemini to support research, ideation and content development.
- Translating emerging technology
- Helping make unfamiliar products and technical ideas understandable to wider audiences.
06 — Experience
Experience
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— Present
Brut India
Journalist
- Pitches, researches and scripts mobile-first news and feature stories for Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok and web, balancing speed, clarity and source credibility.
- Hosts face-led explainers and records voice-overs, including coverage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, shooting supplementary mobile footage when field visuals are unavailable.
- Works with editors, designers and social teams on pacing, captions and brand tone; uses ChatGPT and Gemini for research and Adobe Premiere Pro to edit social-first video.
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— Present
Aitkena
Field Research & Operations
- Conducts on-ground validation and surveys for an early-stage construction intelligence startup, collecting primary data from live sites.
- Translates field observations into product and operating inputs for the company’s AI-enabled progress-monitoring platform.
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The Indian Express
Corporate Communications & Events Intern · Noida, India
- Supported corporate communications and sponsored-event content in a deadline-driven media environment.
- Coordinated research, copy and event-related deliverables across teams.
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Jio Creative Labs
Media Strategy & Advertising Intern · Mumbai, India
- Developed media strategy and advertising ideas for D2C brands.
- Turned audience and consumer insight into campaign concepts and presentations.
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India Today Media Summer School (Aaj Tak)
Media Production Intern · India
- Worked across TV writing, anchoring, podcasting, production and social media.
- Built comfort with fast newsroom workflows and broadcast-style storytelling.
07 — About
About Arjun
Arjun Agarwal is a journalist and digital storyteller based in Noida, India, and open to remote work. He holds a B.A. (Hons.) in Journalism and Media Studies from O.P. Jindal Global University and studied Spanish Language and Business at the University of Granada.
He works across the full arc of a story: research and pitching, short-form scripting, on-camera presenting and interviewing, voice-over and collaboration with editors and designers through to publication. A month-long theatre workshop at the National School of Drama in Delhi gave him early grounding in performance, which supports his confidence in presentation and on-camera communication.
He works professionally in English and Hindi, and has basic Spanish.
08 — Contact
Let’s tell a strong story.
I’m interested in content, editorial and marketing roles at the intersection of media, design, technology and culture.