With phenoxazine (PXZ) as the electron donor and perylene-3,4-dicarboximide (PMI) as the electron acceptor, we prepared a compact, orthogonal electron donor−acceptor dyad (PMI−PXZ) to study the spin−orbit charge transfer-induced intersystem crossing (SOCT-ISC). A weak charge transfer (CT) absorption band, due to S 0 → 1 CT transition, was observed (ε = 2840 M −1 cm −1 at 554 nm, FWHM: 2850 cm −1 ), which is different from that of the previously reported analogue dyad with phenothiazine as the electron donor (PMI−PTZ), for which no CT absorption band was observed. A long-lived triplet state was observed (lifetime τ T = 182 μs) with nanosecond transient absorption spectroscopy, and the singlet oxygen quantum yield (Φ Δ = 76%) is higher than that of the previously reported analogue dyad PMI−PTZ (Φ Δ = 57%). Ultrafast charge separation (ca. 0.14 ps) and slow charge recombination (1.4 ns) were observed with femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. With time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy (TREPR), we confirmed the SOCT-ISC mechanism, and the electron spin polarization phase pattern of the triplet-state TREPR spectrum is (e, e, a, e, a, a), which is dramatically different from that of PMI−PTZ (a, e, a, e, a, e), indicating that the triplet-state TREPR spectrum of a specific chromophore in the electron donor−acceptor dyads is not only dependent on the geometry of the dyads but also dependent on the structure of the electron donor (or acceptor). Even one-atom variation in the donor structure may cause significant influence on the electron spin selectivity of the ISC of the electron donor−acceptor dyads.