DOT Europe

Policy Communications Manager/Senior Manager

DOT Europe

Brussels, Belgium

We are seeking a Policy Communications Manager/Senior Manager to join DOT Europe’s Brussels-based team. In this role, you will be the sparring partner of our Director General and help him translate our policy agenda into a strategic communications and event program. You will play a key part in crafting and implementing strategic communication campaigns tailored to resonate with our audience, design and develop all our outreach on social media and be responsible for translating our advocacy into public outreach varying from comms campaigns and to organizing events. You will be the first point of contact for the Brussels-based press and in charge of building long-lasting relations with key journalists using your social and diplomatic skills.

Skills and experience:

• Strategic thinker: You have a strategic mindset and understand what motivates decision-makers, particularly within the EU landscape;
• Creative communication skills: You are a communicator who seamlessly translates complicated digital policy files into understandable language and appealing visuals;
• Campaign development: You can build and implement communication strategies and individual issue-based campaigns;
• Website and social media management: You are skilled in managing websites and social media accounts to effectively engage with our audience;
• Technical know-how: You can develop communications material, including simple videos, graphics, document and presentation templates, for instance, in Canva;
• Media relations: You have proven experience in building and maintaining relationships with the Brussels-based press corps;
• Event organization: You are able to organize events from A to Z: drafting a budget, identifying the right audience, and taking care of all logistics such as venue, suppliers etc.;
• Impeccable English: You possess outstanding writing, editing, and proofreading skills;
• Ideally you have minimum 5 years of relevant experience.

If you are ready to take on a challenging but rewarding role where you can make a meaningful impact and express your creativity, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t tick all the above boxes!

What We Offer:

• The opportunity to work within a dynamic and international team with colleagues who are passionate about what they do;
• A work environment which supports personal and professional growth;
• The chance to represent the voice of the leading Internet companies in Europe;
• A salary commensurate with your experience and a complementing benefits package including meal vouchers, transportation allowance, etc.

Start date: ASAP

Application information:

Send us your CV (max. 2 pages) with a cover letter (max. 1 page) by email to [email protected] with ‘Communications role’ in the subject line. The deadline for submissions is 8 July 2024.

Please note that we can only respond to successful candidates.

About DOT Europe:

DOT Europe is the European trade association representing the leading Internet companies. Founded in the year 2000 as EDIMA and relaunched in 2020 as DOT Europe, our association has developed in tandem with the rapid evolution of online services. Collectively our members provide Europe’s citizens and businesses with some of the Internet’s most popular products, platforms and services.

DOT Europe prides itself on being a consensus-based organisation which brings a diverse membership together to agree on their collective stance on EU tech policy.

Put simply, DOT Europe stands for an innovative, open and safe Internet for Europe’s citizens and businesses.

Our Vision

Our members are committed to helping to shape the Internet economy for the better. Through DOT Europe, they engage in support of an innovative, open and safe internet.

Our Mission

As DOT Europe, we engage with EU policymakers, regulators, other stakeholders and the media.

Our goal is to ensure that relevant policy debates are informed by the shared knowledge and expertise of our members and our team.