Vacancy: Business Projects Assistant Europeana

A revised vacancy notice for a Business Projects Assistant
on Europeana has been issued, as follows:

This new role will support our Business Development Manager
with administrative tasks to ensure an effective development
and management of our international partner relationships.

Key responsibilities will include:
Setting up and developing processes and databases to improve the
monitoring and registration of partner developments
Managing partner agreements and registration
Providing administrative support to partners e.g. ensuring
availability of relevant documents on website
Co-ordination of network activities between the Europeana
group of projects, partners and colleagues
Organisation and facilitation of meetings including
production and distribution of minutes
Developing management reports and presentation documents

Required skills and experience:
A minimum of 3 years’ experience ideally gained within a
business focused new media, cultural or IT environment
Demonstrable experience of setting up and running databases
High level Microsoft Office package skills especially Excel
and PowerPoint
Used to communicating with external partners and building
relationships
Excellent organiser, co-ordinator and planner with an eye
for detail
Self starter – able to work both independently and be an
enthusiastic team player
Excellent communication skills in English and preferably
one other European language
Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
Professional, analytical and productive. Routinely thinks
outside of the box

The benefits:
Salary scale 7 representing a maximum of €2.487 per month
42 days holiday per year
Annual bonus
Public transport travel costs paid
Central location 5 minutes walk from The Hague central
train station
Dynamic and creative multi-cultural international environment
with travel opportunities

Applications:
Please send your CV (in English) with a covering letter outlining
what interests you about this position quoting reference P BPA to
jobs.europeana@kb.nl
Closing date : 2 January 2011

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Create a buzz - job vacancy the Hague

VACANCY : SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETEER

Founded in 2007 by the European Commission, Europeana.eu
is Europe's fast growing portal for digitised cultural and scientific heritage.
We are looking for a social media expert to join our creative and culturally
diverse marketing team. This position is a unique opportunity to bring
Europe's history to the future, applying modern communication concepts
to distribute cultural heritage content and engage end users across Europe.
You will be working in a dynamic, creative and multi-cultural environment
with a great deal of learning and knowledge sharing opportunities.

The role:

We are looking for a passionate and creative individual to successfully develop
and implement digital (social) marketing efforts to stimulate engagement of
online audiences, maximize usage of Europeana content and create awareness
of the Europeana brand. In this role you will play a key role in developing
Europeana's position in social media and will be responsible for all stages of the
online marketing process, from planning and development to execution and
performance analysis.

Key responsibilities will include:

To conceptualise and execute social media campaigns, leveraging social
networks to maximize usage of Europeana content

Achieve postings of Europeana-related content on relevant blogs and
social networks

Monitor usage of Europeana content at all levels, both on the portal and
through API's and widgets

Identify and pitch relevant sites and bloggers, establish blogger
ambassadors programmes aimed at the Europeana audience

Manage video-sharing uploads and viral video programs

Generate buzz, build awareness, drive site traffic and tune-in through
editorial marketing programmes

Coordinate all search engine optimisation activities

Develop ground breaking new initiatives

Required skills and experience:

The ideal candidate has 4-6 years' marketing experience including a
minimum of 2 years' in social media marketing.

You will preferably have experience within the cultural sector and/or
an educational background in the cultural or media sector with ideally
a University degree in Media studies or Humanities (Arts, History)

Essential areas of knowledge are Search Engine Optimization, Web
analytics and how to use social media for engaging end users and
growing brand awareness.

Excellent written and verbal English communication skills

Strong interpersonal, problem solving and time management skills

Able to travel within Europe when necessary

The benefits:

A basic salary of between €3,000 and €3,500 gross per month
depending on experience level.
42 days holiday per year
Annual bonus (around 8%)
Central location 5 minutes walk from The Hague Central train station
Public transport travel costs paid

Europeana's home base is located in the centre of The Hague, hosted
within the Dutch Royal Library (Koninklijke Bibliotheek). We are an
international, enthusiastic, friendly and motivated team of 40 representing
more than 15 nationalities. For more information see:
http://europeana.eu/portal/aboutus.html

Applications and process:

Please send your CV (in English) with a covering letter outlining what
interests you about this position and your salary expectations
to: jobs.europeana@kb.nl

If you have any questions before applying please contact our
Marketing Communications Manager - Anne Marie van Gerwen
[via annemarie dot vangerwen (at) kb dot nl]

Closing date : Friday 17th December

Interviews to be held in the 2nd week of January 2011

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