Do you have a passion for education and research? Does the word ‘change’ excite you? Can you use your journalistic approach and powers of communication to leverage the mission at one of the best business schools in Europe to be a force for positive change? If you can innovatively and effectively communicate how we are fulfilling our mission, then you might be our new communications specialist at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM). You’ll need to be proactive and on-the-ball at producing and pitching news – with a real journalistic approach. You’ll always be on the lookout for news and cases that sustain RSM’s mission to be a force for positive change in the world on- and off-campus, and with a great feeling for rendering our news in engaging stories, videos, and images, using every channel of communication. You can act fast while keeping our prime communication objectives in mind at all times. You have a creative vision for communicating our mission, and you can generate ideas and initiatives to further build engagement with our stakeholders in line with our mission.

Key responsibilities comprise: 

• content production such as videos, podcasts and texts: creating, pitching, overseeing, executing, and broadcasting where most effective
• management of all media, including social media, and public relations
• organisation of engagement activities (meet-ups, debates)
• management of the related web pages and developing, project managing and launching the dedicated portal in collaboration with our web team and our IT department.

• Higher professional education (Dutch hbo) or university qualifications

• Proven experience in journalistic function with media, or as a corporate reporter

• Proven experience with video: scripting, pre-production and production, directing, and collaborating with video professionals such as camera operators, editors and animators

• Understanding of PR, social media and creating appropriate exposure

• Excellent written and spoken English and Dutch for internal and external communications (C1)

• Affinity with academics and the academic world

• Knowledge of business trends

• Experience with publishing online content in CMS

• Extensive media network, or the ability to quickly connect with journalists and build a network

• Full-time availability

 Your required competencies:

• Organisational sensitivity

• An external focus

• Results-oriented

• Energy, initiative and creativity

• Networking

The salary range for this specific position is € 3,545 – € 4,852 (scale 11 CAO VSNU, based on full-time employment). Ranking will be based on education and working experience. EUR has attractive employment conditions, which include a holiday allowance of 8 per cent, an end-of-year bonus of 8.3 per cent, and a generous number of vacation days.