Current openings are listed below, positions are shown until a candidate has signed. For open positions please submit a short cover letter indicating how you meet the core criteria listed in the job profile.
We are also interested in hearing from individuals who feel that they may be ready for a move to EurActiv in the coming few months. Again, for these unadvertised positions, please submit a short cover letter explaining which field you are most interested in:
Editorial – must have native or near native English and a minimum of 3 years journalistic, preferably online, experience.
Sales & Marketing – must have at least three years sales experience, preferably in service sector, good knowledge of EU policies is a desirable asset.
Technical – good knowledge of content management systems, data base management and integration of proprietary and open source software.
Finance & administration – ideally with experience of UK and continental accounting, finance and corporate legal structures, likely to have minimum ten years business experience, should be fluent in French and English.
Interns and Trainees: EurActiv recruits up to ten young people per year for periods of at least six months to assist in each of the sections listed above, applicants should be knowledgeable about EU policies, ideally have done a 'stage' in one of the EU institutions and be fluent in English and French at least. Translators (from English into French and/or German) are also recruited from time to time.
A brief automated response will be sent to applicants for unadvertised positions and you will only be contacted individually if and when a position is advertised formally.
EurActiv.com is an independent media portal for EU policies. EurActiv has an original business model, based on 5 elements (corporate sponsoring, EurActor membership, advertising, EU projects, and content syndication). It is well funded and the content usage is free.
The EurActiv web portal is firmly established as favourite online platform for public affairs specialists. It brings together journalistic independence with transparency practical efficiency, complementing the existing EU media and institutional websites.
Combining online expertise with a novel approach to EU policy reporting, EurActiv brings together:
EurActiv enjoys extensive political, NGO and press support. It is at the heart of the 'Community of EU Actors'. This 'Community' includes several thousand European organisations and companies, many of which are currently using EurActiv's services.
EurActiv.com is incorporated in the UK, where it has its administrative seat. EurActiv has a large Project Office in Brussels. Currently, the team includes over 25 persons, including in the key positions, a Publisher (former McKinsey consultant and Commission official), a Secretary General (former chair of AmCham EU and CEO of The EPC), a Technical Director (expert in network management), and a team of journalists headed by a Managing Editor (former journalist and Section Coordinator at EurActiv), plus a full marketing team and a technical team.