Events & Community Management Internship

  • Intern

Company Description

BlaBlaCar : a high growth company

A successful and innovative international start-up, backed by Accel Partners and Index Ventures, in a rapid international growth phase, our HQ are based in Paris and we have international teams in Madrid, Milan, Warsaw, Hamburg, Moscow, London, Istanbul and New Delhi. We are creating an entirely new, people powered, transport network. With dedicated customer service, state of the art web and mobile platforms, and a highly engaged community of users, BlaBlaCar is making road travel fun, money-saving and more efficient. We are always recruiting talented new team members to support our rapid growth.

Being part of the BlaBlaCar team means:

  • you will have a positive social impact on the world, as we continue to make road travel smarter and more sustainable
  • you will work in a fast-paced environment with a highly agile team of dynamic, hyper-motivated and talented individuals
  • you will join a global company, with a real international culture and vision; multi-lingual and highly mobile

Job Description

You will join our UK Communications Team to work on our huge summer projects. You will have the opportunity to travel around the UK and Europe on our BlaBlaTour, and you’ll also attend some of the biggest UK festivals. You will be working closely with the UK Social Media and Events manager on the following projects and tasks:

Events

  • Organising and animating several BlaBlaTimes (meet-ups with our community) across the UK. This will include: inviting our members, securing a venue, planning fun and engaging animations and managing all of the logistics.
  • Joining us on our Festival Tour: BlaBlaCar is the official ridesharing partner of Latitude, Leeds and Reading Festivals, meaning we shall be present at all of these music events to promote ridesharing in our tent and Priority Parking. This is a huge operation which will allow you to take the lead on exciting projects.

Social Media

  • Are you social-media savvy? You will have a great opportunity to work on our social media strategy, seeing first-hand how a tech startup interacts with its community.
  • You will take part in our regular brainstorms where your ideas can be implemented.

Community Management

  • You will source testimonials and BlaBlaStars from our community which will be used for blog content and will be shared on our social media channels. This is a fantastic opportunity to really interact with our awesome community and to show off your writing skills.
  • Our community’s happiness is one of our main priorities. One of your roles will be answering their questions on social media and on our website via BlaBlaHelp to ensure they are getting all of the help they need to use our service.

Marketing

  • Take part in our frequent brainstorms for new marketing ideas.
  • Brainstorm for new messages for our monthly newsletters. We’re an original bunch of thinkers so this is guaranteed to be a fun meeting.

Qualifications

  • English mother tongue. Additional languages a plus but not a necessity.
  • Perfect written English.
  • Active on social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram). 
  • Outgoing, energetic, able to animate groups.
  • Multitasker, motivated, ability to work well alone and with others.
  • Driving licence mandatory.
  • Active BlaBlaCar user a plus
  • Photography skills a plus.
  • Photoshop skills a plus.

Additional Information

  • Start: ASAP
  • Place: London
  • Contract: Internship contract 
  • Duration: 6 months. You must be available 5 days a week for the whole period, including the occasional weekend when we work at a festival (but you will have days off during the following week as compensation).
  • The BlaBlaAcademy will start with a week-long intensive training session at our headquarters in Paris. Transport and accommodation for this training week will be covered.
  • Paid internship. 

If you are interested : click on the green button ;)

Then :

1/ Upload your CV

2/ Write your cover letter

Please note, only the following applications will be considered: candidates with a meaningful cover letter, citing SPECIFIC motivation to join our fantastic team; if not, your application will not be considered.


All your information will be kept confidential.