Community Manager

  • Full-time

Company Description

BlaBlaCar is the global leader in long-distance ridesharing. We are an innovative and fast-growing company aiming at building a unique community of members to transform the way people travel! 

For more information about us, please visit www.blablacar.com/dreamjobs 

Job Description

Why you would want to join us

As an Associate Communication Manager you will be joining our Dutch team in Amsterdam. You’ll be joining a very skilled and motivated team of people, whose goal is to foster awareness, love & engagement. 

Our mission is to become a low-cost transportation market leader in the Benelux by creating the ridesharing reflex in people’s mind, positioning BlaBlaCar as the most fun and serious service and having our members become evangelists of BlaBlaCar on social networks and in real life. As such, the role requires a sharp, creative, dynamic and rigorous mind.

The key responsability will be to plan and organize amazing events in the Benelux, including community meet-ups, presence at festivals, fairs, field operations, etc. You will also be involved in defining BlaBlaCar's Communications strategy for the Benelux, including Social Media marketing and establishing partnerships in order to strengthen the company's notoriety and positioning.

What you will directly contribute to

  • Manage all of the interactions with the community across online and offline platforms such as social networks, phone, events, meet ups
  • Presence and implication on the ground during the events
  • Participation in the logistics
  • Tracking and measuring of success
  • Actively manage our social networks accounts on Facebook, Google+, and Twitter
  • Contributing to the global Communications strategy and cooperating with the Dutch and the Global Communications team 
  • Bring ideas and value to the overall community engagement strategy
  • Support communication team on blogger outreach and content creation
  • Follow up communication partnerships

Qualifications

What you will need to be successful

  • Proven experience in events management (2 to 4 years)
  • Excellent spoken and written communication skills
  • Great project management skills
  • Native level in Dutch and fluent English
  • Ability to work in a multicultural environment
  • Passion for BlaBlaCar and the mission of the company
  • Understanding of digital communications and social media marketing is a strong plus

Additional Information

A few practical details about the role 
  • Start: As soon as you are ready!
  • Location: Amsterdam
  • Contract: Long-term contract
  • Compensation: Competitive package based on experience 
What we offer all of our employees 
  • A start-up spirit that fosters agility, teamwork and impact
  • Challenging career opportunities in a high-growth and fast-paced environment 
  • The choice between the latest Mac or PC equipment 
  • An inspiring working environment including state-of-the-art office spaces
  • Free ridesharing to experience our value “Think it. Build it. Use it.”
  • Annual BlaBlaBreak which takes us all for an unforgettable weekend
  • Weekly BlaBlaTalks when we learn from each others
  • Weekly Tech Demos 
  • BlaBlaSwap which allows you to work one week per year from one of our 10+ offices around the globe
  • and many more to check out on BlaBlaCar.com/dreamjobs
What is next 
If you are ready to join our exciting journey, please apply below without forgetting to upload your resume in English (PDF format) nor to answer our questions in English as well. Kindly note that only complete applications will be reviewed by our hiring team and that all your information will be kept confidential.

You can expect us to review your application within the following 3 weeks. If your application fits our requirements, we will invite you to a video interview (recording yourself with your webcam) followed by several Skype and face to face interviews and a case study.