Applications accepted in English or German.

About Avaaz

Avaaz is a worldwide movement that brings together 70 million members, aimed at empowering citizens and turning individual voices into a powerful collective force. This is especially crucial during key moments, enabling us to tackle urgent global issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation, human rights violations, and threats to democracy.

The organisation is deeply mission focused and funded exclusively by members to maintain its independence. Avaaz has achieved a broad range of victories over the last 15 years that you can read about here. 

Role Overview

We're looking for a committed full-time content creator to join our ‘creative resistance’ to stop the rise of right-wing extremism in Germany ahead of the European elections, from March until June 15.

We need all hands on deck to break the wave of extremists surging across the continent, and are looking for creative, passionate, dedicated individuals to join our team for the 2024 EU elections and make sure that #NeverAgain isn’t just a slogan, but a promise. 

If this sounds exciting to you and you’re keen to leverage your organising or campaigning skills to defend democracy and human rights, then do apply. We’re hiring as of today.

The ideal candidate will have a keen understanding of content creation, from storyboarding to editing - especially for social media - and great experience in crafting compelling content for social media, blogs, newsletters, and other digital channels.

 This position is a unique opportunity to shape Europe's future and keep the voices of hatred and division at bay.

Responsibilities

• Develop engaging content, including video, graphics and visuals, tailored to specific European elections campaign objectives and target audiences.
• Collaborate with the campaign team to brainstorm and execute creative content ideas that resonate with voters across Europe.
• Write and edit persuasive copy for social media posts, blog articles, email newsletters, and other digital platforms.
• Monitor social media trends and engage with online communities to amplify campaign messages and foster meaningful conversations.
• Work closely with team members to ensure cohesive branding and messaging across all campaign materials.
• Track and analyze key performance metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of content strategies and optimize future campaigns.
  

Qualifications

• Experience creating content for political campaigns, advocacy organizations, or media outlets.
• Strong writing and editing skills, with the ability to craft clear, persuasive, and grammatically correct content under tight deadlines.
• Proficiency in using social media and chat platforms (incl. TikTok and WhatsApp), and content management systems (e.g., WordPress, Mailchimp).
• Familiarity with graphic design tools (e.g., Canva, Adobe Creative Suite) and video editing software (e.g., Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro) is a plus.
• Knowledge of German politics, institutions, and electoral processes is highly desirable.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate effectively in a fast-paced team environment.
• Ability to interpret data and adjust content strategies accordingly.
• Excellent written and verbal skills in English is an advantage.

Location

Avaaz is a virtual organization, with most of our work done online. Our staff are based all over the world. For this position, the candidate needs to be based in Germany, ideally in or around Berlin.

Compensation and Benefits

Salary varies with location and experience, and is highly competitive with leading international nongovernmental organisations. The monthly compensation for this position ranges from 4.800 - 7.000 EURO.

Application Timeline

We are reviewing applications on a rolling basis, and encourage all candidates to submit applications as soon as possible. 

Avaaz’s Commitment to Equity and Inclusion 

As a global organization with millions of members around the world, it’s important to us that our team reflects the diversity needed to lead a movement of people from across the planet, rising to meet some of the most complex challenges humanity has ever faced. We believe we can only succeed by building a diverse team full of fresh perspectives and original ideas, and we are committed to creating a working environment in which everyone has an equitable opportunity to fulfill their potential.

Our team includes speakers of English as a first or second language, the self-taught and university educated, people with all sorts of professional backgrounds. If doing the job you just read about would make you excited to come to work every day, if you’re talented, hard-working and committed to making a difference - we want you to apply.

Avaaz does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, colour, ancestry, language and accent, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, family/parental or marital status, religion, socioeconomic class, caste, disability or any other characteristic protected by law

We are committed to ongoing learning, so if you have suggestions for us on how to better put these values into practice in our hiring process, we’d value your input. Please write to us at recruitment@avaaz.org with the subject line ‘Hiring Feedback’.

We’ll provide reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants with disabilities or special needs to participate in the application process, so please let us know if you have such a request when you apply.

Please do not send your application via email. Only applications received via the form online will be considered. Thank you!