Blinkist connects people with powerful ideas from leading authors and experts to broaden perspectives, gain knowledge, and spark understanding in all areas of their life, both personal and professional.
Used by over 26 million people worldwide, Blinkist distills the key ideas from the most relevant, impactful books and podcasts. These can be read or listened to in 15-minute summaries, that we call Blinks. ✨
Our mission is to reach 1 billion learners worldwide – and in order to do so, we need to ensure that we offer the most insightful and inspiring content to our customers. We are looking for you to help us with that! As a Junior Content Curator, you will gradually own all of our curation and selection processes and outcomes (including the usage of AI tools!), collaborate cross-functionally, and become part of a dedicated and focused Content team that aims to publish 500+ content pieces a month.
If you are proactive, customer-focused and love to explore and research content, keep reading!
The salary range for an employee based in Germany is €36,000 - €40,000 gross/year.
Check out the hiring process for this position here: https://jobs.blinkist.com/y2f
- Create and contextualize innovative content collections.
- Own our monthly content selection process and outcomes (with the help of an AI tool) to ensure we meet our learners' needs across categories and markets.
- Maintain an overview of our publication schedule and work closely together with our production team to ensure we hit our scheduled publication dates.
- Pick content pieces to be promoted in our newsletters and other channels.
- Work closely together with an engaged team to ensure a mutual sharing of insights, data and learnings.
- Monitor and research competitors' performances and strategies.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest trends in all areas of modern life, covering our 27 categories and 200+ topic pages in the app.
- Initial experience in content curation, market research or similar activities that require a constant focus on the end-user
- Ability to work with new tools and handle large sets of data and information
- Strong written communication skills, initial copywriting experience is preferable
- Fluent English is a must; German is a big plus
- Curiosity and passion for researching trends in books, podcasts, and the learning world
- Effective time management skills and flexibility, you can adjust quickly and efficiently to the given circumstances
- Cross-functional collaboration skills, the thought of achieving shared goals and milestones makes you feel excited
- A creative mindset and out-of-the-box thinking, you like to come up with new and original approaches and combine existing elements in new and unconventional ways.
Our unique culture of empowerment, mutual respect, and transparency has always been our defining characteristic. We support each other and carve out opportunities for every individual to develop and grow. We strongly believe that diversity powers innovation, thus we celebrate and support our differences, providing equal opportunities for employment and career growth. We embrace a flexible, remote-friendly way of working that supports different needs and lifestyles.
We are proud to have been selected by LinkedIn as one of the Top 25 Startups in Germany. Glassdoor and Kununu ratings put us amongst Berlin's top three employers.
These are some of our most valued benefits:
- 30 vacation days + local public holidays in your place of work
- Virtual stock options plan
- Quarterly days of learning and wellbeing
- An extra day off for you birthday
- Unlimited home-office with a monthly workspace allowance
- Learning & development budget
- Coaching budget for minorities and mothers returning from their leave
- Weekly yoga & fitness classes in the office & remote
- Physical and mental health support through various partners
If you choose to join our team in Berlin, you'll have access to our modern office space in Neukölln and enjoy healthy plant-based meals prepared fresh every day by our very own chef.
If we've captured your interest and you want to take part in changing the world through the power of ideas – apply now and tell us what got you excited about this opportunity.
We look forward to hearing from you! ️
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