Bucharest (hybrid) • Full-time 8h/day • Start: 1st of October, 2026 (availability one month earlier to get acquainted with the job)
For ten years, Mediawise Society has helped Romanian children, teachers and librarians read the media around them with a critical eye. Now we are scaling up, and much of that work is about making what we do more visible.
We are looking for a Communications Officer to make Mediawise’s actions and resources more visible to our community of teachers, young people, media and potential donors. Much of the work over the next three years will be dedicated to leading the Communications work package of a cross-disciplinary EU research project, working alongside a team of researchers and professionals from sociology, political science, psychology, communication and media studies, and law. We expect the new Comms Officer to own an integrated approach, to bring together the communication and dissemination of everything Mediawise does, from our Horizon research project to our teacher community and donors.
What the role is really about
As Communications Officer, you will drive Mediawise’s communications strategy across teacher engagement, advocacy with public authorities, fundraising and media presence.
In practice, you will start with what a communications coordinator does in an NGO:
- Curate the existing Mediawise’s communication strategy;
- Manage and grow our website and social media channels;
- Find dissemination opportunities in the media, building media partnerships to amplify Mediawise actions and resources;
- Grow the community around Mediawise, including potential donors and sponsors – supporting fundraising across our channels (individual donations, the 20% profit-tax redirection for companies, and grant/project applications) and running donor communications;
- Grow our monthly newsletter subscribers by 25% in the first year through targeted outreach and attractive content. This includes managing the contacts database.
Much of your work over the next three years will focus on the Horizon Europe project DeAppeal:
You will lead the project Communications, working closely with the Mediawise Editorial Coordinator and Operations Manager and under the supervision of the head of the association – a senior media-literacy expert and trainer with international experience in the field. Read the project article DeAppeal here.
On DeAppeal you will:
- Build and run the project’s communication & dissemination strategy and action plan with our team and partners across Europe – calendars, partner responsibilities, KPIs and reporting.
- Coordinate the packaging and sharing of research so people actually use it: visual identity, the project’s online platform, monthly newsletters, press, toolkits and social media (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok).
- Keep our brand and EU visibility rules consistent across all partners and outputs.
- Cross-promote training developed in our European consortia (Teachers 4.0, eMerge, Mind over Media, Changing Democracies and more) and connect it to Mediawise’s wider goals, including promoting Mediawise Teacher, our professional-development programme for teaching media education in the classroom.
You will communicate and disseminate our educational resources, you will not be expected to develop the pedagogical content yourself; our expert team does that.
Please apply only if you tick all of these
- A degree in communications, media or a related field.
- Hands-on experience with EU-funded projects – communication and dissemination in particular, ideally Horizon-type projects.
- Romanian (native or bilingual) and English at proficiency / academic level as you will work in English with partners across Europe every week.
- Experience working with NGOs in Romania is a plus.
- Based in Bucharest, able to work hybrid, with availability to travel within Europe.
- Experienced, well-organized, and easy to work with.
If one of these is missing, this likely isn’t the right fit, and that’s okay.
Nice to have
Hands-on experience with WordPress, Meta Business Suite, a newsletter platform (e.g. Mailchimp, Sender), Canva or Adobe design tools, and basic analytics; comfort with donor/CRM databases and with grant/project-proposal writing, creative writing.
What we offer
A small, friendly and highly educated expert team in Bucharest and remote; flexible hours and hybrid work; real exposure to European projects and partners in the field of media-literacy education; travel across Europe; and a part-time role (4h/day) with a clear path to full-time. Compensation is competitive and discussed at interview.
How to apply
Send your CV and a short letter of intent – including a brief outline of how you would approach Mediawise’s communications – to [email protected] by 20th of July. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview; we aim to reply to all applicants by 10th of August. Mediawise is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants of all backgrounds.
