Job Offer Editorial Assistant

Editorial Assistant - bilingual French-English CDI

About Sparknews

Founded in 2012 by Christian de Boisredon (Ashoka Fellow), Sparknews is a certified B-Corp whose mission is to facilitate the emergence of new narratives that accelerate the ecological and social transition. To achieve this, we actively support cultural transformation on two levels:

– Towards the general public, through a wide network of media, artists and influencers, by creating international awareness and mobilisation campaigns that unleash the imagination and stimulate the desire to build a more inclusive and sustainable world.

– Towards companies, to nurture and deepen their awareness of positive impact, a prerequisite for reconciling business needs with positive impact. We work with CEOs, Executive committees, business units, middle management and employees of some forty companies (CAC40, ETI, SME)

What We Do

1. IDENTIFY INITIATIVES WITH A HIGH SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

1. IDENTIFY INITIATIVES WITH A HIGH SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, whether they come from social entrepreneurs, start-ups for good, large companies, not-for-profit organisations or public policies. Our database currently contains over 5000 initiatives from all over the world and is maintained by a dedicated team.

2. CREATE INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE FORMATS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT TODAY’S MOST PRESSING ISSUES

2. CREATE INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE FORMATS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT TODAY’S MOST PRESSING ISSUES. Sparknews’ singularity is to create formats which combine education, inspiration, immersion, highlighting of concrete solutions and the activation of a unique network of positive leaders, leading figures from the economic, media, artistic and scientific worlds who intervene alongside us. Examples of formats: media campaigns with major daily newspapers from around the world (Impact Journalism Day, Towards Equality etc.), conferences, webinars, white papers, reports, artists’ contributions, learning expeditions, cultural transformation missions for executive committees, a Positive Transformation Club, etc.

3. CREATE AND COORDINATE RELEVANT NETWORKS

3. CREATE AND COORDINATE RELEVANT NETWORKS. We favour collaborative work (“Alone we go faster, together we go further”) by bringing together different stakeholders committed to tackle the same issues: Alliances of international news media, Positive Transformation Club with large corporations, the coordination of networks of influencers, artists etc.

What you will do

Sourcing and checking solution-oriented story ideas, and writing pitches for media programmes
Researching topics linked to the Sustainable Development Goals
Proofing, editing, writing and updating content (articles, white papers, reports, fact sheets, newsletters etc.) on today’s most pressing issues for different audiences
Helping define editorial lines for varied programmes and events
Support the rest of the team on projects with a strong editorial component

Required Qualifications and Skills

Bilingual French and English with proven writing skills in both languages

Good knowledge of journalistic standards and practices

Strongly interested in current affairs and sustainable development

Strongly interested in new editorial approaches and formats

Ability to work well with others and autonomously

Rigorous & Dynamic

Background

Journalism/International studies/Communication/Political Sciences

Prior professional experience required

You’ll love this job if you’re:

Excited about digging deeper into some of today’s most pressing issues

Passionate about constructive journalism

Interested in semantic technology

Aware of editorial/journalistic requirements

Excited about new journalistic formats & open to new ideas

Able to work with an agile mind-set in an evolving, start-up environment

Results driven and able to see your projects through to the end

Conditions

Contract type: Permanent contract (CDI) - full-time

Location: Paris 9e & remote working

Starting date: March-April 2022

How to apply ?

Send your CV and cover letter by email to Audrey Jacquet, ajacquet@sparknews.com

Contact Audrey