Freelance Digital Communication Lead - Deep Tech Ecosystem

📋 Tasks and responsibilities We are looking for a Digital Communication & Ecosystem Lead to strengthen visibility, credibility and reach within the European deep-tech ecosystem. This proactive role combines communication strategy, content creation, event marketing and ecosystem engagement. You will help further position a venture-building and startup support platform by shaping and executing its communication approach, managing its external presence, expanding its network, and supporting ecosystem activities and events. - Communication strategy & planning - Develop, implement and continuously refine the communication strategy. - Create and manage an annual content and communication calendar. - Identify and prioritize new channels through a data-driven approach to grow the community, increase European visibility and support dealflow. - Define, monitor and evaluate communication and marketing KPIs and success metrics. - Ensure alignment with the broader corporate communication strategy and applicable guidelines. - Social media management - Take ownership of the LinkedIn presence and manage the channel on an ongoing basis. - Create, write and publish engaging content regularly. - Follow up on engagement and interact with relevant stakeholders. - Build thought leadership around topics such as deep-tech entrepreneurship, venture building, innovation commercialisation, sustainability, climate innovation, startup success stories and research-based entrepreneurship. - Content creation & storytelling - Develop compelling stories featuring startups, researchers, investors and partners. - Conduct interviews and create testimonials and founder stories based on investment cases. - Write articles, blog posts, newsletters and website content. - Translate complex technologies into clear, engaging and accessible narratives. - Coordinate visual content, photography and video production where needed. - Edit photos and videos, and create visuals using tools such as Canva, Illustrator or similar applications. - Produce corporate, marketing and product-oriented copy tailored to the target audience. - Event communication & promotion - Support communication activities before, during and after events. - Prepare event communication plans and help implement them effectively. - Promote participation in conferences and ecosystem events. - Provide live event coverage and create supporting content. - Deliver post-event reports, recaps and success stories. - Ecosystem engagement & event development - Proactively identify relevant European startup, innovation and investment events. - Spot partnership opportunities that can increase visibility and impact. - Help define and launch community initiatives and proprietary event concepts such as founder meetups, deep-tech breakfast sessions, investor roundtables, venture-building workshops, demo days and networking events. - Support event planning, promotion and stakeholder engagement. - Help attract speakers, partners and participants. 📝 Your profile - You have a higher education degree. - You bring experience in communication, marketing, copywriting, ecosystem building and/or community management. - You have hands-on expertise in event marketing and stakeholder engagement. - You are comfortable drafting and/or implementing communication plans, including internal communication where relevant. - You have experience with corporate, marketing and/or product copywriting. - You stay up to date with trends and developments in digital communication, content marketing and social media. - You have experience working with startups and understand the dynamics of entrepreneurial and innovation-driven environments. - You work in a data-driven way and know how to use performance insights to improve communication impact. - You can edit photos and videos and create visual assets using tools such as Canva, Illustrator or similar software. - English is required for this assignment; Dutch is not mandatory. ⚠️ This position is offered as a part-time freelance role (40%). Originally posted on Himalayas