Internal Communications Coordinator

At Picnic, we’re revolutionising the way people buy groceries with our innovative and sustainable app-only service. We do almost everything in-house, developing cutting-edge technologies and processes to ensure we continue to grow rapidly without missing a beat. If you're passionate about internal communication and employee engagement, we’re offering you the opportunity to join the diverse team at our Amsterdam HQ and make a real difference in our scale-up environment.

As part of the Communications & Engagement Team, you contribute to an engaging and inspiring work environment in which our ever-growing team of 10,000+ employees and 500+ team leads can get the best out of themselves. You create communication for strategic change projects and drive our internal communication calendar around Picnic’s mission and values. Together with your colleagues from the International Communications & Engagement team, you will work to realise our mission: to be the best place to work for our employees!

Ensure employees know how to contribute to the company goals and feel sufficiently informed:

• Create communication material for strategic communication, from storytelling around Picnic’s values to personal communication (e.g. wage updates)
• Create engaging awareness campaigns to support business goals (e.g. increase safety awareness in our operational workspace, value the importance and contribution of local leadership)
• Create content for our periodic news sharing (e.g. via newsletters) to all employees

Drive employee satisfaction by increasing the effectiveness of our internal communication:

• Tailor our communication to the different target audiences, create and maintain a clear tone-of-voice across our communication
• Improve the effectiveness of our communication channels towards employees (Slack, newsletters, print, work app)
• Partner with business stakeholders and maintain a feedback loop with employees, to understand and meet their needs

• BSc. or MSc. degree in Communication, Communication Sciences, Journalism or a similar
• Up to 2 years of professional experience in the field of internal communication and/or copywriting
• Fluent in English and Dutch (basic knowledge of French and/or German would be a plus)
• Creative strength: you can package ideas and topics both textually and verbally in an understandable and target group-specific way, you're a strong copywriter
• Organisational skills: you work in an organised way, push timelines even when working across departments, you coordinate communication channels
• Journalism mindset: you have the ability to create news, you can engage and delight people with written communication

• You’ll get plenty of opportunities to challenge yourself and grow, including the Picnic Tech Academy, Lunch & Learn sessions, and tailored soft skills training. We also offer free professional weekly language courses.

• You’ll work in an awesome scale-up environment with the freedom to drive your own projects and create a visible impact. Our fully electric vehicles and sustainable business model mean you’ll also be contributing to making the world a better place!

• With more than 80 nationalities across 3 countries, you’ll be part of a diverse company with plenty of cool stuff to get involved with, from board game evenings to after-work drinks to our company ski trip and more!

• You’ll get freshly prepared, healthy lunches and snacks (with plenty of vegetarian, vegan, and halal options). Coffee snob? Don’t worry, our amazing Picnic barista has you covered.

• Mental health is important. As well as having the option to speak with Picnic colleagues who act as confidential advisors, our collaboration with OpenUp gives you easy access to professional psychologists, along with workshops and materials. There are plenty of sports communities and events to get involved with, from tennis to yoga to climbing!

• We offer competitive compensation and a pension plan that looks out for your future self.

• Where possible, we like to enable people to work in ways that suit their working styles. In general our teams work in the office 4 days per week.

Commitment to equal opportunities Picnic is an equal opportunity employer—this means that all decisions regarding applications will be based on qualifications and merit. Applicants will be regarded independently of age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, skin color, civil status, religious beliefs, physical or mental disability, or any other factors protected by law.

At Picnic, we celebrate and value our differences and are committed to building a safe and inclusive working environment where everyone can be themselves.