Marketing and Communications Officer

Hybrid: From home and our office at Amsterdam Central Station

Total salary: €49.000 - €62.000 (before taxes including allowances) plus excellent secondary benefits (see below)

Full-time: 37.5 hours per week (working part-time is also possible) 

IMPORTANT: you should be living in the Netherlands 

We are looking for a talented Marketing and Communications Officer who can help us promote our tools and services through a targeted social media presence and engaging events. 

The RIPE NCC’s Communications and Marketing Department is an international team of eight sharp professionals who work well together and like to have fun. We support our talented engineering colleagues across the company who run important technical infrastructure and services that are important to Internet stability. We also provide secretariat support to the Internet engineering community within our region (RIPE) and run projects that support the RIPE NCC’s wider goals, including the publication of various corporate governance documents like our Activity Plan and Annual Report.

Our ideal candidate has been working in a relevant field for 2-4 years and brings a lot of energy and creativity to what they do. We are looking for someone who is very hands-on and can take charge of our social media presence, running campaigns that make a measurable impact. You should be capable of working independently and seeing projects through to completion. 

🧠 In this role, you will:

• Managing our social media presence and developing campaigns to promote our events and services 

• Copywriting and text support - ranging from web pages to long reports

• Supporting other departments internally with marketing and communications plans and contributing to strategy development 

• Developing branded templates and materials 

• Overseeing the production of videos and podcasts 

• Supporting our events in person across Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia

We would also appreciate: 

• Hands-on experience with creating multimedia content 

• Experience running ad campaigns on social media 

• A strong affinity for writing 

• Creativity and enthusiasm for making meaningful content with real impact

📢What You Can Expect From Us:

Part of our pay policy is that we offer attractive total remuneration. While some companies may offer higher base salaries, at the RIPE NCC we take pride in offering outstanding secondary benefits that truly set us apart. Beyond the tangible perks, you’ll also gain the invaluable reward of working for a mission-driven organisation—where your contributions have a real and lasting impact on the Internet and the internet community we serve. 

• A modern, flexible and informal work environment in the heart of Amsterdam, with an emphasis on a healthy work/life balance

• A hybrid working policy in which you can combine working from the office with working from home. Working from abroad for a number of days per year is also possible

• 30 vacation days, plus three collective days, plus public holidays

• A gross Health insurance compensation for you and if applicable, your partner, and your children under 21 years old. This means that RIPE NCC pays the biggest part of your health insurance, you will only pay the taxes 

• An excellent non-contributory pension scheme. We pay for the whole premium while most of the organisations in the Netherlands ask the employee for some contribution

• A generous education budget, €2.250 per year so you can keep learning and developing your skills

• Dutch language lessons for international colleagues. If we relocate you with your partner, we also offer this for your partner 

• An annual health budget of €750 gross that you can spend on sport classes, a mindfulness course, chair massage, etc

• An annual budget of €1.600 gross for your Internet connectivity and technology at home

• When travelling with public transport, your transportation costs will be covered by a first-class train ticket to our Amsterdam office and/or KM allowance.

• An additional annual transportation budget of €500 gross that you can use for example on a bike or GVB card

• A sport hour per week, for doing sports or fitness during work hours

• Home office furniture budget for a healthy, ARBO proof work setup at home.

• Organisation-wide internal training program designed to develop critical soft skills—like feedback, resilience, and leadership—giving you the tools to excel in your career and beyond.

• An in-house free barista providing healthy varied lunches on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and nice breakfasts on Thursdays, plus monthly office social events.

• Casual team events such as team outings, annual Christmas party and summer BBQ. 

🛜About The RIPE NCC

The RIPE NCC is a not-for-profit organisation founded on the belief that the Internet should be governed openly, transparently and together with the wider Internet community. We are one of the oldest Internet organisations in Europe and are proud of our legacy.

Our strength is our staff. We bring together more than 180+ people from over 44 countries in our modern, vibrant office in the east wing of Amsterdam Central Station. Currently, we have a hybrid way of working and allow our staff to work from their homes and the office. Our official working language is English, but our colleagues speak more than 30 languages.

Our backgrounds are diverse, but our goal is the same: we work for the good of the Internet. Will you join us?

📋How To Apply

If interested, please click the ‘Apply’ button and submit your CV and cover letter in English. Adding a cover letter is highly important and appreciated, our team read them carefully. 

Not ready to apply yet? Then send me an email to openings@ripe.net and we can have an informal chat.

At the RIPE NCC, we are proud to serve our members and the RIPE community in 76 countries across Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia. We celebrate unique perspectives and talents from different backgrounds and cultures. So if you're passionate about what you do and want to help shape the future of the Internet, apply now - we'd love to hear your story. 

Please note that due to the nature of our activities, we will require successful candidates to follow a pre-employment screening (conducted by our partner DISA). This involves carrying out a background check and sharing education certificates.