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%).