Deutsche Welle is looking for an Editorial Coordinator (f/m/d) for the Directorate General at its location in Bonn or Berlin, starting 1 December 2026 or as soon as possible. Full time, fixed-term until 30 September 2027.
The Editorial Coordinator is responsible for facilitating editorial cooperation and content exchange across the consortium. The role ensures effective coordination between participating editorial teams, supports multilingual content sharing, and promotes the joint editorial objectives of the programme through structured collaboration mechanisms and shared digital platforms.
Responsibilities:
- Facilitate and encourage day-to-day editorial cooperation between country and language teams of consortium partners
- Support joint editorial planning and the identification of common thematic priorities
- Support the operation of the joint content exchange environment, including Microsoft Teams and the shared content repository, and monitor content-sharing activities
- Facilitate the identification, adaptation, and redistribution of content across languages and markets and promote the effective use of consortium resources
- Promote adherence to common editorial principles and journalistic standards
- Support coordination on editorial innovation, audience engagement and content performance analysis
- Contribute to programme reporting by documenting collaborative editorial achievements and examples of cross-border cooperation
- Provide regular updates to the Project Office and relevant governance bodies
Profile:
- Completed degree, preferably in journalism, media studies, communication studies, or comparable fields
- Long-standing experience in international journalism, editorial management and/or media production coordination
- Demonstrated ability to work in international and multilingual environments
- Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills
- Familiarity with collaborative digital tools and content-sharing platforms
- Excellent command of German and English (min. level C1), ideally additionally French (min. level B2)
- Language skills of Eastern European languages an asset, e.g. Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian, Romanian or Serbian
Deutsche Welle promotes diversity and equal opportunities and welcomes applications regardless of nationality, background, religion, disability, sexual identity, gender identity or age. Applications from women are particularly welcome. The position can also be filled by part-time employees.
Benefits include purposeful work in an international media environment, flexible work arrangements (working hours and working from home), a learning and development programme, and a competitive salary package.
Have we piqued your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your application by 8 November 2026.
HOW TO APPLY:
Apply online via the Deutsche Welle careers portal by 8 November 2026.
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