Junior Corporate Content Specialist

About us

Get on board with Damen Naval, along with more than 1,200 professionals based in The Netherlands, Romania, and Germany. We are the naval division of the family-owned Damen Shipyards Group which employs 12,000 professionals globally. Damen Naval designs and builds advanced naval vessels for customers all over the world. With a passion for technological innovation and sustainable solutions, we continue to push the boundaries in naval shipbuilding. You can be part of our team! Are you ready for duty?

The role

As Junior Corporate Content Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in supporting Damen Naval’s internal and external communications. You will assist with content development and manage content across digital platforms.

Key accountabilities

As Junior Corporate Content Specialist your responsibilities will include:

• Crafting and executing the content calendar, including articles, press releases, and social media posts aligned with strategic goals.
• Leading internal communications, sharing company updates, event announcements, and the internal newsletter.
• Managing content uploads to our CMS and Digital Asset Management system.
• Coordinating our social media platforms to boost engagement and brand visibility.
• Creating and editing visual assets tailored for social media.
• Translating materials seamlessly between Dutch and English.
• Optimising content with insights from the digital marketing team.

Skills & experience

For the Junior Corporate Content Specialist vacancy, Damen Naval is looking for candidates with the following qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in Communications, Journalism, or a related field with at least one year of relevant experience.
• Skills: eye for detail, results-driven, team-oriented, flexible, and a natural networker.
• Excellent command of the Dutch and English language both written and verbal.
• Excellent references, as a security screening is part of the hiring process.
• Permanent EU citizenship and passport are both required. Candidates with EU (work) visa or with (also) a non-EU nationality and/or passport are not eligible given the requirements imposed by the military nature of our projects.

What we offer

At Damen Naval, we highly value our employees, and we will support your professional and personal development. We also provide our employees with:

• A competitive salary and 8% holiday pay.
• 27 holidays and 13 ADV days.
• Travel allowance of 23 cents per kilometre.
• PME-pension arrangement with an employer contribution of 60%.
• Profit sharing based on company results.
• Flexibility to work from home up to two days a week.
• Additional benefits including a bicycle plan and company fitness.

Why Damen?

Damen has 35 shipyards on five different continents and operates in more than 100 countries. We are still growing and that gives you options. You contribute to this growth while benefitting from the diverse development and career opportunities that our company offers. We will continue to challenge you. With our extensive portfolio of products and solutions you will never get bored and never stop learning. We offer you a world of possibilities. Working at Damen means contributing to the highest quality in shipbuilding, with an eye to the future and future generations. We want to make the world a better place by becoming the most sustainable maritime solution provider. For that, we need you. Become part of our family.

About Us

We are Damen. We’re a family company that has been building ships for almost 100 years. However, our focus is not on the past, however – we’re looking forward. Our ambition is to become the most sustainable and connected maritime solutions provider there is. To achieve this, we combine digital technology with our philosophy of standardised shipbuilding to offer a portfolio of services that takes care of vessels throughout the entire lifecycle. Working at Damen offers the best of several worlds. Active in more than 100 countries, with over 30 shipyards, we are internationally renowned for quality. And we are still growing, still innovating. Which means we will continue to challenge you. You will never stop learning, and you will never get bored – we promise you that. We offer you an ocean of possibilities. Join our family.