Cultural Outreach Unit

The European Parliament stands for European democracy. We help connect it to people.  

This entails providing complete and impartial information to citizens and media about the European Parliament, and assisting Members in their communication activities.  The Directorate-General for Communication (DG COMM) strives to reach and engage the right audience with the right message at the right time and in doing so, deliver world-class communication. We are committed communication professionals coming from various professional and academic backgrounds.

The Cultural Outreach Unit manages the art collection of the European Parliament and ensures its visibility within the places of work of the European Parliament. It organises art exhibitions in various locations and strives to create conversations around important societal issues through these activities, in areas the European Parliament is active in as a legislator. 

As a trainee in the Cultural Outreach Unit you will become an integral member of the team and have the opportunity to participate in shaping the activities of the unit. Your exact tasks will be defined depending on the workload of the team and of your own affinity with the various activities of the unit. For example:

• Assisting with the management of the European Parliament's Art collection, such as writing artists' biographies and descriptions of new artworks in our collection, keeping the database of artists up to date, organising the archives;
• Helping with the installation and dismantling of exhibitions;
• Preparing and giving guided tours;
• Assisting with the work on partnerships: maintaining the database of partners, expanding our contacts with new cultural organisations;
• Assisting with the communication around our activities: drafting texts, preparing articles for our website, giving ideas for new formats, identifying interesting communication channels and partners;
• Preparing presentations on our activities: art collection, exhibitions, cultural activities in the Citizens' Garden, etc.;
• Contributing to the visibility of our activities through outreach to partner organisations and artists, in collaboration with other units in DG COMM.

You are a creative team-player and interested in exploring new ways of communicating politics to citizens through art, you ideally have a university degree in one of the following domains:

• Communication;
• Public relations;
• History of art;
• Organisation and management of exhibitions and/or;
• Museology and museography.

Any additional training in communication, history, literature, law and politics, or experience in a museum, an art gallery and/or exhibition centre is welcome.

You speak excellent English or French.