Audio and Podcast Unit - Post A: Audiovisual Communication

The Directorate-General for Translation (DG TRAD) provides the European Parliament (EP) with translation services for its written or electronic communications in all official languages of the European Union.

Our mission is:

• To make available in all official languages all documents relating to Parliament’s role as co-legislator and one of the two arms of the budgetary authority, in order to ensure the legitimacy and transparency of the legislative and budgetary process of the European Union;
• To enable the European Parliament to meet its commitment to the policy of multilingualism, designed to ensure the equal treatment of languages and permitting all citizens of the European Union to communicate with the institutions and have access to the documents of those institutions in their own language;
• To support the Members of the European Parliament and its administration in their multilingual communication with citizens by providing high-quality, modern, multilingual services in text, audio and video and ensuring that content is clear and in all official languages of the EU;
• To ensure that all these services are supplied as efficiently and effectively as possible.

The Directorate for Citizens' Language, within DG TRAD, is responsible for the following non‑procedural units: Clear Language and Editing, Subtitling and Voice-Over, Audio and Podcast, Speech-to-text, My House of European History.

As a trainee in the Audio and Podcast Unit, you will get an insight in all five steps of the production (adaptation, translation, recording, editing and publication), and in the organisation of work. You will mainly participate in the recording and editing steps. You will follow the work of the assistant producers and sound engineers under the supervision of the executive producers, and you will gradually assist in the daily tasks of the unit.

As a trainee, you are:

• Polyvalent, with good technical knowledge but also some creative and writing skills;
• From a journalism, communication, audio production background (or similar subjects);
• Enthusiastic and ready to be part of a multinational and multilingual team;

One of our former trainees said this about his experience: "It is a very rewarding experience to be working in such a multicultural and multilingual environment. I really grew as a person with this unique and enriching experience."

If you are interested in this offer, please submit a motivation letter in English summarising your educational background and your motivation to apply. It would help us if you motivate why you are interested particularly in our unit. The motivation letter should not be longer than 600 words.

Please also submit relevant supporting documents (university diplomas, course transcripts, etc.). The motivation letter and the supporting documents are to be uploaded as a single PDF file.