BlaBlaCar : a high growth company

A successful and innovative pan-European start-up, backed by Accel Partners, in a rapid international growth phase, our HQ are based in Paris and we have international teams in Madrid, Milan, Warsaw, Hamburg, Moscow, London, Istanbul and Delhi. We are creating an entirely new, people powered, transport network. With dedicated customer service, state of the art web and mobile platforms, and a highly engaged community of users, BlaBlaCar is making road travel fun, money-saving and more efficient. We are always recruiting talented new team members to support our rapid growth.

Being part of the BlaBlaCar team means:

• you will have a positive social impact on the world, as we continue to make road travel smarter and more sustainable
• you will work in a fast-paced environment with a highly agile team of dynamic, hyper-motivated and talented individuals
• you will join a pan-European company, with a real international culture and vision; multi-lingual and highly mobile :)

BlaBlaCar is looking for a candidate to manage relations with academic institutions. BlaBlaCar is the world leading ridesharing service. Our activities span 14 countries, and our global culture is shaped by our team’s 24 different nationalities. BlaBlaCar is solicited by numerous highly regarded schools to provide views and content on topics related to our activity, as well as participate to on-campus recruitment events. Consequently we are looking to hire a candidate to manage relations with students, academia and career services.

Key responsibilities will include:

Students

• Work closely with the Global Corporate Communications team to answer approximately hundred questions a year from students / academia on our sector and activities. Such questions can have varying levels of depth but our answers must all be qualitative and consistent.
• Develop templates and processes to answer frequent student questions. Identify requests that deserve more involvement from the Corporate Communications team and support the resulting needs for content creation.
• Explore organising monthly webinars to address student’s questions.
• Host student visits to BlaBlaCar offices.

Academia

• Develop relations with leading school’s chairs / departments / professors which are producing research on topics of interest to BlaBlaCar, in conjunction with the Corporate Communications team.
• Identify courses where students need to work on real business projects, and coordinate interactions with professors and students so that they work on issues pertinent to BlaBlaCar

Recruitment

• Work closely with our recruiters to develop a “school engagement strategy” identifying the best schools for our recruitment priorities.
• Develop relations with these schools’ career services and post our recruitment offers.
• Coordinate on-campus recruitment events (assessing which ones to prioritise, negotiating conditions, organising on-campus logistics).
• Identify and attend networking activities such as career fairs, conferences, etc.

• Dynamic personality, the ability to build relationships
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Bilingual French / English
• Good understanding of French “Grandes Ecoles” ecosystem and culture (from having either studied or worked there)
• Good PC skills and desire to work with new and innovative technology.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently on projects or in teams; share responsibility for results, provide and accept feedback.

• Start: ASAP
• Contract: Full-time only
• Location: between métro Blanche et Trinité, Paris 9ème
• Salary: Depends on profile and experience

To apply, please answer these questions in English (approximately 150 characters, space included, per answer, except for question 3) :

1. Give us an example of a brand which you think has built an efficient communications strategy to target students 
2. What is your experience with ridesharing?
3. How would you define BlaBlacar in only one word?