At Applio Ventures, we're building a new-age policy research unit focused on boosting professional services exports into high-growth emerging economies. We're looking for a Policy Director who will help us lead and develop our international trade and economic research focused content. This content will form the basis of our policy unit, and will contribute to our lobbying activities in Parliament.
So far, we've assembled a Policy Advisory Board, comprising of management-level economists and government officials from organisations like HM Treasury, Barclays Investment Bank, Foreign Office and the US National Petroleum Council.
The role:
* Coordinating briefs generated by policy advisors to write-up long-form report-style content as well as shorter policy briefings
* Identifying, shaping and developing related research areas
* Working with social media team to clarify narratives, and assist in short-form content script-writing
* Defining and leading editorial workflows and research processes
About you:
* Must have an editorial background with preference for trade/economy topics
* Clear desire to join a start-up at the earliest stage + wanting to be a face of our policy research
* Smart, hungry & high risk tolerance [evidence of previous work at a start-up or in a high-pressure environment required]
Remuneration:
* £64K annual salary
* Equity [direct equity subject to vesting - not stock options]
Next Steps:
Please apply with your CV - Ejaaz will be in touch via WhatsApp for a 30-min intro chat to discuss the role and explore your candidacy.