Content Producer/Writer (Freelance)

Philips Ventures is looking for an experienced copywriter and content producer, who can help amplify the output of the activities of the Philips Ventures team, as we help the Philips organization create and execute External Venturing Strategies.

As the Philips Ventures team engages with the broader business to develop External Venturing Strategies, that interact with an External Ecosystem and in turn result in Collaborations and/or Investments, it is important that we document and articulate these activities, as in many cases they are new to the organization. The importance of education and cultural change of how to innovate via an Open Innovation framework is incredibly important to Philips Ventures.

Complimenting this need for education is the aspect of Philips Ventures having the need to engage with and influence both Internal and External audiences. On the internal side, this includes stakeholders across Philips, including cluster, business and market leads, as well as functional heads and R&D leaders. On the external side, this includes Fund and Asset managers, Investment Partners, Accelerators, Academics and customers, all of whom are involved in investments and or innovation creation and are important stakeholders for us to influence in order to derive access to start-ups or to participate with us in investment cycles.

Requirements to support Philips Ventures

• Generation of scripts for video content - portfolio overview videos (review of start-ups investments), process/framework videos
• Whitepapers and Case studies ? creation of whitepapers on investment focus areas (ie. Mobile Monitoring, Hemodynamics) and case studies on both process (creation of External Venturing Strategies) and review/overview of activities undertaken with clear identification of outcomes and methodologies to achieve this.
• Newsletters- bi-monthly newsletter to internal stakeholders featuring activities by the team, insights garnered and latest news on investments.
• Playbook creation - constructing frameworks and process into Playbooks for dispersing across the business.
• Press Releases and Articles - for external distribution to highlight achievements and act as a sourcing mechanism for Philips Ventures. Press Releases and Articles on our activity act as a beacon to investment partners and start-ups alike, to begin conversations with Philips. Press Releases include announcements on deals done, and partnerships formed, whilst the articles will be orientated at demonstrating our various investment activities and collaborations.
• Scripting for audio/video content - Philips Ventures are looking at how we can produce more interactive and engaging content beyond written word, and whilst we have produced an extensive video library over the years, we would like to expand to Podcasts and short form video that can be easily constructed by members of the team (under guidance).
• Production (not mandatory) of podcasts, short form video

Background/Candidate requirements

• Excellent understanding of the start-up ecosystem, the various players and how innovation is created by Corporates operating in an Open Innovation model, this extends to both investment and collaborations.
• Very good understanding of investment mechanisms and cycles ? Corporate Venture Capital.
• Excellent understanding of emerging business models in Digital Health and Health Technology.
• Good command of business writing - including economic and innovation/R&D concepts.
• Geographic orientation and awareness of Europe and US, predominantly.
• Ability to write across a variety of mediums - good examples of being able to capture an audience and convey meaningful information in both short and long form, as required.
• English is the predominant language for communication