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Join ispace EUROPE – Pioneering Lunar Exploration from Luxembourg
With locations in Japan, Luxembourg, and the US, ispace is a global leader in lunar exploration. Our European branch, based in Luxembourg, is uniquely positioned at the heart of rover design, development, and operations.
We’re building the foundations of a sustainable lunar economy — and expanding humanity’s reach beyond Earth.
At ispace EU, engineers, business experts, and creatives work side by side to turn bold ideas into reality, driven by our mission: “Expand our Planet, Expand our Future.”
TITLE: Communications Specialist
LOCATION: Luxembourg
ABOUT THE ROLE
ispace-Europe is seeking a strategic, creative, and execution-oriented communications and marketing professional to strengthen the company’s market presence and translate business objectives into impactful communication strategies.
Reporting to the EU Business Director, the Communications Specialist will help shape ispace-Europe’s position across the EMEA (including UK) region and contribute to the company’s global narrative by developing integrated communication plans, managing media and leveraging communication performance insights to continuously improve visibility and engagement.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop, implement, and continuously evolve an over-arching communications strategy that aligns with the company’s overall goals, working with the regional CEO, EU Business Director and government affairs team.
- Collaborate with the EU Business director to translate ispace EU’s business spriorities, key messaging and value proposition in different EMEA countries/markets into integrated communications strategies for European EMEA (both regional and at country level as appropriate) and international audiences.
- Develop and execute integrated media, social media, and PR campaigns, including content creation, press releases, including collaboration with and management of external communications partners, to strengthen ispace-Europe’s’s visibility, reputation, and stakeholder engagement.
- Collaborating with EU CEO, Business Director and global affairs, design and manage influence campaigns targeting priority stakeholders, including European institutions, space agencies, government bodies, industry partners, customers, investors, research organizations, media, and ecosystem influencers.
- Develop compelling strategic narratives around ispace’s value propositions, including lunar transportation, lunar data and payload services, commercial space, public-private cooperation, and contribution to the European space ecosystem.
- Coordinate closely with ispace, inc. Communications team and wider ispace global communications teams to ensure campaigns, messaging, media engagement, brand identity, and stakeholder communications are aligned with ispace communications strategy and branding.
- Manage and coordinate the company’s participation in conferences and events (e.g. planning booth and comms materials, creating and coordinating speaking opportunities, etc.)
KEY REQUIREMENTS
- 7+ years of experience in strategic communications, corporate communications, public relations, ideally in commercial space, aerospace, defence, deep-tech, technology, or other highly regulated industries.
- Proven experience in communication strategy, media relations, and integrated communications.
- Excellent writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical and commercial topics.
- Strong stakeholder management, with experience working across functions and with external agencies.
- Experience in the European space sector, working with European institutions and/or space agencies, including European Space Agency (ESA) programs, a strong advantage.
- Data-driven approach to measuring and improving communication performance.
- Fluent in English; an additional European language is an asset. Japanese is a plus.
- Highly organized, proactive, and able to thrive in a fast-paced international environment.
At ispace-Europe, we’re not just building lunar rovers — we’re shaping the future of space exploration from our base in Luxembourg. As part of a global team spanning Japan, the US, and Europe, we’re on a mission to create a sustainable lunar economy and expand humanity’s reach beyond Earth.
Join a diverse, fast-moving team where engineers, creatives, and business minds work side by side to turn bold ideas into reality. If you're ready to make history — and have fun doing it — we’d love to hear from you.
Let’s go to the Moon together.
Learn more about our recent activities here: https://ispace-inc.com/news-en.
We welcome candidates with diverse experience levels and evaluate the best fit on an individual basis. Your final job level and salary will be determined based on your skills, experience, and the impact you can bring to the role.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of experience in strategic communications, corporate communications, or public relations
- Proven experience in communication strategy, media relations, and integrated communications
- Excellent writing and storytelling skills, able to communicate complex technical and commercial topics
- Strong stakeholder management and experience working across functions and with external agencies
- Experience in the European space sector and working with European institutions or space agencies (ESA)
- Data-driven approach to measuring and improving communication performance
- Fluent in English; additional European language is an asset; Japanese is a plus
- Highly organized, proactive, and able to thrive in a fast-paced international environment
What We Do
ispace is a lunar exploration company with a vision to extend human presence to outer space. The company is developing lunar landers and rovers to deliver customer payloads to the Moon and explore the lunar surface. In doing so, we aim to be a vehicle for companies on Earth to access new business opportunities on the Moon and ultimately incorporate the Moon into Earth’s economic and living sphere. The company is currently planning to its first mission to the Moon as early as Q4 2022.
