new-start.media – job platform for Ukrainian refugees is live

On the portal site, cultural, film and media workers from the Ukraine will be able to find vacancies in the German labor market in several languages (Ukrainian, German, English or Russian). The industry already has almost 50,000 vacancies. The aim is to continuously add jobs through effective networking and to expand and develop the platform over the long term through the development of community pages and language courses.

“The platform is the result of an excellent cooperation within the industry! We are grateful to be able to offer Ukrainian colleagues practical solidarity. The Russian war of aggression, which violates international law, is assaulting the Ukraine with inhuman brutality. This war is also aimed specifically at our colleagues from culture and the media, which we cannot ignore. With the new-start.media job platform, we want to give people who have been living in exile in Germany, as a result of the callous war, the opportunity to use their qualifications in Germany. The placement of suitable jobs results in a clear win-win situation for both specialists and companies. That’s why I expressly ask our members to post additional job offers.” Says Christoph Palmer, CEO of the producer alliance. "We would like to thank the network, but above all the Ukrainian employees of Jobnet AG, who have worked in the Ukraine under difficult and threatening conditions over the past few weeks."

The constantly growing network currently has the following partners: Produzentenallianz, ARD, Bundesverband Digitalpublisher und Zeitungsverleger (BDZV), Deutsche Orchester Vereinigung (DOV), Deutscher Bühnenverein, Deutscher Journalisten Verband (DJV), Bundesverband Schauspiel (BFFS), Deutschlandradio, Genossenschaft Deutscher Bühnen-Angehöriger (GDBA), Jobnet AG, Reporter ohne Grenzen (RSF), Tarifverband Privater Rundfunk (TPR), Medienverband der freien Presse (MVFP), Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft – ver.di, Verband Technischer Betriebe für Film und Fernsehen e.V. (VTFF), ZDF