Meltwater Group Careers: Movers & Shapers Blog

Meltwater- It’s all about people development

Throughout my career, I’ve been with a variety of great companies. And, when it comes to people investment, many companies “talk the talk” but very few actually “walk the walk.” I can state with complete confidence, after three months at Meltwater, it’s clear that Meltwater “walks the walk”.

Those who are confident, self-starters thrive at Meltwater; where positive attitude, ambition, and achievements are recognized and rewarded. Many companies hire people with specialized skills, for narrow roles that offer inflexible career paths. In contrast, Meltwater hires people who have an entrepreneurial spark, and then encourages them to ignite it. The company strives…

Meltwater Makes An Entrance At The 2012 London Olympics

Volunteering at the Olympic Games 2012

If you saw the Olympics Opening Ceremony, chances are you also saw Meltwater´s very own Mariah Hamailainen. Out of the 205 women who were chosen to represent each country, Mariah was chosen to lead the Jamaican team with Usain Bolt! Since this was a once in a lifetime opportunity, we asked what it was like to play a role in the opening and closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Mariah let us in on how it all came together, what her favorite part was, and even some behind the scenes action:

Coordination skills and Danny Boyle

The first auditions were in…

Meltwater Features employee: Susan Zhai, Managing Director Beijing

Name: Susan Zhai

Birthplace: Tianjin, China

Joined Meltwater: 2009, Sales Consultant, Meltwater News, Shanghai, China

Current Role: Managing Director, Beijing

Who inspires you: Chris Regester, Area Director of Meltwater News, Asia

My three words to describe Meltwater: Ambitious, Personal development, Teamwork

Susan Zhai had interned at many big name organisations on her quest to determine the right career path for her, but was so impressed with the Meltwater job advertisement that she flew from Beijing to Shanghai just for the interview.

“That recruitment advertisement really spoke to me,” Susan explains, “it was clearly an international company, offering fast-track career options and a start in sales. It was above-board and…

Social Media and Politics in Sweden; Almedalen Week 2012

Sweden’s largest event, Almedalen Week, took place last week, and Meltwater was on the ground for the second year in a row. Employees from all of our product divisions in Sweden were present, including Joel Heister, Peter Buregård, Filip Schöön, Tove Iggström, Birte Steen, Christian Finstad, Sophie Hedestad, Elin Sahlsten and Henrik Örnstedt.

What is Almedalen Week?

The Almedalen Week is an annual event taking place in and around Almedalen, a park in the city of Visby on the Swedish island Gotland. With speeches, seminars and other political activities, it is considered an important forum in Swedish politics, and representatives from all the major political…

What is it like to work with Meltwater?

Meltwater Group works with over 20,000 companies and organizations across the world. We spoke with some of our clients to learn more about their experience with Meltwater; using our products and working with Meltwater employees. One of our clients; Kristy Officer, Head of Marketing at Ausfilm, shares her experience with Meltwater News. “We´ve been using Meltwater News for a few years and for us as an organization which places a lot of importance on international sources of communication, we need to tap into not only Australian content but also international news sources. So for us it is invaluable having Meltwater News as a service that can cut down the information that is coming through, and provide us with the detailed information that covers our industry”. “Social media is playing such a more important evolving role in our ongoing marketing initiatives, so we are really excited about the potential that Meltwater Buzz can bring to us, to assist us in further detailing and taking our listening in the online space into another level, it should be fantastic”. “It is also fantastic to have a couple of account manager that I am dealing with quite closely at Meltwater, that have already, in for example Buzz, come out and done two tutorial sessions at the office with our staff, to walk them through the benefits of Meltwater Buzz and take us through practical examples of how we would use it daily in our office”. Continue reading →

Meltwater Featured Employee: Inga Bösecke, HR Business Partner, Europe

When Inga Bösecke thinks back to one of the goals she had for her career she smiles and says, with conviction, that she achieved that goal at Meltwater Group — on her very first day.

Name: Inga Bösecke

Birthplace: Magdeburg, Germany

Joined Meltwater: 2005, Sales Consultant, Berlin, Germany

Current Role: Human Resources Business Partner, Europe

Who inspires you: Christian Finstad, Area Director Client Relations

My three words to describe Meltwater: Teamwork, Trust, Ambition

When Inga joined Meltwater, her instinct that this was the place she would fulfill her career objectives was spot-on.

She explains, “Before joining Meltwater I think I had typical career goals in mind, progress quickly, take on responsibility and work in a…

Let´s Connect!

This week, Meltwater launched a brand new product module, Meltwater Buzz Connect, a new module in our social media suite Meltwater Buzz. Connect enables companies to easily create, publish, and manage Facebook tabs.

To introduce Connect to the market, Meltwater Buzz offices across the world (Berlin, Singapore, Sydney, Helsinki, and Copenhagen) invited clients to their offices to learn about the product and get first hand experience with the new module.

The events were a great success. Not only did they allow us to showcase our new product to our clients, it allowed our clients to discuss and share experiences with the use of…

Meltwater Featured Employee: Jorunn Ekestad, Managing Director, Bergen

If anyone can give an insight into Meltwater, it is Jorunn. She has been with the business since the very early days, in fact before Meltwater as we know it today existed and the company was called Magenta News.

Name: Jorunn Ekestad

Birthplace: Flekkefjord, Norway

Joined Meltwater: October 2003, Bergen Office

Current job title: Managing Director, Meltwater News, Bergen

Who inspires you: Kaveh Rostampor, Executive Director, Client Relations

My three words to describe Meltwater: Dynamic, ambitious, and together

Entering the world of work

When Jorunn sat down to decide what career she wanted to pursue after finishing her education, the lure of a sales role was drawing her in.…

Book Review: Getting Things Done, The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

I´ll admit it. I was skeptical that I would learn to be more efficient from a book that was published when barely half of all workers used a computer at work, only 7% of Internet users worldwide had broadband, and the most popular way to archive and organize was with Pendaflex-style file-folder hangers.

I was wrong. Getting Things Done, is part tools and techniques, part psychology. The idea behind the book is that you need to move tasks out of your mind by recording them externally, so the mind is free from the job of remembering the tasks that need to be…

Meltwater Featured Employee: SiSi Chen, New Ventures Business Analyst, San Francisco

When SiSi boarded a plane, headed for the 2010 Meltwater Kick off in London, she had no idea that the weekend would turn out to be the best event … she never attended.

Name: SiSi Chen

Birthplace: Wuhan, China

Joined Meltwater: 2009, Sales Consultant, Meltwater News, Sydney, Australia

Current Role: Business Analyst, Meltwater New Ventures, San Francisco, US

Who inspires you: David Hickey, Area Director for Meltwater News, Australia and New Zealand

My three words to describe Meltwater: Daring, Inspirational, Perseverance

“Who was to know that a volcano would get in our way!” SiSi laughs as she explains. “We left Australia around the same time that the Icelandic volcanic eruptions disrupted air…