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Career Paths in Communications

Intercultural Communications, Academic Exchange, Journalism, Public Relations, Corporate Communications, Correspondence, Publishing, Science Communications

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  - You develop approaches for bringing people from different cultures together and facilitating exchange (meetings, trade fairs, “marketplace of cultures”).
  - You support people who organize international and intercultural gatherings by ensuring that cultural barriers are both taken into account and reduced.
  - You work at academic exchange organizations and ensure smooth, interculturally sensitive communication between academics and their home institutions.
  - You work as an editor at academic publishing houses that produce teaching materials.
  - You write articles in newspapers, magazines, and blogs in easy-to-understand language.
  - You gather information, evaluate it, and use it to create written or spoken contributions for radio, TV, print, and online media.
  - You research information from news agency reports, press conferences, databases, or archives.
  - You develop appropriate concepts and strategies to shape the public image of a company, organization, institution, etc.
  - You inform the public about company news, products, and events, for example, by means of product photos, event calendars, brochures, etc.
  - You maintain your employer’s website, oversee blogs and forums, and create content for social media.
  - You perform lobby work: you contact people from e.g. politics, trade unions and other associations, non-governmental organizations, or religious organizations, and try to get them on board with the goals or concerns of your employer.
  - You advise senior staff and managers on how to deal with the media.
  - You ensure compliance with the rules of intercultural communication at international organizations and multinational companies and support the overcoming of language and cultural barriers.

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  - Exchange services (DAAD, Goethe Institute)
  - Volunteering organizations (Weltwaerts.de, etc.)
  - Correspondence and news agencies
  - Newspaper and magazine publishers
  - TV and radio stations
  - Software and database companies
  - Public sector administration
  - Federal or state authorities, EU institutions
  - Large commercial enterprises
  - Business and professional associations, trade unions
  - Political parties, associations, organizations, foundations
  - Public relations agencies
  - Advertising agencies
  - Religious communities
  - Universities
  - Museums
  - Cultural institutions

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Job Boards and Professional Associations 

  - Stellenangebote WiLa-Arbeitmarkt
  - Jobbörse der Agentur für Arbeit
  - Deutscher Fachjournalisten Verband
  - Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels Jobbörse
  - Freischreiber
  - Bundesverband der Dolmetscher und Übersetzer e.V.
  - Europäische Kommission – Arbeiten für die EU
  - Der Dolmetschdienst des Europäischen Parlaments
  - Gesellschaft Public Relations Agenturen
  - Horizont Jobs
  - Kress der Mediendienst
  - Newsroom
  - PR Journal
  - W&V - Werbe- und Kommunikationsbranche
  - KULTweet
  - Forum Deutsch als Fremdsprache