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Career Paths in Communications
Academic Exchange, Journalism, Corporate Communications, Correspondence, Applied Communications (Politics, Advertising, Marketing), Social Media
Possible Tasks
- You work for an editorial office and are involved in the development and implementation of dictionaries, language maps, speech recognition, speech transmission, or speech production systems.
- You gather information, evaluate it, and use it to create written or oral contributions for radio, TV, print, and online media.
- You examine the brand communication of companies, prepare press conferences, and write press releases.
- You research information from news agency reports, press conferences, databases, or archives.
- You work in a specific department, e.g. domestic and foreign policy, business, local news, sports, arts and culture, or science.
- 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, e.g. 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 may also occasionally advise senior staff and managers on how to deal with the media.
Industries and Occupations
- Correspondence and news agencies
- Publishing houses
- TV and radio stations
- Software and database companies
- Public sector administration
- Federal or state authorities, EU institutions
- Large commercial enterprises
- Foreign language publishing houses
- Business and professional associations, trade unions
- Political parties, associations, organizations, foundations
- Public relations agencies
- Religious communities
Job Boards and Professional Associations
- Stellenangebote WiLa-Arbeitmarkt
- Medienjobs
- Deutscher Museumsbund
- Jobbörse - Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels
- KULTweet - Der Stellenmarkt für Geistes-, Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaftler/innen
- The Linguist List
- Newsroom
- Radioszene
- Deutscher Fachjournalisten Verband
- Freischreiber
- Bundesverband der Dolmetscher und Übersetzer e.V.
- Europäische Kommission – Arbeiten für die EU
- Gesellschaft Public Relations Agenturen
- Horizont Jobs
- Kress der Mediendienst
- Newsroom
- PR Journal
- W&V - Werbe- und Kommunikationsbranche
