Trainee Public Relations - Healthcare (m/w/d)

About the Position

Trainee Public Relations - Healthcare (m/w/d)

Location: Frankfurt am Main

Are you passionate about public relations for national and international pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical technology companies? Do you have a knack for understanding clients and their communication needs in the healthcare sector? If you have or will soon complete your studies and are excited about the challenge of making complex topics interesting for doctors and patients, we want you on our team. Together with our communication consultants, you will work on transforming complex scientific concepts into target-group-oriented stories with clear messages that engage and connect people.

Responsibilities

• Support in the planning, conception, and implementation of national and international PR campaigns and publishing projects
• Organization of events and congresses
• Writing press releases, feature articles, and blog posts for various platforms
• Topic identification & planning for social media posts
• Proactive media contact with journalists, subject matter experts, and influencers
• Learn everything about the communication of OTC and RX products, primarily in the fields of oncology and cardiology

Requirements

• Completed studies in journalism, health, communication, humanities, natural sciences, or similar
• Strong affinity for health, communication, biotechnology, and medical technology
• Great interest in complex topics that require explanation
• Fluent in German and English, both spoken and written
• Proficient in MS Office
• Creativity, enthusiasm, hands-on attitude
• Organizational talent and sense of responsibility

We Offer

• A diverse trainee program with theoretical learning sessions and practical tasks
• A dedicated contact person to guide you through your traineeship and answer all your questions
• 28 days of vacation per year plus additional days off on Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, and your birthday
• Hybrid work and flexible working hours
• Opportunities for temporary remote work from within the EU
• Subsidized Germany Ticket
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
• A monthly voucher card from Edenred for flexible use
• Mental health initiatives such as free use of our external employee counseling service (EAP) with psychological experts available at all times
• Numerous employee discounts at selected shopping partners

About the Company

Weber Shandwick is one of the world's leading communications agencies with offices in over 80 countries. In Germany, 160 colleagues work together in agile teams across our four offices in Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne, and Munich, regardless of practice and location structure. Our central goal is to provide comprehensive advice to our clients at the intersections of business, society, and politics. Therefore, we offer them individually composed teams from our competence and skill clusters, depending on the problem and challenge. Our content and thematic expertise lies in the segments of corporate communications, public affairs, crisis communications, employee engagement and internal communications, healthcare and consumer health communications, tech and B2B communications, consumer electronics, food, entertainment, and telecommunications. We place a particular emphasis on advising in the field of sustainability.

We are committed to equality for all employees and ensure a discrimination- and harassment-free work environment. All hiring decisions are based on job requirements, individual qualifications, and business needs. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their ethnic origin, skin color, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability.

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Ready to start?

Then you are exactly right at Weber Shandwick! Let's get started! We look forward to your application.

Do you have any questions? Feel free to call me directly at +49 30203512 55. I am Tatjana, your contact person.