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About the Role
Advise leading national and international clients on communications challenges at the intersection of business, politics, and media. Work closely with senior leadership to shape strategic media positioning, strengthen executive visibility, and protect corporate reputation. Navigate high-profile issues and communicate with clarity, credibility, and impact.
Responsibilities
- Developing strategic media positioning and communications strategies that align with clients' business objectives and stakeholder priorities.
- Advising senior executives on media engagement, executive positioning, and thought leadership.
- Designing and delivering tailored media training programmes for CEOs and other C-suite executives.
- Assessing news value, identifying opportunities and risks, and translating complex business and political issues into compelling, media-relevant narratives.
- Building and maintaining trusted relationships with leading journalists, editors, and media stakeholders across Germany.
- Working seamlessly across traditional, digital, and social media environments to maximise communications impact.
- Acting as a trusted advisor to clients on sensitive reputational issues, crisis situations, and strategic communications challenges.
- Collaborating closely with colleagues across Brunswick's global network to deliver integrated communications programmes.
Requirements
- Experienced communications professional with a profile extending beyond traditional media relations.
- Combines journalistic excellence with strategic communications expertise, political awareness, and extensive experience advising CEOs and other senior executives in high-profile media environments.
- Deep understanding of the German media landscape and outstanding editorial judgement.
- Well-established network across Germany's leading national media and the ability to build long-term trusted relationships.
- Ability to advise and coach CEOs and other C-suite executives on media engagement and executive positioning.
- Proven success in developing strategic media positioning and translating complex topics into compelling narratives.
- Strong strategic thinking, sound judgement, and excellent problem-solving skills in a fast-paced environment.
- Trusted advisor mindset, combined with discretion, credibility, and the confidence to challenge senior stakeholders constructively.
- Experience working across journalism, corporate communications, and strategic advisory.
- Excellent written and spoken German and English.
Skills
- Media relations
- Strategic communications
- Political awareness
- Media engagement
- Executive positioning
- Thought leadership
- Media training
- Interview preparation
- Keynote speech preparation
- Public appearance preparation
- Editorial judgement
- Narrative development
- Journalist relationship management
- Traditional media
- Digital media
- Social media
- Reputation management
- Crisis communications
- Strategic advisory
- Strategic thinking
- Problem-solving
- Discretion
- Credibility
- Constructive challenging
Location
- Germany
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Director
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package supporting financial wellbeing, health, and family life.
- Outstanding opportunities for continuous professional development.
- Long-term career growth opportunities.
About the Company
- Brunswick is a global advisory firm that helps companies tackle high-stakes issues, navigate complex stakeholder relationships, and deliver high-impact outcomes.
- Clients value our ability to anticipate, shape, and respond to key players and forces in the financial and investment arena, regulatory and geopolitical universe, NGO community, workforce, and beyond.
- We offer deep experience, fresh perspectives, and original thinking.
- Founded in 1987 in London, the firm has organically grown to 27 offices in 18 countries across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
- We operate as a “one-firm firm” with no individual profit centers, allowing for fully integrated, bespoke teams that draw on the full resources of Brunswick anywhere in the world.
- We prioritize attracting, developing, and retaining the best professionals, united by a culture of inclusivity, excellence, and intellectual curiosity.
Equal Opportunity
- All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.