Design, plan, visualize

New technologies and media bring about changes in occupations. Job requirements shift and change. There’s always something new. Multi-layered tasks in the fields of information and communication demand complex knowledge, diverse skills and lead to new designated occupations. This is why the future-oriented and creative occupation of “Media Designer” has been restructured from 1 August 2007.

Your tasks

Before a print or multimedia product can be produced, all of the image and text information must be brought together, digitalized and designed. Today the complete layout is created on a monitor. Using powerful graphics software, texts are positioned, images and templates scanned or data processed, photographs optimized for the respective process using image processing applications, and graphics made reader-friendly. Media Designers are additionally responsible for the appropriate preparation and storage of data in corresponding databases. This makes the production of different media from a standardized datapool possible. Before the electronic data are transmitted for further processing, a proof is created if required in order to review the printing process.

The designated occupation of Media Designer for Digital and Print Media is subdivided into three specialist fields: Design and Technology, Planning and Consulting, Conception and Visualization.

At Axel Springer in Berlin and Hamburg, Media Designers are trained in the specialist field of Design and Technology. In this specialist field the preparatory typographic and image-related work is in the foreground, as are the handling of texts, images, tables, sound data and databases. The principal activity consists of combining texts and images to form a meaningful media template for a print or digital product.

Your qualifications

The computer is a Media Designer’s most important tool. In addition to this, important prerequisites are the enjoyment of using hardware and software (image processing, layout and design programs) as well as creativity in designing with fonts, images, shapes and colors. What is more good eyesight and color discrimination as well as good spelling skills are required. Do you have an intermediate school-leaving certificate, a higher-education entrance qualification (Abitur) or a certificate from a commercial college? Then Axel Springer AG is right where you belong!

If you are also motivated, independent, have a passion for media and good organizational skills, take your future in your hands and apply for a training course in an internationally successful media enterprise!

Your opportunities

Following the successful completion of your vocational training you will have plenty of opportunities for further occupational development at Axel Springer.

Our education management system offers all employees a range of suitable training programs, ranging from language and computer courses via key skills to specialist and leadership seminars. All of the events are conducted by experienced trainers and updated on a regular basis. Please click here for further information.

With the support of the company you can additionally complete further studies and acquire certified vocational qualifications within the framework of in-service advanced vocational training, and for example become a Media Business Administrator, Business Administrator for Direct Marketing or Business Administrator for Online Marketing. Please click here for further information.

In addition we offer apprentices the opportunity of a scholarship upon the successful completion of their apprenticeship. Our scholarship holders receive a monthly grant and work in the company for three months during the semester breaks. The spectrum of the selected courses of study is large; Business Management, Journalism, Printing Technology, and Communication and Media Science are especially popular for example. After completing their studies the scholarship holders commit themselves to the company for a minimum of three years. Please click here for further information on the scholarship program.

Your contact person

Uta Bendixen: Head of Commercial Vocational Training

Axel-Springer-Straße 65
10888 Berlin

Tel: +49 30 2591 72283
uta.bendixen@axelspringer.de

Length of training

Vocational training with a intermediate school-leaving certificate takes 3 years; with a higher-education entrance qualification (Abitur) or a certificate from a commercial college the duration of training is reduced to 2 ½ years.