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Diversity of openings
Axel Springer offers applicants multiple entry opportunities.
Young people who know where to go: apprentices at Axel Springer.
Direct job entry : Newcomers are always welcome at Axel Springer. Applicants with in-depth media experience are equally welcome, as are those from different backgrounds, who wish to contribute to the success of Axel Springer with their knowhow, talent and creativity. Information on vacancies can be found on the Jobs & Carrer section.
The Axel Springer Academy in Berlin is the most progressive school of journalism in Germany. It offers a new type of vocational training for journalists focusing on crossmedia. Alongside a classical journalist’s trade, the students spend two years learning everything they need to know to be fit for the digital media age. In addition to this vocational training, the Academy offers advanced vocational training for editors, is the new development unit for the organization, and is furthermore the creative think tank of the publishing company. www.axel-springer-akademie.de
Attendance in the editorial departments enables students with a strong interest in journalism to gain initial experience in the everyday work of editing.
The 18-month Junior-Executive-Program is a management trainee program for young professionals with 2 to 3 years vocational experience. Structured as a general management program, it comprises assignments and projects both in the operative areas as well as in central departments. The program is rounded off by modular seminars and intensive networking along with a sponsorship program.
Axel Springer’s 18-month Trainee-Program is aimed at highly motivated and performance-oriented university graduates who have a particular interest in the media industry. Individual vocational training and systematic induction into different business areas provides goal-oriented and sound “learning by doing” offering numerous ways of taking on responsibility in specialist departments and in management.
Axel Springer's Sales Academy develops talented salespeople in the selling of print and online advertising in a 14- month program. Participants get to know the central specialist departments as well as the regional sales offices. In addition to a basic sales orientation, we are above all looking for talent, a readiness to learn and motivation.
Axel Springer offers student internships to students of all disciplines in almost every division of the company. Interns are integrated into the daily business for a period of between two and six months, where they take on their own projects thus gaining valuable experience for their future careers.
Axel Springer offers school leavers a variety of vocational training opportunities.
Commercial professions:
- Publishing clerk for digital and print media (male/female)
- Office communication clerk (male/female)
- Media and information services technician, specialised in information and documentation (male/female)
- Media designer for digital and print media (male/female)
Technical professions:
- Printer (male/female)
- Energy electronics specialist (male/female)
- Industrial mechanic (male/female)
- Mechatronician (male/female)
Axel Springer apprentices, who would like to study after passing their examinations, are eligible to apply for a scholarship. Scholarship holders who maintain close contacts to the company during their studies have the best prospects to subsequently gain specialist and management positions.
A Dual Course of Study offers an ideal combination of practical vocational training in the company and a degree as a Bachelor of Science in Business Management at the Nordakademie Elmshorn. The entire program runs for a period of three and a half years.
You may find a lot more, including application tips , in the Jobs & Career section.
