Your tasks are as wide-ranging as our offer

“Management Assistant in Digital and Print Media” is the newly introduced designation of occupation for Publishing Assistants. It is not only the name that has changed, but also the job description: A wide range of products requires the Management Assistants to have knowledge of the print products and yet also to know about the fields of New Media.

Alongside the specialist qualifications, training should cover skills which cross the fields of work, including e.g. skills in project management as well as moderation and presentation techniques.

Your tasks

Management Assistants in the Axel Springer company observe and analyze media markets and contribute to product and program planning. In doing so they apply press and copyright regulations and take sectoral framework conditions into consideration. At Axel Springer you are assisting in the development and implementation of marketing concepts. You will hold consulting and sales talks with advertising agencies, advertising and distribution customers. in addition you will advise customers on questions relating to the design, the placement and conditions for advertisements and special types of advertising supplements###[xxx]. As Management Assistant you work out production and distribution costs, perform calculations and apply operational controlling instruments. You contribute to the selling and buying of rights and licenses and the purchasing of the means of production and resources as well as services.

Your qualifications

Do you have an intermediate school-leaving certificate, a higher-education entrance qualification (Abitur) or a certificate from a commercial college? Were you good at school and did you enjoy having to deal with people? Then Axel Springer AG is right where you belong! If you are also extremely 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 as well as particular target groups 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 become for instance, 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. 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