Communication Manager

The Communications Manager role plays a pivotal part in shaping and delivering MDPI’s corporate narrative: communicating our mission, values, and achievements across internal and external audiences. They oversee time-sensitive and milestone campaigns, strengthen brand reputation, and ensure a consistent, high-impact communication strategy that reflects MDPI’s leadership in open access publishing. The role leads cross-functional collaboration to elevate MDPI’s brand through clear, engaging, and purposeful storytelling.

**As part of our commitment to fostering a collaborative team environment, this role requires working fully on-site.**

**Tasks & Responsibilities**

**Strategic Communications**

- Develop and implement MDPI’s corporate communication strategy across global audiences.

- Help define and uphold corporate brand guidelines to support a unified global brand.

- Partner with top management to communicate MDPI’s priorities, positioning, and initiatives.

**Brand Reputation**

- Act as a brand ambassador, ensuring a consistent and compelling corporate voice.

- Collaborate with the External Affairs team to align communications with public sentiment and strengthen brand positioning.

- Oversee corporate news, announcements, newsletters, and press collaborations.

**External Communications Oversight**

- Lead corporate campaigns to reinforce MDPI’s reputation as a trusted open access leader.
- Ensure clarity, accuracy, and consistency across all communication materials**.**

**Internal Communications & Engagement**

- Guide internal communication strategies to enhance transparency, alignment, and employee engagement.

**Team Leadership & Collaboration**

- Manage and mentor the corporate communications team, fostering creativity, accountability, and professional growth.

- Collaborate with other marketing teams to ensure cohesive storytelling and message integrity.

- Continuously improve communication processes, tools, and performance measurement.

**Measurement & Insights**

- Manage and mentor the corporate communications team, fostering creativity, accountability, and professional growth.
Collaborate with other marketing teams to ensure cohesive storytelling and message integrity.

- Continuously improve communication processes, tools, and performance measurement.

- Use analytics and feedback to evaluate communication performance and audience engagement.

- Provide strategic recommendations to optimize reach and impact.

**Requirements**:
**Education & Experience**

- University degree in Communications, Marketing, or a related field (required).
- 10+ years of experience in corporate communications, including internal, external, and brand communication.
- 5+ years of proven leadership or managerial experience.
- Background in communications strategy driven by data and insights (desired).
- English: C1-C2 level (required).
- Additional languages are an advantage.

**Technical Skills**

- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft 365 (Word, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, Outlook).
- Intermediate experience with content planning and publishing tools (e.g., Hootsuite, Buffer).
- Basic knowledge of analytics tools (Google Analytics, social media insights).
- Familiarity with internal communication platforms (Teams, Viva Engage, CMS).
- Basic design and visual communication skills (Canva, Adobe Express, or similar).

**Key Competencies**:

- Strong leadership and strategic thinking.
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills.
- Creativity and adaptability in a dynamic, global environment.
- Analytical and results-oriented mindset.
- Integrity, cultural awareness, and collaborative approach.

**What we offer**

- The opportunity to contribute to the academic/scientific community;
- Flexible working hours;
- Team bond strengthening through team-building events;
- Professional growth opportunities with our global training system;
- Working in a collaborative, diverse, and socially responsible team;
- Company retreat facility;
- Full-coverage insurance for accidents/daily sickness;
- Prime location near Basel train station and city center;
- And more

**If you are interested in this position, we look forward to receiving**:

- A motivational letter (EN) that briefly describes your motivations for joining MDPI
- A resume (EN) including personal information, past & current education,
- Copy of ID and Diplomas
- If available: reference letters and certificates.

**About MDPI**

A pioneer in scholarly open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities **since 1996**. Our mission is to foster open scientific exchange in all forms, across all disciplines. We operate more than **400 diverse, peer-reviewed**, open access journals supported by over **66,000 academic editors**. We serve scholars from around the world to ensure the latest research is openly and broadly available.

**MDPI is headquartered in Switzerland with additional offices in Europe, Asia and North America**. We are committed to ensuri