PEOPLE
TRAINEE
The perfect start – the trainee
“When you’re still a student, it is often quite difficult to imagine what professional life will be like. Taking the first steps on the career ladder is for many a particularly daunting prospect. Therefore it is even better if trainees don’t merely gain an insight into the work of a PR agency but are also able to take on responsibility for their own projects. After six months of working at PR!NT Communications Consultants, I can only sum up by saying that I’m really glad I started here.
What I particularly like is that I work independently. Designing and writing a brochure largely by myself with texts, images and tables – a few months ago I would never have imagined I would be doing that. Whether meeting customers or consulting with graphic designers and online specialists, a lot of it is in my hands. Nevertheless it is good to know that my colleagues keep a constant eye on the project and I can turn to them if I have any questions. And last but not least, because their feedback helps me progress, there’s one thing I’m sure of: The trainee programme at PR!NT Communications Consultants is the perfect introduction to professional life.”
CONSULTANT
At eye level with global enterprises
“When I check the share prices, it is more than out of personal interest – I’m keeping tabs on my customer’s share price performance. That forms an integral part of my work, since I look after an internationally successful and renowned DAX company.
As a consultant, I am jointly responsible with my team for my customer’s public relations, whether it be in the form of interviews, press conferences or trade show appearances. With individual projects I develop concepts, control budgets and coordinate their operative implementation. Being a communications consultant for a successful company, which is continually expanding and gaining a foothold in increasingly more countries, is for me an incredibly exciting task. A task which makes me particularly reliant on my team. For me, motivating, fostering and helping young employees is not just a major responsibility but also a great opportunity. Here excellent team spirit is essential, since a complex presentation developed in a team promotes cohesion just as well as a joint lunch does.”
EVENTMANAGER
Nerves of steel at all times – the event manager
“What makes the work of an event manager so exciting? I believe that, above all, it’s the ability to make a sustained impact on the target group through a single event: transforming concepts and ideas into emotions, creating worlds of experience in which brands, products and companies can present themselves in a unique fashion. In a nutshell: seeing people get excited – such as by disguising an entire building as a wooden box before suddenly revealing it with a great firework display. And it’s spectacular actions like this that make this job even more appealing. If you want to make the impossible possible, often in a very short time span, you have to work according to the motto: ‘No’ is not an option! Perfection and nerves of steel are what are needed if you want to create moments that inspire – experiences that stay with you. After all, an event is only amazing if you still keep thinking about it a long time afterwards.”
BUSINESS EDITOR
Pooling complicated issues – the business editor
“Two scales in equilibrium – that’s how perfect work looks to me. As the business editor, I’m tasked with pooling complicated and detailed texts and reproducing complicated issues in a straight-forward manner. My work is about finding the balance between extracting the essential facts without leaving out anything important, for example when I write annual reports. The more compelling and concise, the better it is. This requires knowing the journalistic tools of the trade. It’s hard to believe, but during my first work placement in the journalistic area I was reporting on the annual general meetings of sports clubs for a local newspaper. Now I’m dealing with share prices and contracts worth millions. Here at PR!NT Communications Consultants I can combine my passion for writing with my interest in economics.
A sound knowledge of business in Germany, Europe and the entire world is essential. Reading the Handelsblatt and the Financial Times Deutschland every day is just a key element of my job, like coffee is to breakfast.”