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 currently over 400 diverse, peer-reviewed, open-access journals supported by over 35,500 academic editors. We serve scholars from around the world to ensure the latest research is openly and broadly available. Besides our main publishing business, we develop and maintain digital platforms and software ranging from scientific exchange platforms to article databases and search engines, all focused on empowering scholars and giving them the best possible product and service. As of the end of 2022, we count more than 6700 colleagues in 17 offices across 11 countries.

To strengthen our Marketing & Communications department, the Public Relations Manager will be in charge of developing and implementing the public relations strategies and working closely with internal stakeholders on promotional opportunities and potential crisis scenarios. The role is a full-time and permanent position based in our city center office in Basel, Switzerland.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Planning, developing and implementing public relations (PR) strategies and campaigns
• Managing enquiries, in collaboration with internal stakeholders, from media, individuals and other organizations
• Researching, writing and distributing press releases to targeted media
• Managing the PR aspect of a potential crisis situation
• Upkeep of PR status reports for respective markets and liaison with internal and external stakeholders relevant to these markets
• Collaborating with Marketing and Communications department in relation to content and users on social media sites
• Collaborating with Communications and Design teams on corporate communications including updating digital brochures, promotional videos, and content
• Analyzing media coverage
• Distributing information about new promotional opportunities and current PR campaigns progress
• Representing MDPI at selected interviews and presentations

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Communication, Marketing or similar
  5+ years of proved working experience in a similar role, preferably in an international working environment
• Excellent English communication skills both orally and in writing
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills
• Personal initiative without much mentoring
• Ability to prioritize and plan effectively
• Effective internal and external stakeholder management
• Ability to source, brief, and manage external vendors, as needed
• Awareness of different media agendas relative to MDPI and the industry
  
• Creativity and ability to quickly comprehend complex topics and communicate them in a simple, precise way

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

• A motivational letter that briefly describes your motivations for joining MDPI
• A resume including personal information, past education, work experience.

Initiatives

At MDPI, we develop and maintain various platforms in order to better serve the scientific community. Please find here-below a list of our main platforms:

https://www.mdpi.com/

https://sciprofiles.com/

https://sciforum.net/

https://www.scilit.net/

https://www.preprints.org/

https://encyclopedia.pub/