Media Relations Manager (m/f), Ottobrunn

Airbus is a leading aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive family of airliners on the market, ranging in capacity from 100 to more than 500 seats. Airbus champions innovative technologies and offers some of the world’s most fuel efficient and quiet aircraft. Airbus has sold over 13.800 aircraft to more than 360 customers worldwide. Airbus has achieved more than 8,000 deliveries since the first Airbus aircraft entered into service. Headquartered in Toulouse, France.

Your main tasks

• Press spokesperson function for the Defence sector
• Develop and implement creative media campaigns for Airbus Defence and Space products, programmes, sales campaigns and sites
• Crisis management in case of media-related crisis situations for the company
• Professional contact with journalists and their working environment
• This role requires frequent business trips at home and abroad. Appropriate willingness to travel is assumed. The assumption of ad-hoc tasks outside core working hours is also expected.

What do we offer

• Challenging tasks for/with unique services and products
• Pleasant working atmosphere in a professional and international work environment
• Exciting development opportunities and perspectives
• Extensive company training offers (eLearning and Classroom Trainings)
• Flexible working hours
• Compatibility of work and family life
• Attractive remuneration
• Company Pension Scheme
• Good connections to public transport and local parking facilities
• Catering facilities on site
• This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Required skills

We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience:

• You have a degree in communication, journalism, business administration or equivalent
• Experience with military programs is an advantage
• You have a strong knowledge of the international defence industry, its products and the corresponding political environment.
• You have a high level of expertise in the fields of press work and journalism
• You have several years of professional experience with an international orientation
• You have a high degree of responsibility
• You are characterized by extreme team spirit even under stressful conditions
• You are well versed in dealing with journalists and their working environment
• You have good communication skills and know how to communicate with different stakeholders and across all hierarchy levels
• You have excellent verbal and written expression.
• You have an excellent network of national and international media representatives at your disposal
• Absolute resilience and ability to work quickly and accurately in an international team
• You are fluent in German and English, advanced knowledge of French and Spanish is desirable