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

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 ensuring that high quality research is made available as quickly as possible. We also support sustainability projects, with sustainability as a key theme in many journals and through the MDPI Sustainability Foundation.

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: