Senior Manager Corporate Communications (all genders)

Evotec WD; Hamburg; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Evotec is seeking a communications professional to lead content creation, media relations and strategic messaging. You will draft corporate releases, coordinate editorial plans, and translate science and financials into clear public language for diverse audiences.

You will coordinate with IR, Marketing and design teams, manage media requests, and prepare interview briefings while safeguarding brand guidelines and templates across all channels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Communications, Journalism, PR, or related field.
• Several years of experience in a comparable position.
• Exceptional writing skills in English and German.
• Experience with media work and press office operations.
• Strong project management, organized, reliable.

Responsibilities

• Draft corporate press releases, media statements and press contributions.
• Draft strategy messaging documents, leadership talking points and Q&A.
• Translate Evotec’s strategy, science and financials into clear public language.
• Coordinate the editorial plan for the strategic communications pipeline.
• Coordinate the internal press release review and approval process.
• Coordinate the press release distribution and technical publication process.
• Coordinate with IR on regulator notifications.
• Coordinate with Marketing on web and social media updates.
• Manage media requests and draft responses.
• Handle journalist outreach and follow-ups.
• Prepare interview briefings and backgrounders.
• Monitor media activity and share relevant coverage with internal stakeholders.
• Ensure consistent messaging across all communication assets.
• Safeguard comms templates, corporate design and guidelines.
• Build strong internal network to facilitate access to news flow.
• Coordinate and collaborate with communication agencies.
• Liaise with design and video agencies for visual assets.

Skills

Strong communicator

Networker

Self-starter

Pro-active

Resilient under pressure

English & German writing

Stakeholder coordination

PR / media background

Project management

Navigating science context

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, or related field

Job description

Responsibilities

1. Content Creation & Editorial Expertise Draft corporate press releases, media statements and press contributions Draft strategy messaging documents, leadership talking points and Q&A Translate Evotec’s strategy, science and financials into clear public language Coordinate the editorial plan for the strategic communications pipeline

2. Technical & Regulatory Coordination Coordinate the internal press release review and approval process Coordinate the press release distribution and technical publication process Coordinate with IR on required notifications to regulatory authorities Coordinate with Marketing on web and social media updates

3. Media Relations Operations Manage media requests and draft responses Handle journalist outreach and follow-ups Prepare interview briefings and backgrounders Monitor media activity and share relevant coverage with internal stakeholders

4. Governance & Qualiy Control Ensure consistent messaging across all communication assets Safeguard comms templates, corporate design and guidelines

5. Project & Campaign Execution Build strong internal network to facilitate and catalyze access to news flow Coordinate and collaborate with communication agencies Liaise with design and video agencies for visual and multimedia assets

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, or a related field Several years of experience in a comparable position Strong communicator and networker Self-starter, high level of self-initiative, strong hands‑on mentality Independent, self‑organized, pro‑active, high‑output Highly resilient, calm under pressure Able to work closely with / challenge senior stakeholders Professional with PR / media / content background Exceptional writing skills (English + German) Experience with media work and ideally press office operations Strong project manager, organized, reliable Science background or high learning ability to navigate science context

FR : Dans le cadre de sa politique Diversité, Evotec étudie, à compétences égales, toutes les candidatures dont celles des personnes en situation de handicap.

ENG : In the frame of our Diversity policy, Evotec considers, with equal competences, all applications including people with disabilities.

Evotec is a life science company with a unique business model that delivers on its mission to discover and develop highly effective therapeutics and make them available to the patients. The Company’s multimodality platform comprises a unique combination of innovative technologies, data and science for the discovery, development, and production of first‑in‑class and best‑in‑class pharmaceutical products. Evotec leverages this “Data-driven R&D Autobahn to Cures” for proprietary projects and within a network of partners including all Top 20 Pharma and over 800 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, as well as other healthcare stakeholders. Evotec has strategic activities in a broad range of currently underserved therapeutic areas, including e.g. neurology, oncology, as well as metabolic and infectious diseases. Within these areas of expertise, Evotec aims to create the world‑leading co‑owned pipeline for innovative therapeutics and has to‑date established a portfolio of more than 200 proprietary and co‑owned R&D projects from early discovery to clinical development. Evotec operates globally with more than 5,000 highly qualified people. The Company’s 17 sites offer highly synergistic technologies and services and operate as complementary clusters of excellence.

For additional information please go to www.evotec.com and follow us on X/Twitter @Evotec and LinkedIn.