Student Assistant (WHB) (f/m/x) – Audiovisual Science Communication

Uniklinik Köln; Köln; Vor Ort; EUR 21.000 - 25.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Company pension schemes

Regular working hours

Work-life balance

Training opportunities

Zusammenfassung

Uniklinik Köln seeks a Student Assistant (WHB) for Audiovisual Science Communication to help create engaging content that translates complex science for clinicians, researchers, and the public. You will produce explainer videos, animations, and educational materials, while supporting literature review with researchers.

The role requires enrolment in a relevant degree and hands-on video editing skills; familiarity with German/English is helpful.

Qualifikationen

• Enrolment in a relevant degree programme with a completed Bachelor’s degree.
• Hands-on skills in video editing, motion graphics, and animation in any software.
• Genuine curiosity about science and/or informatics; no prior biomedical knowledge required.
• Strong visual communication instincts and a clean, purposeful design.
• Reliable, self-directed work style and good communication skills; knowledge of German/English is helpful.

Aufgaben

• Design and produce short explainer videos, animations, and visual storytelling pieces.
• Support development of educational materials for workshops and online platforms.
• Support literature review behind each piece, gathering and distilling source material with researchers.
• Collaborate with Data Stewards and Developers to translate content into visuals.

Kenntnisse

Video editing

Motion graphics

Animation

German language

English language

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree completed

Jobbeschreibung

We are looking to support our rapidly growing team as soon as possible:

Student Assistant (WHB) (f/m/x) – Audiovisual Science Communication

TV-L: 19 h/week (49,35%)

limited for 1 year according to WissZeitVG (Third-party funded project)

Compensation is €15,11 per hour of weekly employment

TV-L: 19 h/week (49,35%)

limited for 1 year according to WissZeitVG (Third-party funded project)

Compensation is €15,11 per hour of weekly employment

You’ll help us create engaging audiovisual content that makes complex scientific and/or technical topics accessible — whether for specialist audiences like clinicians and researchers, or for the general public. This includes:

• Designing and producing short explainer videos, animations, and visual storytelling pieces
• Supporting the development of educational materials for workshops and online platforms
• Supporting the literature review behind each piece —
  helping gather, organise, and distil source material
  together with the researchers, as input for the content
• Collaborating closely with Data Stewards and Developers to translate technical content into compelling visuals

Your profile

• Enrolment in a relevant degree programme (Media Design, Communication Design, UX/UI, Motion Design, Digital Film, or similar), with a completed Bachelor’s degree
• Hands-on skills in video editing, motion graphics, and animation — whichever software you work in
• A genuine curiosity about science and/or informatics — no prior biomedical knowledge required, just an open mind
• Strong visual communication instincts and an eye for clean, purposeful design
• Reliable, self-directed work style and good communication skills, ideally with knowledge of German / English

Our offer

• Everything but ordinary: You can expect a secure job in a challenging, innovative environment – including company pension schemes and regular working hours without business trips.
• Work-life balance: Whether full-time or part-time, with or without children – with numerous support options, we will find the right path together.
• Team spirit in R(h)ine culture: You will be warmly welcomed by an interdisciplinary team that values mutual respect and helpfulness.
• Strong perspectives: We offer extensive training opportunities – so you can continuously grow and set new goals.

Your future with us

We are one of the leading university hospitals in Germany and network research, teaching and health care at the highest level. That's why many things are a lot bigger for us: the spectrum of exciting development opportunities. The limitless openness with which specialists from all over the world work together here. Or our commitment as an employer to support all employees as best we can in reconciling their job with their goals and life situations.

This is the University Hospital of Cologne: Everything but ordinary.

At the Institute for Biomedical Informatics at the University of Cologne we combine biomedicine and informatics to provide support for researchers, patients, and the general public. We believe science doesn’t just need to be done — it needs to be understood. That’s where you come in.

People with disabilities are welcome to apply and will be treated preferentially in the event of equal suitability and qualification.

We look forward to receiving your application and getting to know you!

You’ll help us create engaging audiovisual content that makes complex scientific and/or technical topics accessible — whether for specialist audiences like clinicians and researchers, or for the general public. This includes:

• Designing and producing short explainer videos, animations, and visual storytelling pieces
• Supporting the development of educational materials for workshops and online platforms
• Supporting the literature review behind each piece —
  helping gather, organise, and distil source material
  together with the researchers, as input for the content
• Collaborating closely with Data Stewards and Developers to translate technical content into compelling visuals

Your profile

• Enrolment in a relevant degree programme (Media Design, Communication Design, UX/UI, Motion Design, Digital Film, or similar), with a completed Bachelor’s degree
• Hands-on skills in video editing, motion graphics, and animation — whichever software you work in
• A genuine curiosity about science and/or informatics — no prior biomedical knowledge required, just an open mind
• Strong visual communication instincts and an eye for clean, purposeful design
• Reliable, self-directed work style and good communication skills, ideally with knowledge of German / English

Our offer

• Everything but ordinary: You can expect a secure job in a challenging, innovative environment – including company pension schemes and regular working hours without business trips.
• Work-life balance: Whether full-time or part-time, with or without children – with numerous support options, we will find the right path together.
• Team spirit in R(h)ine culture: You will be warmly welcomed by an interdisciplinary team that values mutual respect and helpfulness.
• Strong perspectives: We offer extensive training opportunities – so you can continuously grow and set new goals.