Springer Medizin

Springer Medizin (www.springermedizin.de) is a provider of high-quality specialist information and services for all professionals in the German-speaking healthcare sector. The product range includes journals, newspapers, books, and extensive digital offerings for all areas of human medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and various professions in health policy. The publishing products are characterized by excellent networking – both with scientific professional societies and associations, and with editors and specialist authors. Springer Medizin is part of Springer Nature.

Your Responsibilities

In your 24-month training as a specialist editor according to the guidelines of the German Journalists' Association, you will be taught the practical foundations of the journalistic profession and will actively participate from the beginning:

• You will manage a medical journal in the editorial team with increasing personal responsibility, from topic planning to the printed edition.
• You will get experts to talk and doctors to write.
• You will refine raw text modules into illustrated articles.
• You will report in words and pictures from national and international congresses.
• You will hold the reins of magazine production and work closely with layout, advertising sales, and the online editorial team.
• You will have a direct line to professional societies and associations.
• You will commission external authors and maintain contact with editors, publishers, and opinion leaders.

Your Profile

• You have completed a medical, scientific, or journalistic degree and ideally have initial editorial experience.
• You enjoy language and didactics and are strong in communication and confident in expression.
• You have good English skills, both written and spoken.
• You are committed, interested, creative, and possess a confident demeanor and organizational talent.
• You are proficient in using Office applications and willing to learn other IT systems.

Your Benefits

• We are a successful media company with four locations in Germany and over 90 medical specialist publications, embedded within the Springer Nature publishing group.
• We offer you a versatile and responsible task in a young team – including structured onboarding and external training (e.g., at the Academy of Bavarian Press).
• We work across locations and cross-media – you can gain experience through internal hospitations, from recording podcasts to conducting video interviews and producing a weekly newspaper.
• We offer flexible working hours with a 36-hour week and the possibility to work from home.
• We offer employee discounts, health management, and sports activities, as well as a company restaurant.
• We have subway and suburban train stations around the corner; alternatively, there is also an underground car park.