Deputy Head of Marketing & Communication 80 - 100 %

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Deputy Head of Marketing & Communication 80 - 100 %

Are you a marketing communication all-rounder and planning talent? Do you navigate skillfully through the various disciplines of marketing communication and with different stakeholders? Do you enjoy leading a small, creative team? Then we look forward to your application. We offer you a versatile range of tasks at the Department of Life Sciences and Facility Management in the exciting field of university communication.

Department: School of Life Sciences and Facility Management

Start date: 01.07.2026, or by arrangement.

• We are looking for a service-oriented, communicative, and leadership-affine person as deputy to the Head of Marketing & Communication (M&C), who enjoys thinking in networks and brings extensive experience in various areas of marketing & communication (on-/offline).
• Leadership of the two teams «Design» and «Products» with a total of approx. 8-10 employees
• Operational management of the teams and ensuring daily business
• Annual planning of marketing activities for our 15 degree programs
• Design of the interface to the degree program management
• Budget planning and controlling
• Ensuring corporate design
• Taking on projects in the area of M&C
• Sparring partner in strategic planning with the Head of M&C
• University degree in the field of M&C or subject-specific training/continuing education
• Several years of professional experience in M&C, broad experience in various communication/marketing disciplines (generalist), leadership experience
• Knowledge and practical experience in branding and CI/CD, ideally also experience with rebranding projects
• Experience in strategic communication planning and campaign management
• Excellent organizational and planning skills
• Excellent communication skills, good editorial skills (writing competence)
• High sense of responsibility and quality awareness
• Friendly, courteous, and adept interaction with various stakeholders / team skills
• High service orientation and customer understanding in an expert organization
• Flexibility / resilience / networked and strategic thinking
• Implementation-strong personality, decisive, initiative-taking, independent
• Very good knowledge of common office programs (Microsoft 365, especially PowerPoint), Typo3 as well as good knowledge of graphic/layout programs (Adobe Suite) are required.
• Very good German and English skills.

The ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, with over 14,000 students and over 11,000 continuing education participants as well as around 3,700 employees, is one of the largest multi-disciplinary universities of applied sciences in Switzerland.

ZHAW is committed to gender-mixed and diverse teams to promote equality, diversity, and innovation.

We offer university-appropriate working and employment conditions and actively promote the personnel development of our employees and managers. A detailed description of the benefits can be found on the "Working at ZHAW" website. Here are the main points:

Dr. Kerstin Bolliger

Head of Marketing and Communication, School of Life Sciences & Facility Management

Samy Shalaby

Recruiting Manager