Corporate Communications Traineeship

Are you passionate about communication? Do you love exploring creative ideas? Join us, and you’ll be given responsibilities from day one, and gain invaluable experience. This is an opportunity to hone your skills in a contemporary and inspiring work environment.

Unfortunately, we are not offering any traineeships at present. As soon as vacancies become available, we will publish the details here.

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An inside look into our Corporate Communications Traineeship

You work self-directed on challenging projects and develop expertise in both digital and traditional media. Watch our video to get an inside look and feel for the job.

In brief

A traineeship with Corporate Communications provides a comprehensive grounding in a range of disciplines, including traditional media relations, strategic PR work and imaginative content creation. It teaches all the skills needed for a responsible role in the communications sector. Candidates should have a degree in communication studies, media studies or economics, plus excellent written and spoken communication skills in German and English.

As part of our traineeship program, you spend 24 months training to become a communications professional. If you already have a Master’s degree, the traineeship will be shortened to 18 months.

Internships are different from traineeships, in that they run parallel to your degree course. Trainee programs, on the other hand, focus on specialist or leadership tasks not related to communications.

Your benefits

An optimum work environment

Digital equipment, including a laptop and smartphone for mobile working, excellent transport links, ample parking, an on-site café, food truck, canteen and corporate events.

An attractive salary

If you hold a Bachelor’s degree, you will receive €2,400 in the first year and €2,650 in the second year of your traineeship. If you hold a Master’s degree, you will receive €2,700 in the first year and €2,950 in the second year of your traineeship.

Professional development & support

Buddy and mentoring, continuing professional development, regular feedback, agile and hybrid project work, job visit, networking.

Vacation & flexible working

30 days’ vacation allowance per annum and flexible working hours with a 34-hour week.

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What you can expect

Get to know our company and our communications strategy! You will also become familiar with a range of content-related, organizational and technical operations in corporate communications, covering everything from strategic and operational PR through to the creation of internal and external formats. More traditional assignments will include research work, writing, editing and organizing interviews and press events.
Social media is a key aspect of communication. You will learn all there is to know about content creation, from posts and videos through to podcasts and community management.
What makes the traineeship particularly exciting is its cross-project, hybrid working format. You will gain experience in different teams and acquire overarching insights into the Deutsche Telekom world, from strategy through to implementation. Finally, you will benefit from a placement in a second location or with another company.
Become part of our team and help shape the future of communication for one of Europe’s leading telecommunications companies!

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What you should bring to the role

You are an excellent communicator, well-organized and creative, and already have some experience in the media landscape. You feel equally at home in digital communications and traditional PR work.

A university degree in communication studies or media studies.
Strong communication skills – Excellent written and spoken German and English
Multimedia and content creation: Some practical experience of content creation and production in a company, editorial team or agency
A good team player with excellent organizational skills: You love being part of a team and are adept at structuring your tasks effectively and keeping your eye on the ball.
Commitment and autonomy: You are reliable and happy to work independently even in stressful situations.
Open to innovation: You are interested in new technologies and novel ideas.

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Onboarding

Congratulations! You’ve made it through the application process and are about to start your traineeship at Telekom.

Our onboarding process will help you get off to a flying start. You will get to know the COM team and have an opportunity to chat and network with other traineeship program participants. Your buddy and your mentor are there to support you at every stage of your traineeship.