Head of Content 80%

Head of Content 80%

Are you a communications professional with many years of experience in a newsroom with leadership responsibilities? Do you want to help shape which topics are discussed within and outside the ZHAW? Do you love discovering exciting content together with your employees, strategically and conceptually planning the communication around it, and measuring its impact? Then you are exactly right in the modern newsroom of the Corporate Communications department at ZHAW!

Department: Rectorate

Start of work: From January 1, 2026, or by arrangement

As "Head of Content ZHAW"

• you develop the "Content" area strategically and conceptually and take responsibility for personnel and financial resources
• you ensure that coordination with the organizational units of the Rectorate and Finance & Services takes place via the Business Partners
• you ensure that the topic managers carry out medium- and long-term planning of the topics from the ZHAW topic house
• you ensure that content producers create content in the defined quality (both in terms of content and form)
• you plan and lead the exchange committee "Content Commission" with the departments
• you yourself are a Business Partner for the "Finance & Services" area (ZHAW Administrative Directorate) and advise the associated organizational units on communication issues
• many years of experience in corporate communications or in a communications agency
• profound knowledge of working in a newsroom of a company or organization
• extensive experience and knowledge in strategic and conceptual consulting activities
• many years of experience in leading teams as well as in lateral leadership
• degree at the university of applied sciences or university level in communication or comparable qualification
• experience in the higher education environment is an advantage
• strategic and conceptual thinking 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.

Corporate Communications formulates and conveys messages to internal and external stakeholders of ZHAW with the aim of promoting acceptance, understanding, trust, and reputation in favor of the university. In the event of an incident, Corporate Communications is also responsible for incident communication together with the emergency services. Corporate Communications also operates the ZHAW media office.

You can expect a collegial and humorous team, a varied range of tasks, and diverse contacts in a lively university environment.

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:

Sabrina Leu

Recruiting Manager