Communications & Design Working Student

About the role

Gauss Fusion is looking for a creative and hands-on Working Student to support its communications activities at our headquarters in Garching bei München.

The role will have a particular focus on visual and digital communications, helping to turn complex scientific, engineering and corporate information into clear and engaging communications materials.

You will support the development of social and digital content, visual assets and other branded materials, while also contributing to German-language communications, media and industry monitoring, and the practical coordination of communications activity.

You will work closely with the person leading/supporting Gauss Fusion’s communications activity and with colleagues across the company to gather information and turn it into effective communications outputs.

This is an execution-focused role offering practical experience within a fast-moving scientific and industrial environment.

• Main responsibilities
• Create and adapt visual assets for social and digital communications, including graphics and other supporting content.
• Support the visual presentation of complex scientific, technical and corporate information in a clear and accessible way.
• Assist with the production and coordination of social media content, particularly for Linked In.
• Help maintain communications and content plans, gather inputs from colleagues and support the timely preparation of planned content.
• Provide practical creative support for branded materials and visual communications within the Garching office environment.
• Support the preparation and adaptation of German-language communications, including translation between English and German where required.
• Monitor relevant media coverage, industry developments and competitor activity and help compile concise updates for internal stakeholders.
• Provide other practical and execution-focused communications support as required.
• Qualification and educational requirements
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s degree programme in Communication, Journalism, Marketing, or a comparable discipline.
• Fluent or native-level German, with strong written and spoken English.
• Strong visual and digital capabilities, with an ability to present information clearly and effectively.
• Good understanding of contemporary social and digital communications channels.
• Ability to understand complex information and translate it into accessible visual or written communications outputs.
• Competences and preferred skills
• Competence
• Creative mindset combined with strong attention to detail.
• Structured, organised and reliable working style.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of assigned tasks.
• Comfortable managing multiple activities and deadlines in a dynamic environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and confidence gathering information from colleagues across different functions.
• Curious and willing to learn about complex scientific, engineering and industrial topics.
• Sound judgement about how information should be presented for different audiences and formats.
• Preferred Skills
• Previous experience creating visual or digital communications content through university projects, internships, employment or comparable activities.
• Familiarity with commonly used graphic design, presentation and digital content-creation tools.
• Experience supporting or managing content for Linked In or other contemporary digital channels.
• Some experience of information design, particularly presenting complex material in a simple and visually effective way.
• Experience translating or adapting communications content between German and English.
• Interest in science, engineering, energy, technology or other complex industrial sectors.

About us

Gauss Fusion is a European fusion company focused on industrialising stellarator fusion and developing a modular power plant architecture, critical technologies and industrial capabilities required for scaling fusion power plants in the future.

The start-up was founded in 2022 by Frank Laukien together with European high-tech companies with capabilities in magnetic-confinement fusion and component production for Fusion experiments like ITER.

Gauss Fusion combines fusion science and systems engineering with industrial engineering and manufacturing expertise.

Its peer-reviewed GIGA™ power-plant platform provides the technologically most promising system-level architecture to build cost-efficient stellarator power plants at scale.

Within this architecture, Gauss Fusion is advancing critical technologies in areas including demountable magnet systems, tritium breeding, fuel-cycle technologies, and plasma exhaust.

Working with industrial partners, technology providers and leading research institutions across Europe, the company is building the engineering, technologies and supply-chain capabilities required to progress stellarator fusion towards industrial deployment.

Join us on our journey to revolutionize the energy landscape and make fusion power a reality.

The time is now!