Markus Pließnig

Experience

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  Ketchum Pleon GmbH

  Oct 2006 - Feb 2011

  Business Director

  Contact persons and consulting at management level, press and media work, development of strategic communication concepts, event management, personnel management (teams up to 10 employees).

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  FischerAppelt

  Mar 2011 - Sept 2012

  Team leader

  Contact persons and consulting at management level, press and media work, development of strategic communication concepts, event management, personnel management (teams up to 10 employees).

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  Ista International

  Oct 2012 - Feb 2015

  Senior Manager Corporate Communications, Interim head of department corporate communications

  Contact person for journalists. Conception and management of national and international communication measures. Organization and implementation of press conferences. Editing of press releases, articles and speeches. Management of agencies. Personnel management.

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  TAS Emotional Marketing GmbH

  Mar 2015 - Nov 2016

  Press officer, Head of communication

  Development and implementation of communication strategy. Positioning of the agency TAS in public (local and national) as press officer. Contact management to relevant bodies and customers. Editing of press releases and technical articles. Support of homepage and social media channels. Personnel management.

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  European Green Capital - Essen 2017 (Project office)

  Jan 2017 - Jun 2018

  Press officer, Head of communications

  Strategic planning and coordination of all press work, local and international from print to Social Media. Contact person for journalists and project partners (among others EU Commission, State of North Rhine-Westphalia) and sponsors. Organisation and moderation of press conferences. Personnel management.

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  EWG - Essener Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft mbH

  Jun 2018 - Sept 2023

  Leiter Kommunikation und Internationales
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  Stiftung Zollverein

  Sept 2023 - now

  Leiter Kommunikation und Marketing