Division "Corporate Communications"

Corporate Communications

Corporate Communications is responsible for how the Bertelsmann Stiftung brand is perceived by the public. Working closely with the foundation’s Executive Board and managers, Corporate Communications disseminates information from our programs and projects while communicating the results of our ongoing activities. Our work focuses on making the Bertelsmann Stiftung known to decision makers and a wider public, and on promoting an exchange with partners throughout society. The goal is to present the foundation’s activities in a way that is cohesive and clear. Together with the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s programs and projects, Corporate Communications develops dialogues with the relevant target groups, ensuring that the messages conveyed are consistent.

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Foto Jochen Arntz
Jochen Arntz
Vice President Media Relations
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Dr. Malva Sucker
Vice President Corporate Brand Management

Media Relations

The foundation's Corporate Media Relations team manages contacts with all media, be they print publications, digital providers, agencies, radio stations or television broadcasters. Together with the foundation's projects, it develops communications strategies and supports the entire implementation process. In addition to maintaining contacts with journalists, its activities include dialoging with social media stakeholders, interacting with opinion leaders and developing new media formats. Corporate Media Relations is also responsible for in-house communications and the intranet. The foundation’s Corporate Media Relations team manages contacts with all media, be they print publications, digital providers, agencies, radio stations or television broadcasters. Together with the foundation’s projects, it develops communications strategies and supports the entire implementation process. In addition to maintaining contacts with journalists, its activities include dialoging with social media stakeholders, interacting with opinion leaders and developing new media formats. Corporate Media Relations is also responsible for in-house communications and the intranet.

Corporate Brand Management

Corporate Brand Management is responsible for all the tools used in the foundation’s communications activities. It produces all corporate products in this area, including the Annual Report, both the print and online versions; the Bertelsmann Stiftung corporate magazine change and its website www.change-magazin.de; and the various materials, such as pamphlets and brochures, that document the results of the foundation’s activities. Findings from the foundation’s projects appear as both print and e-books published by Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung. Corporate Brand Management is also responsible for the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s corporate design.