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Leisureactivities
Children
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Hi, I’m

Jost Sagasser M.A.

Artist
Aschaffenburg,BY
The only constant is change.
Heraclitus of Ephesus, 535-475 BC
Jost Sagasser M.A.

Summary

Corporate communications leader with proven expertise in strategic messaging and brand management. Skilled in media relations. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving impactful results, adaptable to changing needs. Known for fostering trust, strengthening corporate reputation, and driving successful communication initiatives.

Overview

30
years of professional experience

Work History

Freelancer

Artist
2024.12 - Current (1 education.year_Label & 10 education.months_Label)

Job overview

Inner processes, started in 2023, led me to L-art. My wish is to complete this way by preparing art on the base of simplicity. I hope to transform myself by doing this and going ahead to my next step of inner work. Further on I want to offer my work to customers in order to let them take part on this development. My wish is to bring it to success.

BrainLight GmbH

Head of Corporate Communications
2015.01 - 2024.11 (9 education.years_Label & 10 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Monitored media coverage of the organization closely to identify opportunities for proactive outreach.
  • Created and managed social media campaigns to increase brand engagement.
  • Winning of more than 20 partially international awards for the company
    (for example Plus X Award, German Brand Award, Top Brand Corporate Health, INDUSTRIEPREIS, European Health & Spa Award, Arbeitgeber der Zukunft, World´s Best Employer)
  • PR-Cooperations
  • Consulting of the managing board and ideation
  • Blogging
  • Social Media-Management with co-leadership of a social media agency
  • Media-relations
  • Press work
  • SEO
  • PR-articles
  • Care of the brainLight-online-press-area
  • Internal communications

brainLight GmbH

Press officer
2008.12 - 2014.12 (6 education.years_Label)

Job overview

  • Maintaining and expanding media contacts
  • Representation of the company internally and externally (see below)

NEWS Verlag

Editor
2007.09 - 2008.09 (1 education.year_Label)

Job overview

  • Researching and writing articles for the free regional newspaper
  • Editorial concepts
  • Conducting interviews
  • Writing PR articles

NEWS Verlag
Miltenberg, Germany

Internship
2007.02 - 2007.09 (7 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Writing of articles for the free local newspaper

brainLight GmbH

Press officer
2005.07 - 2006.09 (1 education.year_Label & 2 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Press work
  • Internal and external communication
  • Writing of specialist articles for company-relevant media

brainLight GmbH

Internship
2005.04 - 2005.06 (2 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Tasks: Telephone customer acquisition

AWOaktiv

Assembly work
2002.07 - 2005.03 (2 education.years_Label & 8 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Plastics and wood processing

Computec Media AG

Press officer
1999.11 - 2000.03 (4 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Preparation of a PR concept for external and internal communication, press work
  • Preparation of a content relaunch of the corporate website

Walhalla Fachverlag

Press officer
1999.04 - 1999.10 (6 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Press work
  • Supervision of a trainee

Freelancer
Würzburg, Germany

Journalist
1998.01 - 1999.04 (1 education.year_Label & 3 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Publications in “Die Welt”, “HORIZONT”, “acquisa” and others

UTA GmbH

Internship
1997.09 - 1997.12 (3 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Company Overview: (Agency with press service)
  • Writing of articles for the press-service-letter djd
  • Acquisition of new customers

Max Schimmel Verlag

Internship
1997.06 - 1997.07 (1 education.month_Label)

Job overview

Writing of articles for the print-magazines Pro Firma and acquisa

HORIZONT

Internship
1997.05 - 1997.05

Job overview

Writing of articles for the marketing-newspaper with weekly publication

EDELMAN Public Relations Worldwide

Internship
1997.03 - 1997.05 (2 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Company Overview: (PR agency)
  • First steps into PR

Dr. J. and A. Sagasser

Antiques seller
1995.01 - 1996.03 (1 education.year_Label & 2 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Sales of antiques, trade fair business

Otto Schneider

Internship
1994.07 - 1994.10 (3 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Company Overview: silversmith
  • Silversmith

Education

Kolping educational center

PR and press officer
02.1997

University Overview

  • Contents include the basics of internal and external communication.
  • GPA: very good

Technical University of Berlin

Master's degree from Modern history and art history
01.1993

University Overview

  • Specialization: Gothic and Renaissance in Venice
  • Master's thesis: Automobile advertising in Germany from 1920-1930.
  • Degree: Magister Artium.

Skills

  • Customer communications
  • Social Media Strategy
  • Content Development
  • Creative Direction
  • Community Relations
  • Reputation Management
  • Internal Communications
  • Partnership Development
  • Analytics tracking
  • Thought leadership
  • Corporate Communications

Leisureactivities

  • Yoga
  • Photography
  • Meditation
  • Activities with friends
  • Ride a Bike
  • Social Media
  • Hiking

Children

female, 26

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 08/15/64
  • Marital Status: single

Training

  • Center for professional integration and rehabilitation, Aschaffenburg, 09/01/06, 09/30/07
  • PR and press officer, Würzburg, 06/01/96, 02/28/97, very good

Other Information

I love to laugh, trying to find that in every single day.

Life´s great. :D

Apart from that I think that time waits for no one - it won´t wait for me. :)

Languages

English
Advanced (C1)

Timeline

Artist

Freelancer
2024.12 - Current (1 education.year_Label & 10 education.months_Label)

Head of Corporate Communications

BrainLight GmbH
2015.01 - 2024.11 (9 education.years_Label & 10 education.months_Label)

Press officer

brainLight GmbH
2008.12 - 2014.12 (6 education.years_Label)

Editor

NEWS Verlag
2007.09 - 2008.09 (1 education.year_Label)

Internship

NEWS Verlag
2007.02 - 2007.09 (7 education.months_Label)

Press officer

brainLight GmbH
2005.07 - 2006.09 (1 education.year_Label & 2 education.months_Label)

Internship

brainLight GmbH
2005.04 - 2005.06 (2 education.months_Label)

Assembly work

AWOaktiv
2002.07 - 2005.03 (2 education.years_Label & 8 education.months_Label)

Press officer

Computec Media AG
1999.11 - 2000.03 (4 education.months_Label)

Press officer

Walhalla Fachverlag
1999.04 - 1999.10 (6 education.months_Label)

Journalist

Freelancer
1998.01 - 1999.04 (1 education.year_Label & 3 education.months_Label)

Internship

UTA GmbH
1997.09 - 1997.12 (3 education.months_Label)

Internship

Max Schimmel Verlag
1997.06 - 1997.07 (1 education.month_Label)

Internship

HORIZONT
1997.05 - 1997.05

Internship

EDELMAN Public Relations Worldwide
1997.03 - 1997.05 (2 education.months_Label)

Antiques seller

Dr. J. and A. Sagasser
1995.01 - 1996.03 (1 education.year_Label & 2 education.months_Label)

Internship

Otto Schneider
1994.07 - 1994.10 (3 education.months_Label)

Technical University of Berlin

Master's degree from Modern history and art history

Kolping educational center

PR and press officer
Jost Sagasser M.A.Artist