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Work History
Education
Skills
Leisureactivities
Children
Personal Information
Training
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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
12.2024 - Current

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
01.2015 - 11.2024

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
12.2008 - 12.2014

Job overview

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

NEWS Verlag

Editor
09.2007 - 09.2008

Job overview

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

NEWS Verlag
Miltenberg, Germany

Internship
02.2007 - 09.2007

Job overview

  • Writing of articles for the free local newspaper

brainLight GmbH

Press officer
07.2005 - 09.2006

Job overview

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

brainLight GmbH

Internship
04.2005 - 06.2005

Job overview

  • Tasks: Telephone customer acquisition

AWOaktiv

Assembly work
07.2002 - 03.2005

Job overview

  • Plastics and wood processing

Computec Media AG

Press officer
11.1999 - 03.2000

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
04.1999 - 10.1999

Job overview

  • Press work
  • Supervision of a trainee

Freelancer
Würzburg, Germany

Journalist
01.1998 - 04.1999

Job overview

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

UTA GmbH

Internship
09.1997 - 12.1997

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
06.1997 - 07.1997

Job overview

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

HORIZONT

Internship
05.1997 - 05.1997

Job overview

Writing of articles for the marketing-newspaper with weekly publication

EDELMAN Public Relations Worldwide

Internship
03.1997 - 05.1997

Job overview

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

Dr. J. and A. Sagasser

Antiques seller
01.1995 - 03.1996

Job overview

  • Sales of antiques, trade fair business

Otto Schneider

Internship
07.1994 - 10.1994

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
12.2024 - Current

Head of Corporate Communications

BrainLight GmbH
01.2015 - 11.2024

Press officer

brainLight GmbH
12.2008 - 12.2014

Editor

NEWS Verlag
09.2007 - 09.2008

Internship

NEWS Verlag
02.2007 - 09.2007

Press officer

brainLight GmbH
07.2005 - 09.2006

Internship

brainLight GmbH
04.2005 - 06.2005

Assembly work

AWOaktiv
07.2002 - 03.2005

Press officer

Computec Media AG
11.1999 - 03.2000

Press officer

Walhalla Fachverlag
04.1999 - 10.1999

Journalist

Freelancer
01.1998 - 04.1999

Internship

UTA GmbH
09.1997 - 12.1997

Internship

Max Schimmel Verlag
06.1997 - 07.1997

Internship

HORIZONT
05.1997 - 05.1997

Internship

EDELMAN Public Relations Worldwide
03.1997 - 05.1997

Antiques seller

Dr. J. and A. Sagasser
01.1995 - 03.1996

Internship

Otto Schneider
07.1994 - 10.1994

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