Date: 9 Jul 2025

Department: Department of Philosophy

Full-time/Part-time: Part-time

Location: Vienna, AT, 1100

Application Deadline:

Central European University’s Department of Philosophy welcomes applications for a fixed term (part-time, 18 hours per week) Communications Assistant. The role will support communications and public engagement across two entities: the Department itself, and its externally funded research project, Knowledge in Crisis (KiC).

The Communications Assistant will be hired on a one-year fixed-term contract, with the possibility of renewal based on performance and funding. The preferred start date for this position is 1 September 2025.

Duties and Responsibilities (Knowledge in Crisis - 80%)

Maintain KiC’s content calendar (currently Facebook, Instagram and Bluesky) and content pool.
Create and edit engaging photo and video content optimized for KiC’s social media channels.
Distill complex ideas into compelling copy tailored for KiC’s target audiences (English and German).
Support the Director of Management & Transfer with planning and executing marketing campaigns (primarily social and print media).
Liaise with external contractors in the creative sector.

Duties and Responsibilities (Department of Philosophy - 20%)

Work with the Department Coordinator to develop departmental contributions to student recruitment and the implementation of engagement strategies.
Maintain the Department’s content calendar (Currently Facebook, plans on expanding to Instagram and Bluesky) and content pool.
Support the Department Coordinator with community management

Occasional travel throughout Vienna may be required when KiC has public events. Paid travel to Graz and Salzburg may be required 1-2 times per year.

The Communications Assistant will be expected to work during business hours, with occasional evenings as needed (for events).

Qualifications

Required:

Business proficiency in English and German
Familiarity with content scheduling & analytics tools
Understanding of how to create content for target audiences while using brand voice
Experience with photography and videography equipment
Ability to create visually engaging content

Preferred

Experience working in social media or content creation
Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator, Express)
Interest in the ever-changing social media landscape
Experience with paid social
Academic background in philosophy

What We Offer

The monthly gross salary for this 18-hour/week position is EUR 1.375. The role is offered on a one-year fixed-term contract, with the possibility of renewal based on performance and funding. The preferred start date for this position is 1 September 2025.

To view our benefits at CEU, please visit our Career page here.

How to Apply

Kindly submit a cover letter (1 page max) and CV, as well as the contact details of 2 references.

About the Department of Philosophy

CEU’s Department of Philosophy is internationally recognized as one of the top analytic philosophy programs in continental Europe. Our faculty has published in the best journals and presses in the world. As a result, the department was among a handful of universities outside English-speaking countries in the 100 target departments of the Philpapers Survey both in 2009 and 2020. The department uniquely combines analytic and historical approaches to philosophy. This feature of our program allows for a fruitful dialogue between contemporary philosophy and its history. A weekly colloquium series gives students the opportunity to meet with guest lecturers of international stature in an informal setting (see here the list of upcoming events). In addition, the department regularly hosts and participates in a number of international research projects and networks, which bring intellectually exciting events to the department and provide further opportunities for our students to establish connections.

About Knowledge in Crisis

Knowledge in Crisis (KiC) is an intellectual community of more than 50 philosophers throughout Austria. We are comprised of Central European University (lead partner), and the universities of Graz, Salzburg and Vienna. KiC conducts basic research on the current crisis of knowledge. Claims to knowledge are being threatened by rapid and spectacular developments in technology, and by attacks on the very ideas of knowledge and truth themselves. Our aim is to advance our understanding of this crisis. As such, we explore fundamental philosophical questions about the nature of knowledge and investigate various challenges to scientific and other knowledge. In this pursuit, KiC brings together philosophers working on metaphysics, ethics, political and social philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and epistemology.

In addition to our research, we work with local organisations to bridge the gap between academia and the general public. As a publicly-funded research project, we are passionate about engaging people in the work that we do in a genuine and accessible way. Knowledge in Crisis is supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) under the Clusters of Excellence programme (10.55776/COE3).

Learn more at https://www.knowledgeincrisis.com

CEU is strongly committed to the promotion of gender equality and equal opportunities within our institution. Previous training, work experience and/or engagement with matters of equality, diversity and inclusion at the organizational level will be an asset.

Central European University does not discriminate on the basis of—including, but not limited to—race, color, national and ethnic origin, religion, gender and sexual orientation in administering its educational policies, admissions policies, employment, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

About CEU

One of the world’s most international universities, a unique founding mission positions Central European University as both an acclaimed center for the study of economic, historical, social and political challenges, and a source of support for building open and democratic societies that respect human rights and human dignity. CEU is accredited in the United States and Austria, and offers English-language bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in the social sciences, the humanities, law, environmental sciences, management and public policy. CEU enrolls more than 1,400 students from over 100 countries, with faculty from over 50 countries.

In 2019, CEU relocated from Hungary to Austria as the Hungarian government revoked its ability to issue US-accredited degrees in the country. As a result, CEU offers all of its degree programs in Vienna, Austria; and retains a non-degree, research and civic engagement presence in Budapest, Hungary, through its CEU Democracy Institute, the Institute for Advanced Study, the CEU Summer University and The Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives (OSA), and its Hungarian language public educational programs and public lectures.

For more information, please visit https://www.ceu.edu/.

Requisition ID: 845

Communications Assistant (f/m/d)