About the role

  • Student Assistant in Event Management supporting the Merchant Inspiration community. Collaborating on events, building community experiences, and managing logistical operations in Berlin.

Responsibilities

  • You will actively help improve our events and community formats on an ongoing basis.
  • Your work directly contributes to ensuring participants, speakers, and partners experience a high-quality event experience and that internal processes run smoothly.
  • You will be actively involved in ongoing project and event management for the Merchant Inspiration Talks and other community events.
  • You will research service providers, pricing and new ideas (e.g. catering, side events, program items) and prepare decision-making materials.
  • You will support communications with speakers, sponsors, partners, venues and service providers.
  • You will take part in location scouting for future events (e.g. MIT27).
  • You will contribute to the planning and conception of new community formats for 2027.
  • You will create briefings, overviews and documentation (e.g. in Google Docs, Sheets or Notion).
  • You will take responsibility for logistics, material planning and organizational back-office tasks related to events.
  • Depending on your interests and focus areas, you can gradually expand and develop your own areas of responsibility.

Requirements

  • You are currently enrolled at a university and are able to work 20 hours per week as a working student.
  • You enjoy taking on responsibility and driving things forward proactively.
  • You have initial practical experience or a strong interest in event management, project organization and/or community building.
  • You work in a structured, reliable and careful manner – even when multiple tasks are running in parallel.
  • You communicate clearly, politely and professionally – both written and spoken – in German (English is a plus).
  • You are interested in events, e‑commerce and digital community formats.
  • You are comfortable with common digital tools (e.g. Google Docs, Sheets, Notion) or able to learn them quickly.
  • You bring a proactive, solution-oriented approach and a good degree of initiative.
  • You can work independently and strive to implement things pragmatically with a hands-on mentality.

Benefits

  • Flexible working hours – compatible with studies or other projects.
  • Workspace in a co‑working space in Berlin plus the option for home office days.
  • Close collaboration with a small, committed team and short decision-making paths.
  • Plenty of creative freedom and the opportunity to contribute and implement your own ideas.
  • Deep insights into the planning and execution of one of the most relevant e‑commerce events in the DACH region.
  • Direct contact with speakers, partners and service providers.
  • Participation in team events and in the event experience itself.
  • Fair compensation.

Job title

Working Student, Event and Community Management

Job type

Experience level

Entry level

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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