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.
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