Student Assistant (WHB) (f/m/x) – Audiovisual Science Communication - Köln

Your tasks

You’ll help us create engaging audiovisual content that makes complex scientific and/or technical topics accessible — whether for specialist audiences like clinicians and researchers, or for the general public. This includes:

• Designing and producing short explainer videos, animations, and visual storytelling pieces

• Supporting the development of educational materials for workshops and online platforms

• Supporting the literature review behind each piece —
  helping gather, organise, and distil source material
  together with the researchers, as input for the content

• Collaborating closely with Data Stewards and Developers to translate technical content into compelling visuals

Your profile

• Enrolment in a relevant degree programme (Media Design, Communication Design, UX/UI, Motion Design, Digital Film, or similar), with a completed Bachelor’s degree

• Hands-on skills in video editing, motion graphics, and animation — whichever software you work in

• A genuine curiosity about science and/or informatics — no prior biomedical knowledge required, just an open mind

• Strong visual communication instincts and an eye for clean, purposeful design

• Reliable, self-directed work style and good communication skills, ideally with knowledge of German / English

Have we piqued your interest? If so, please send us your detailed resume and a brief portfolio of your work.

Our offer

• Everything but ordinary: You can expect a secure job in a challenging, innovative environment – including company pension schemes and regular working hours without business trips.

• Work-life balance: Whether full-time or part-time, with or without children – with numerous support options, we will find the right path together.

• Team spirit in R(h)ine culture: You will be warmly welcomed by an interdisciplinary team that values mutual respect and helpfulness.

• Strong perspectives: We offer extensive training opportunities – so you can continuously grow and set new goals.

Your future with us

We are one of the leading university hospitals in Germany and network research, teaching and health care at the highest level. That's why many things are a lot bigger for us: the spectrum of exciting development opportunities. The limitless openness with which specialists from all over the world work together here. Or our commitment as an employer to support all employees as best we can in reconciling their job with their goals and life situations.

This is the University Hospital of Cologne: Everything but ordinary.

Your future in detail

At the Institute for Biomedical Informatics at the University of Cologne we combine biomedicine and informatics to provide support for researchers, patients, and the general public. We believe science doesn’t just need to be done — it needs to be understood. That’s where you come in.

People with disabilities are welcome to apply and will be treated preferentially in the event of equal suitability and qualification.