Director Public Relations Consulting (w/m/d)

Allgemeine Infos

Location: Berlin
Full-time: Yes
Start date: March 2026

StoryMachine is a 2017-founded agency with the focus on strategic storytelling for Brands, Personalities, and political institutions.
The basis of our integrated storytelling is journalistically and completely data-driven. We consider Social Channels not isolated, but highlight their strengths and peculiarities and bring them to the advantage of our clients.
Our office is located in an old Varieté Theater in the heart of Berlin. There you'll meet unique character heads as colleagues and receive fresh perspectives from the political, economic, and media worlds at regular training sessions in our internal Academies.

About the role

In the role as Director Public Relations Consulting (w/m/d), you will be a supporting and experienced point of contact for our clients, work closely with our C-Level, and take on various and challenging tasks.

Your tasks

• You develop and are responsible for comprehensive communication strategies, which strengthen corporate goals and market positioning sustainably. You set clear priorities and ensure that all measures align with the overarching vision.
• You are a sparring partner for the C-Level and our most important clients in all questions of strategic communication. You lead discussions at eye level, make direction-setting decisions, and provide excellent care.
• You build our network actively and position us as Thought Leaders. Your existing journalist network uses you strategically, while you deliberately establish new contacts in relevant media and industries.
• You conduct complex situation analyses and define communication goals, which promote the business success of our clients. Based on this, you develop tailored, effective communication plans and steer their implementation.
• You recognize opportunities and risks for the reputation of our clients early and lead proactive measures to strengthen their position in the market.
• Operative tasks like writing press releases are not part of your responsibility scope – your focus lies on strategy, consulting, and leadership.

You bring with you

We tell our clients' stories – and you write the next chapter in our success story.
Our clients and their topics are anything but ordinary. Therefore, we are looking for an experienced leader who enriches our team and strategically develops it further.

What's important to us:

• Experience & Leadership: You bring at least 8 years of professional experience in strategic communication, public relations, or public affairs – ideally in an agency or corporate communication. You have already led teams and projects with high impact.
  Kurz: You recognize the story behind the numbers and develop narratives that move markets.
• Linguistic competence: German on a native speaker level and fluent English (at least C1). Additional languages are a plus, but not mandatory.
• Strategic flexibility: You are willing to act quickly in critical situations and make decisions – even outside regular working hours if required by the reputation of our clients.
• Structure & Precision: You steer complex projects with foresight and ensure that processes run efficiently and reliably. Your organizational talent is on a director level.
• Discretion & Integrity: You are a Trusted Advisor for our clients' C-Level. Sensitive information you handle with the highest professionalism.
• Kommunikationsstärke: You develop clear messages and orchestrate their implementation across all channels. You know how to turn information into a story that unfolds impact.
• Business Impact & Hands-on-Mentalität: You think entrepreneurially, set priorities, and get things done when it matters. Your focus: solutions, results, and measurable success.
• Network & Positionierung: You bring a robust network in relevant media with you and build it strategically further. You position our agency and our clients as Thought Leaders.
• Innovation & KI-Kompetenz: You use AI not as a buzzword, but as a strategic tool to make processes, ideas, and communication smarter.
• Unique strengths: We are looking for no copy – but your