Zeppelin University (ZU) in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance is a fully accredited private university offering bachelor, master and PhD programs ineconomics, cultural studies and political science. It is committed to interdisciplinarity, internationality and individuality in research and teaching.

The following temporary position in part-time (75 %) at the Chair of Marketing is to be filled as soon as possible:

Research Fellow Pre-Doc (m/f/d) / Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (m/w/d) am Lehrstuhl für Marketing

The contract is limited to three years.

In research, teaching and executive education, the Chair of Marketing is particularly concerned with the research topics social media and digitization as well as decision research. In almost all research projects, we use a quantitative-empirical research approach and advanced methods, such as eye tracking, virtual reality, augmented reality, and text mining. The research projects are geared towards interdisciplinary cooperation with the fields of information systems, innovation management and psychology.

Your tasks:

• Participation in the research projects initiated by the chair.
• Publish in peer-reviewed international journals.
• Teaching in the field of marketing (3 weekly teaching hours during the semester)
• Supervision of Bachelor and Master students
• Administrative duties
• Exchange and cooperation with universities and research institutions as well as with business practice
• The position aims at obtaining further academic qualification (Writing your PhD thesis)

Your profile:

• Have a MSc or equivalent university degree in business administration, business informatics, economics, psychology or a comparable field of study with above-average grades
• Strong interest in quantitative-empirical research
• Very good analytical and conceptual skills
• Be highly motivated and keen to work in an interdisciplinary research environment
• Be fluent in English
• Enjoy working in teams

Our offer:

We offer you a varied and challenging job in an innovative working and learning environment with currently more than 230 extraordinary and committed colleagues and 1,000 students who are eager to learn and work.

The possibility of alternating teleworking, flexible working hours for a better compatibility of family and career, support in the company pension scheme or in capital-forming benefits as well as a targeted personal and professional development are a matter of course for us.

Zeppelin University is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants with disabilities will be given priority. Zeppelin University supports the compatibility of family and work and promotes gender equality in science. Qualified women are expressly encouraged to apply.

Interested? We look forward to receiving your complete application documents.

Contact: Prof. Dr. Martin Meißner, Head of Chair of Marketing, martin.meissner@zu.de.