Vanessa Hoffmann

Employer Brand Lead at Alstom 🚆

Berlin Metropolitan Area

About

I am an enthusiastic and inquisitive communicator with a holistic understanding of communications, brand management, and community engagement. I enjoy delivering strategic frameworks and practical, creative work, and managing projects from concept to completion. I strive in international and multidisciplinary teams. Currently, I am leading the employer branding agenda for Alstom in the D-A-CH region. Employer branding brings together pieces of who I am, a/an: analyst, builder, connector, creative, thinker and writer. And the best part of it: it completes my core purpose to positively impact people’s lives.

Experience

  • Alstom (Full-time · 3 yrs 10 mos)
    • Employer Branding Lead
      May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

      - Coordinating employer branding across the CNE region (DACH and Nordics) - Contributing to global employer branding initiatives

    • DACH Employer Branding & University Relations
      Sep 2022 - Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Senior Communications and Community Manager at Robo Wunderkind
    Sep 2021 - Aug 2022 · 1 yr

  • Public Relations Manager at SPITZKE SE
    Sep 2016 - Aug 2021 · 5 yrs

    responsible for digital communications and marketing projects as well as employer branding; requirements management, conceptual design, creation or process control as well as strategic development and content management of five websites; developing, implementing and evaluating cross-media campaigns, particularly in the area of employer branding and HR marketing; designing and executing strategic measures for internal and external communications.

  • Project Lead / Communications, Marketing, Project Management at Quadriga Media Berlin GmbH
    Aug 2013 - Aug 2016 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    As a service provider, Quadriga Media supports various professional associations. I was head of coordination team for two professional associations, namely the European Association of Communication Directors (EACD) and the Asia-Pacific Association of Communication Directors (APACD): strategy and implementation of all associations’ activities; business development and establishment of a new association in Asia-Pacific; responsible for external and internal communications as well as marketing; developing a cross-media content strategy, identifying and positioning key topics; international project management, e.g. coordinating conferences with up to 600 participants, award competition; leading a team of four employees.

  • Head of Coordination Team // Project Management, PR, and Marketing Communications at European Association of Communication Directors (EACD)
    Jul 2013 - Aug 2016 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    With over 2,300 members from over 42 countries, the European Association of Communication Directors is the leading network for in-house communicators in Europe.