Julia Benson

Project Manager | Online Marketing Manager | Event Management

Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

About

Combining online marketing and project management, I focus on delivering well-structured, data-driven projects and campaigns. I enjoy taking ownership and have built Excel formulas longer than some emails. I feel most at home in teams that value transparency, constructive feedback, and sustainability — and in company cultures that prefer questioning processes over maintaining dusty binders from 1998. My natural habitat tends to be the office, where collaboration sometimes happens between two coffees. Core skills & experience • Marketing: SEO/SEA, KPI-driven campaigns, social media, email marketing, stakeholder and agency management, reporting • Project management: event organization, budget responsibility, stakeholder coordination, project communication • Tools: Amazon Seller Central, Excel, Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, Jira, Confluence, Miro, Brevo, BI tools • Languages: German native, English very strong, French solid, Spanish & Chinese small-talk level I currently coordinate TraWeBa — the Transformation Hub for the Battery Value Chain. Most recently, I organized the TraWeBa Congress 2026 in Berlin: an industry event for stakeholders along the entire battery value chain, from raw materials to recycling. In 2024, I coordinated the “Leipzig Ambassadors” initiative for the City of Leipzig — a talent attraction campaign for the hospitality, gastronomy, and tourism sectors. The initiative involved six-figure budget responsibility, an apprentice competition, a city-wide image campaign, and a formal award ceremony with around 100 high-profile guests, receiving very positive feedback. I’m always happy to connect with people working on topics such as battery technology, mobility, or sustainable transformation.

Experience

  • Project Management at ACOD Automotive Cluster Eastern Germany
    Mar 2026 - Present · 5 mos

    Supporting the TraWeBa project with a focus on marketing, event coordination, and stakeholder management

  • Project Management at City of Leipzig
    Jun 2024 - Mar 2025 · 10 mos

    - Delivery of the city-led project “Leipzig Ambassadors” (talent competition, citywide image campaign, award ceremony with ~100 high-level guests) aimed at strengthening the hospitality and tourism workforce - Stakeholder management & public relations (Chamber of Commerce and Industry, DEHOGA, vocational schools, agencies): speeches, press releases, social media activities, and campaign coordination - Public funding & structural development: review and approval of funding applications, revision of the employment promotion funding guideline - Completion of certified professional training programs in event management and project management

  • Performance Marketing Manager at Relaxdays GmbH
    May 2023 - Jun 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos

    - Sole responsibility for Amazon Spain and OTTO, including planning, management, and optimization of performance-driven campaigns - Data-driven analysis and optimization: KPIs, A/B testing, reporting, and advanced Excel analyses - Development and scaling of digital channels: email marketing (Brevo, multilingual), social media (Meta), Google Ads, and Google Analytics

  • Marketing Manager France at Spread Group
    Aug 2020 - Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    - Sole ownership of Amazon France, including content management, KPI tracking, and market strategy - Development of the Amazon Brand Store and advertising strategy, with a focus on improving conversion rates and market share - International collaboration: KPI reporting, forecasting, presentations, and close coordination with design and licensing teams

  • Working Student – Event Management at SoftwareONE
    Jun 2019 - Dec 2019 · 7 mos

    - Organization and management of B2B information events - CRM management and event logistics, in close collaboration with on-site internal teams