Scientific Talent Performance Specialist

Summary

Join ResearchGate's Scientific Recruitment team as a Performance Specialist in Berlin for a part-time, remote-first position. The role focuses on optimizing recruitment advertising campaigns on the ResearchGate platform, requiring strong attention to detail and data analysis skills. You will create and manage recruitment ads, monitor campaign performance, and collaborate with various teams. The ideal candidate possesses strong communication and organizational skills, an interest in digital advertising, and experience working with data. A background in marketing or a related field is preferred, along with familiarity with scientific audiences. ResearchGate offers a flexible work environment, generous vacation time, professional development opportunities, and support for mental wellbeing.

Requirements

• Strong attention to detail and the ability to work independently on repetitive tasks
• Strong communication and organizational skills, and ability to work as part of a team
• Interest in digital advertising or a basic understanding of online advertising concepts and a strong motivation to learn
• Comfortable working with data, spreadsheets and campaign performance metrics
• Student status valid to at least 09/2026

Responsibilities

• Create, edit and publish recruitment advertising posts targeted at scientific audiences
• Adjust the targeting of recruitment campaigns based on research area, skill set and location to maximise relevance and performance
• Monitor campaign performance and make adjustments to increase engagement, helping to maintain the overall quality of recruitment advertising content on the platform is also part of the role
• Set up different types of banners and advertising campaigns in Google Ad Manager
• Work closely with the Advertising Operations, Product, and Sales teams to align user needs with commercial offerings

Preferred Qualifications

• A background or experience in marketing, communications, business or a related field
• Familiarity with the needs of academic and scientific audiences would be advantageous
• Experience with digital advertising platforms and working with data would be an advantage, but is not required

Benefits

• Enjoy a flexible working environment that adapts to your life circumstances
• A generous 30 full days of vacation for you to unwind and days focused for your professional development to further grow your career
• Free access to a platform to support your mental wellbeing
• We support a remote work approach by enabling our team to work across borders (up to 120 days a year)