Public Relations Manager with Business English

The course covers all relevant press and public relations tools and channels. You will learn how to create and communicate content for press and media relations in a strategic way and how to check its success. You will also learn about the interfaces and differences between marketing, social media and artificial intelligence. You will also brush up on your English language skills in a practical way.
  • Certificates: Certificate "Public Relations Manager"
    TOEIC® certificate (Test of English for International Communication)
  • Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
    TOEIC®-Test (Test of English for International Communication)
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 8 Weeks

Public Relations Manager

Basics of public relations (approx. 1 day)

Job description, professional ethics

Corporate communications, PR, media relations


PR and journalism (approx. 2 days)

Legal conditions, ethics and limits

Strategic communication: omnichannel, multi-channel, PESO

Relationship management: stakeholder groups and multipliers

Identification of goals (SMART)

KPIs/metrics for measuring success

Target groups and persona model


Communicative positioning (approx. 1 day)

Key messaging, corporate and brand wording, message houses

AI and PR storytelling

Conceptualization: schedules, timings and budgeting


PR channels (approx. 2 days)

Dynamics, mechanics, channel selection social media and PR

Work processes, monitoring

Digital channels: Web and press pages, blogs, SEO

Offline, analog and online: Print, radio, audiovisual media, augmented reality


PR measures (approx. 2 days)

Editorial offices, press offices, press conferences

Background discussions and interviews

Editorial visits, press trips

Events, trade fairs and speaking opportunities (podcasts, TV and radio reports, etc.)

PR tools: press releases and announcements


Content in press and media relations (approx. 5 days)

Topic plans and story/PR calendar

Storytelling: text and images for PR

Characteristics of journalistic writing

Press releases (composition, structure, basic principles)

Speaker guidelines and media training

Image and video conception: storyboards, dramaturgy and briefings


Evaluation and reporting (approx. 1 day)

Data-based performance measurement

Tools: Selection and costs

Dashboards and reporting, media resonance analysis


Trends and AI in PR (approx. 1 day)

Crisis communication

PR prompting


Project work (approx. 5 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the final results

Business English

Basics of professional English communication (approx. 4 days)

Basic structures of the English language in a professional context

Tenses (simple, continuous, perfect)

Formulation of questions

Active/passive voice

Adjective/adverb

Modal verbs

Conditional

Differences between British and American English in everyday working life

Important idioms in professional language

Presenting in English


Communicative part (approx. 5 days)

Establishing and maintaining customer contacts, telephone calls, correspondence

Artificial intelligence for formulating and optimizing English business communication

Greetings and introductions during business visits

Dealing with complaints

Describing products

Writing letters and emails with common phrases on topics such as orders or quotations

Describing company structures in English


Business English (approx. 6 days)

Writing business correspondence

AI support for English-language emails and letters

Arguing convincingly in a professional context

Explaining company structure, marketing and sales in English

Reporting on market analyses, discussing financial trends

AI for analyzing and preparing information

Communication on business trips: Reception, hotel, restaurant

Appearance in meetings

Describing processes and procedures

Conducting negotiations and reaching agreements

Developing and communicating plans and projects

Preparing presentations

AI tools for structuring and optimizing the language of presentations

English-language job descriptions

Anglo-Saxon application process

Writing a CV in English

Interview: confident presentation of experience and qualifications


Project work, certification preparation and TOEIC® certification exam (approx. 5 days)



Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.

Prerequisite for participation in the course is previous knowledge of English (secondary school level).

After completing the course, you will be able to develop and implement a modern PR strategy and will be familiar with the most important public relations channels and measures. You will have mastered the most important press relations tools such as swat.io and will be able to strategically develop, publish and monitor content. You are also familiar with the interfaces and boundaries to other areas of marketing, social media and communication.

You will also improve your English skills for typical communication situations in everyday international working life and take the internationally recognized TOEIC® test to prove your acquired knowledge.

The course is aimed at employees from corporate communications, marketing, advertising, social media and product management as well as anyone who is responsible for PR and wants to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills.

As a public relations manager, you could consider working as a PR consultant in an agency or as a PR manager for a specific company or association. Marketing departments are also interesting for you.

With the meaningful TOEIC® test, you also provide a detailed insight into your acquired qualifications in the language environment and thus facilitate your career entry and advancement.

Didactic concept

Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).

You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.

 

Virtual classroom alfaview®

Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.

 

The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).

We will gladly advise you free of charge.

0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm
free of charge from all German networks.

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We will gladly advise you free of charge. 0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm free of charge from all German networks.