Job Description

Aalto University is where science and art meet technology and business. We shape a sustainable future by making research breakthroughs across disciplines, sparking the game changers of tomorrow, and creating novel solutions to major global challenges. Our community of 16,000 students, >400 professors and 5200 staff work on a vibrant, low carbon campus in Otaniemi, Espoo. Diversity, equity and inclusion are part of who we are, and we warmly encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to join our community.

Aalto University Corporate Relations is responsible for coordinating the university’s collaboration with companies and organizations. We serve as a single point of contact for companies and help them find the right experts and partners at Aalto. We manage key partnerships and advance them in close cooperation with Aalto’s leadership, academic staff, and company partners. We develop and offer collaboration models for companies in research, innovation, and talent. We are currently developing services that specifically support our students’ employment, in collaboration with companies and Aalto’s schools.

Aalto University Career Design Lab helps students design sustainable, meaningful career paths and supports degree programs in strengthening employability skills and industry connections in education.

We are now looking for a

Corporate Relations Coordinator (events and marketing)

Is communication, marketing, and event production your core expertise? Do you get excited about partnership networks and customer-centric work? Join us to do socially meaningful work and support the development of our employer services.

This is a full-time, two year fixed-term position in a development project for employer services and student employment.

Your role and goals

In this role, you will support our collaboration with employer companies and organizations. You will market our portfolio of services and events aimed at promoting students’ employment both to our external partner network and to students. You will organize and coordinate our student-employer networking events. You will work with a broad network of stakeholders, thus flexibility and strong customer-service mindset is important.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Facilitate interactions between employer companies and students across all Aalto disciplines through multi-channel student and employer communications and networking events
• Organize employer-student matchmaking events, communicate about them to various audiences (students, employers) as well as conduct post-event evaluations and compile feedback
• Liaise with internal Aalto stakeholders and ensure their commitment to our activities
• Design and produce marketing materials and web pages
• Develop and maintain events and marketing related contact database (CRM)

You will be part of both Aalto University’s Corporate Relations and Career Design Lab teams, with both a line manager and a matrix manager, and close colleagues to support you.

To excel in this role, you should have:

• A university degree in a relevant field, preferably in marketing
• Experience in versatile and effective marketing communications (e.g. videos for social media, e-newsletters), planning and implementing marketing campaigns and stakeholder event production (e.g. webinars, seminars, panel discussions)
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills in Finnish and English
• A goal-oriented, hands-on, and punctual working style; readiness for varied tasks; and the ability to drive initiatives from ideas to implementation
• Experience with CRM systems (Dynamics 365 Marketing & Events, Salesforce) and Adobe applications (Photoshop, InDesign) and/or ability to learn new systems quickly

What we offer

• A unique vantage point into the diverse field of industry collaboration and stakeholder relations in an academic environment
• An open, collegial, and proactive work culture, with strong support from Aalto’s Corporate Relations unit, the Career Design Lab team, and other service teams
• Good health and wellbeing staff benefits, and opportunities for professional development
• A pleasant work environment on the evolving Otaniemi campus with excellent transport connections (e.g., metro, Jokeri Light Rail)

Ready to apply?

If this sounds like your next challenge, we look forward to hearing from you. Please submit your application, including a short motivation letter and CV in a single PDF, through our recruitment system by August 9, 2026, highlighting your relevant experience and salary expectations. Applications without a motivation letter will not be reviewed.

We hope the selected candidate can start as soon as possible.

If you are already an Aalto employee, please apply with your employee profile through the Workday system (internal jobs/sisäiset työpaikat).

For more information about the position, please contact: Line manager Outi Toijala, Head of Corporate Relations, +358 50 544 7096, Tue 4th August at 13.00-13.45

We do not respond to email enquiries.

More information:

https://www.aalto.fi/en/corporate-collaboration

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