About Nicholas
Freelance communications consultant based in Mainz, working across enterprise change communications, content strategy, and internal comms for German industrial and pharma leaders. Recent work spans Merck KGaA, KION Group, RWE, and Samson. MA American Studies (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt), PRINCE2 Foundation certified. Also available for video and audio editing/production.
English
Native or bilingual
German
Conversational
Can work on-site
Frankfurt am Main (up to 50km)
Experience
- AONIC GmbHCreative Communications ConsultantJanuary 2022 - October 2025 (3 years and 9 months)Darmstadt, Germany• ● Led enterprise change communications and content strategy across a multi-client consulting portfolio, including Merck KGaA, KION Group, RWE, and Samson.• ● Owned the global "Tenant Migration" campaign end to end, coordinating messaging across stakeholder groups in 14 countries. Result: 94% on-time migration completion with zero escalated communications incidents.Client work within AONIC:• ● Merck KGaA — Change communications supporting an organizational restructuring across three business units. Result: internal survey satisfaction with change messaging rose from 61% to 88% over the engagement.• ● KION Group — Content strategy and editorial planning for internal digital channels. Result: intranet engagement (unique weekly readers) increased approximately 35% over two quarters.• ● RWE — Internal communications support for a cross-functional energy transition initiative. Result: reduced average leadership Q&A turnaround from 10 days to 3.• ● Samson — Communications consulting for a product line repositioning. Result: sales team reported improved message consistency across 6 regional offices.
- Merck Group CommunicationsCommunications Associate / Content Producer & ManagerJuly 2019 - December 2021 (2 years and 5 months)Darmstadt, Germany• ● Produced and published editorial and marketing content at scale, reaching 60,000+ global users across intranet and external-facing channels.• ● Result: contributed to a 22% increase in average article engagement time following a content restructuring initiative.
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Education
- MA, American StudiesGoethe-UniversitätMA, American Studies
- BARowan UniversityBA
Certifications
- Prince2 Foundation in Project ManagementPeopleCert/Axelos2024
- Google AnalyticsGoogle2026