Karen Schmidt

Karen Schmidt is an accomplished PR professional with extensive experience in public relations and communications management. Currently serving as a spokesperson and previously as a press officer at Hapag-Lloyd Cruises since February 2020, Karen has held various prominent roles, including PR Manager at DSR Hotel Holding GmbH and Senior PR Manager at LMG Management GmbH. Key responsibilities have included developing and implementing PR concepts, responding to journalist inquiries, writing press materials, organizing press events, and managing cross-marketing and social media activities. Karen's background also includes valuable contributions to the EU project "Innovations-Inkubator" and early roles in communications and human resources with Bayer. Karen holds a Magister Artium in Applied Cultural Studies from Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, completed a PR traineeship at MikullaGoldmann PR, and possesses a formal qualification in office communication from Bayer AG.