| 1995-1997 | Chairman, Austrian National Students Union, Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| 1997-2000 | Research Assistant, Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| 2000-2005 | Managing Director, legend Consulting GmbH |
| 2006-2010 | Founder and Managing Director, Pleon Publico Public Relations & Lobbying |
| 2011-2012 | Founder and Managing Director, cumclave Unternehmensberatung |
| 2011-2014 | Managing Director, Tauern Holding |
| 2014-2017 | State Secretary, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy |
| since 2017 | Austrian Federal Minister of Science, Research and Economy |
| 1994 | Magistra der Philosophie (Russisch / Dt. Philologie), Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz |
| 1994-1995 | Auslandslektorin, staatliche Universität Lemberg |
| 1996-2000 | Redakteurin, Camera Austria |
| 2000-2003 | Redakteurin, Straßenzeitung "Megaphon" |
| 2004-2008 | Chefredakteurin, Straßenzeitung "Megaphon"; Leiterin, Caritas-Einrichtung MEGAPHON; Leiterin, interkulturelles Café und Veranstaltungszentrum Auschlössl |
| seit 2008 | Abgeordnete zum Nationalrat |
| 2008-2013 | Grüne Sprecherin für Frauen- und Entwicklungspolitik |
| seit 2013 | Grüne Sprecherin für Soziales, SeniorInnen und Pflege |
| 1992-1997 | Study of History and Political Science (without completing) |
| 1994 | Freelancer "Vorarlberger Nachrichten" |
| 1996 | Entry to "Die Presse" |
| 2002 | Editor, Domestic Policy Department, "Die Presse", Vienna |
| 2004 | Appointment to Department head "Chronik/Wien", "Die Presse", Vienna |
| 2009 | Appointment to Editorial Director for the new "Presse am Sonntag", Vienna |
| 2010 | Appointment to Head of Domestic Policy, "Die Presse", Vienna |
| since 2012 | Editor-in-Chief, "Die Presse", Vienna |
| since 2014 | Publisher, "Die Presse", Vienna |
| 2017 | Appointment as Managing Director, "Die Presse", Vienna |
