Christian Schulz

Managing Director

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

About

Happy husband and proud father of three girls. I believe in the power of part time leadership to foster more effective work, happier families and more equality in gender roles. A) Junior Entrepreneurship Award winner, Germany, 2004 B) Start-up owner - Grammophonia Berlin 2004-08 C) Bachelor of Honors - First Class Honors, De Montfort University, UK, 2010; Bachelor of Business Administration - Cum Laude, Arnhem Business School, NL, 2011 D) Building & leading marketing teams for three fast-paced venture backed start-ups E) Building & leading marketing consulting practice for one of Germany's largest independent media agencies; directing business growth of client centric teams +30% yoy growth at one of Germany's largest independent media agencies Specialties: - proven leadership and management skills in international teams of +30 employees - track record of mentoring & coaching new leaders - successfully handled difficult issues (business turn around, handling Corona) via an analytical, organized, structured, pragmatic and empathetic approach

Experience

  • Managing Director at Monday Marketing
    Mar 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

    Mondays were meant to be great. Contact us, if you want your Monday marketing reports to show great results Or ask one of our many clients about us: StepStone, FormelSkin, Entyre Care, Symprove, WorkWolf, Freddie's Flowers, Modern Milkman, Lengoo etc. etc.

  • Business Mentor at Femme Palette
    Mar 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

    Pro-bono voluntary mentoring & coaching at Femme Palette platform for aspiring female leaders. Awards: 2023 Rising stars Mentee's choice

  • Management Consulting | Freelance Marketing | Interim & Fractional Manager at Freelance
    Aug 2016 - Jun 2023 · 6 yrs 11 mos

    Strategy consulting and interim (marketing) management. At times I take on interesting growth or turn around cases on an interim or project basis. Clients among others Private Equity - NEO Capital www.neo-capital.de: marketing audits for portfolio companies VC / PE / family office-funded business - Dr Foerster / GoodMe, consumer supplements: interim marketing leader; +3m€ marketing spend optimization - Glambou, jewelry www.glambou.com: business case pivot from pull to push marketing and subsequent interim influencer marketing team leader (+200k€ monthly spend on ROI +2) - Freddies Flowers, flowers www.freddiesflowers.com: interim country growth marketing leader turning loss making German entity towards profitable marketing spend - Formel Skin, skin care www.formelskin.de: interim TV campaign management (+500k€ total spend) including planning with agency, tracking and optimization - Humtab / Edentify, AI-technology: investor pitch support - Lengoo, AI-technology www.lengoo.com: sales org enablement support with CEO / founder Corporate business - Stepstone, HR marketing software www.stepstone.com: restructure above-the-line marketing budget toward efficiency (+50m€ gross budget annual)

  • DCMN (6 yrs 2 mos)
    • Director Of Client Operations
      Oct 2019 - Mar 2023 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      Charged with turning the loss making agency around to profitability and growth. Responsible for 3 client centric teams (+30 employees) and the business planning function for the operations part of the company. Key activities: - 3 successful team business turn arounds, 1 growth case - develop and implement P&L-based decision making company wide - develop and shape strategic direction of client centric teams - develop and implement company wide rolesheets, salary bands and standardized feedback & development process - implement and run business planning, forecasting and controlling infrastructure company wide Key results: - +40% EBITDA responsibility - +100% gross profit growth in 3 years - from 0% to +25% EBITDA margin company wide in 3 years

    • Head of Growth Solutions
      Feb 2017 - Oct 2019 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      Responsible for building the client consulting practice of DCMN ("growth solutions") to turn the TV-reseller agency into a 360 degree growth marketing provider; +6 team members. Key activities: - lead all major multi-million budget pitches on C-level - develop and implement standardized consulting approach (develop DCMN inherent intellectual property) - hire, train and grow team to support company growth - develop new client product offerings (media) - integrate and co-develop non-media offerings Key results: - full service client offering completed - +100% new client product offering revenue contribution yoy - +30% yoy total business growth

  • Chief Marketing Officer at Wine in Black GmbH
    Oct 2014 - Mar 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Responsible for marketing strategy for fast growing e-commerce company. In charge of +8 member team (online, offline, business intelligence) with focus on CRM and new business. Key activities: re-org for +200% budget increase yoy in offline marketing, build up of CRM team to optimize lead and existing business potential Key results: - Increased cohort (+2 purchases) performance +100% yoy - Increased activation of lead pool to new buyer yoy (+10%) - +70% total monthly revenue yoy