Germany
Ranked twice No. 1 Executive Creative Director worldwide by The Drum Creative Ranking. Winner of the Cannes Grand Prix in PR for the Female Company and of the Cannes Grand Prix in Audio at the Cannes Advertising Festival for SoundCloud. Not winner of any marathon I ever ran (6). But I learned from it to go the extra mile. Not winner of any climbing competition I ever participated. But I learned from it that you climb best when you are not afraid to fall. Juror at the Cannes Advertising Festival. Further major awards: Cannes Gold Lion for the Berlin Philharmoniker in OOH. Cannes Gold Lion in direct for the P&G brand Pantene. Cannes Gold Lion for SoundCloud. Clio Grand Prix, LIA Grand Prix Overall 28 lions in Cannes Member of the German Art Directors Club, the One Show and the British D&AD. Author of two books about social media. Director and writer of the short film DUMP - part of the official selection of the Chelsea Filmfestival. Stations: Since August 2022 EVP, Global Executive Creative Director Publicis New York January 2018 - July 2022 Managing Executive Creative Scholz & Friends 2017 - 2018 Executive Creative Director KBS New York 2015 - 2016 Lead Creative Director Grey Activation & PR for Grey New York 2014 - 2015 Executive Creative Managing Director at Grey and founding member of Grey Berlin 2010 - 2013 Creative Director at BBDO New York Group Creative Director at Scholz & Friends Berlin Creative Director at Jung von Matt Alster/Spree I had a quite unorthodox way into advertising: I studied biology and have a master's degree in biochemistry and a bachelors degree in journalism. But to know about the chemistry (between people) actually helps a lot.
Creative Lead on BMW USA