POSITION: HEAD OF CREATIVE DEPARTMENT

HorizonDraft FCB Dubai / UAE

Clients/Projects (excerpt):
Beiersdorf (Nivea)
Arla (Puck, Lurpak, The Three Cows)
Taco Bell, Kraft (Oreo, Dream Whip) 

Responsibilities:

Leadership & team development:
Develop and implement a new team focused structure for the department
Lead and motivate teams
Assess CVs, hire new team members, dismiss people during Financial Crisis
Conduct performance reviews 
Negotiate salaries in coordination with management 

Project management:
Brief teams in coordination with head of client servicing
Delegate work to team members according to workload
Set up and manage project timelines
Conduct check-up meetings to ensure quality
Handle daily business and new business presentations in parallel

Client handling:
Receive briefs in person by clients Understand client’s needs
Prepare and present output accordingly

Strategy & Concept:
Spark creative processes
Supervise creative development
Assess and direct entire creative output, align with clients’ needs and briefing
Lead the development of communication throughout all media channels
Present creative work to external stakeholders and clients’ management level 

Achievements:

Won numerous creative awards to boost agency awareness (first awards in years for FCB Dubai)
Won several key new business presentations
Was a key player in building strong long-term relationships and trust with clients
Streamlined and structured creative department successfully
Introduced internal processes and forms for task management and job briefings
Guided Horizon DraftFCB through the worst economic crisis Dubai ever experienced by restructuring (and shrinking) the creative department

POSITION: CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Ogilvy Vienna (Freelance)

Clients/Projects:
Red Cross Austria

TBWA\Vienna

Clients/Projects (excerpt):
Sony Playstation
Beiersdrof (Nivea)
Nissan

Responsibilities:

Organise and lead several creative teams (2 to 8 people)
Set up time lines together with client servicing
Delegate and supervise work for daily business and new business pitches
Develop campaign concepts (ATL/BTL for print, TVC, online)
Supervise and guide execution of campaigns

Achievements:

Won numerous national and international creative awards
Won several key new business presentations
Took over responsiblity for training interns and juniors

POSITION: SENIOR ART DIRECTOR

Scholz&Friends Berlin

Clients/Projects (excerpt):
Süddeutsche Zeitung
F.A.Z.
Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Krass Optik

FCB Kobza Vienna

Clients/Projects (excerpt):
Zipfer Brewery
Médicins sans Frontières Austria
Alpenmilch Salzburg
Radio 88,6

RG Wiesmeier Munich

Clients/Projects (excerpt):
Claire Fisher Cosmetics
Rolf Benz
Mercedes-Benz Accessories

Responsibilities:

Lead and delegate work to 1-3 Junior Art Directors and interns
Develop communication concepts (ATL, BTL) together with copy writer
Design ad campaign layouts, print collaterals, logos and visual identities
Present creative work to clients together with creative director
Ensure conceptual and visual consistency with corporate guidelines where applicable
Select and brief photographers, supervise photo shoots
Brief and supervise finalisers/retouchers and print producers, assess production quality

Achievements:

Won numerous national and international creative awards
Won several key new business presentations
First experience in leading teams and delegating work
First creation of holistic brand/communication concepts

POSITION: JUNIOR ART DIRECTOR

Springer&Jacoby Hamburg

Reinhard Springer UK London

AWARDS:

Cannes Silver
Cannes Bronze
Cannes Finalist
CLIO Bronze
CLIO 4 Finalists
D&AD in Book
ONE Show 2 Merits
ArtDirectorsClub Germany Silver
ArtDirectorsClub Germany 2 Merits
Euro-ADC Gold
Eurobest 2 Finalists
London International Advertising Awards Finalist
Moscow International Advertising Awards Gold
New York Festival Finalist
CreativeClubAustria Gold
CreativeClubAustria Silver
CreativeClubAustria 4 Bronzes
CreativeClubAustria 2 Merits
CreativeClubAustria in Book
Luerzer‘s Archive 4 Entries
Dubai Lynx 2 Finalists
MENA Cristal 3 Finalists