Your brand's best friend from Bali, who's working while you snooze.As a Brand Strategist with 20 years of experience, I help build and grow brands overnight – literally. Sounds too good to be true? Well, take a look.

As Head of Brand Strategy & Brand Management, my goal at Telefónica was to further develop our B2C brands with a particular focus on O2. ▪️ Led a team of approx. 15 strategists, data analysts, and brand managers, while working closely with Telefónica's C-suite and Global HQ to rally the entire organisation behind one strong brand idea▪️ Strategic development of the „O2 can do" brand platform, following a long-term Superbrand approach ▪️ Management of various brand tracking and KPI activities, including brand perception and reputation, ESG, customer insights and experience, brand scorecard, sighting of pop cultural trends, etc.▪️ Budget responsibility in the 7-8 figure range for the Brand division➡️ RESULTS: O2 Telefónica grew faster and stronger than the market, taking over #2 in Germany for the first time, according to both, relevant brand and sales KPIs.

As a Brand Strategist at Telefónica O₂ I collaborate with specialists from Go2Market, Customer Experience and UX to create new products, services and campaigns – based on customer insights, data and a touch of fairy dust and strategic surprise.

Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic iglo, the largest and best-known frozen food brand in Germany, wanted to tap into the field of direct-to-consumer (DTC) business to establish its own e-commerce platform. ▪️Defined the basics: Analysed markets and competition, defined consumer types, messaging architectures, etc.▪️Created the product portfolio and bundles based on customer segmentation and use cases▪️Iterated the user journey of the DTC website and shop incl. several landing pages and performance ads ➡️ RESULTS: Achieved to go from strategy and ideation to a running MVP prototype within just ten weeks to quickly test hypotheses and the viability of the platform under real market conditions

The German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) wanted to transform the IAA car show into a comprehensive mobility platform. With a fundamentally renewed concept, a call for tenders had been launched in which almost all major cities of Germany participated. I consulted Messe München in their efforts to become the new hub of the IAA.▪️Developed an integrated concept that unites all important stakeholders such as the city and its marketing organisations, political actors, local authorities, such as city planners and traffic experts, plus leading tech companies located in Bavaria▪️Prepared the pitch deck including concept trailers as well as a 300-page fact-packed booklet that portrayed Munich as an industry- and mobility powerhouse and thus ideal city to host the IAA ➡️ RESULT: After a 4 months extensive pitch, the city of Munich prevailed against all competing cities in the race for the IAA, bringing the IAA to town in 2021 and 2023

The Mercedes-Benz Brand Ambassador Camp in Oslo was part of the central launch platform to introduce the all-new Mercedes-Benz EQC. ▪️Delivered a wide range of individualised content in real-time to 50 Brand Ambassadors for immediate publishing on their social media channels as well as on MB market and HQ channels▪️Guided and directed a content production unit of 55+ coworkers, to create more than 300 pieces of live content plus a full-flex magazine shoot in 48 hours, with 23 cars at 4 different venues.➡️ RESULTS: 333 content pieces for social media channels led to an engagement of 900k plus 700k video views and a total reach of 13.2 million across all channels in 48 hours.

In view of the global pandemic, Audi was foregoing face-to-face training and had to completely virtualise its dealer events. ▪️Created an interactive platform for live and on-demand online training to educate dealers in their local language, while taking into Audi’s legal, IT, and security guidelines.▪️Connected software developers, content producers, and corporate stakeholders, and was responsible for the overall user journey of the platform including its architecture and gamification features.➡️ RESULTS: Rolled out the digital platform successfully in 42 markets with events being attended by 400-7,500 users from 94 countries. In doing so, Audi was capable of maintaining the important training of dealers in the most challenging times

IAA Conference & New Mobility World are one of the most important dialogue platforms on future mobility in the world.▪️Curated, planned, and executed the top-notch conference to host and connect automotive players like Daimler, Volkswagen, and Continental with digital leaders such as Google, Facebook, and IBM▪️Besides the run-of-show, I was in charge of creating all digital stage designs and implemented a tool for seamless audience interaction➡️ RESULTS: United 400+ organisations, and 240+ speakers to present the most interesting tech to 500,000+ visitors during 50 hours of programming and created a staggering 567 million of digital media reach for the whole IAA combined

As part of the IAA Commercial Vehicles the New Mobility World (NMW) entered its next round as the innovation platform within the IAA. Across industries, exhibitors present innovative mobility, transport, and logistics solutions. ▪️Curated the programming of the conference and acquired international top speakers from the industryPlanned the event setup, including stage design, floor plans, and sponsor integrations, and managed the run-of-show on-site▪️Developed sales collaterals to advertise the NMW and drive traffic to the trade show in general by making it even more relevant➡️ RESULTS: The 67th IAA Commercial Vehicles in Hanover closed its doors with record figures: 2,174 exhibitors, from 48 countries were present and the number of visitors increased to around 250,000

With the ID.3 as the successor of the legendary Beetle & Golf, Volkswagen was entering a new automotive era. Prior to the market introduction, a pre-booking campaign for the ID.3 started in 29 European markets, another novelty in the history of VW.▪️Supported DDB's planning team as part of the I.D. Launch House, 
a cross-functional, multi-agency hub in the heart of Berlin▪️Acted as point of contact for the UEFA regarding Volkswagen's sport-sponsoring activities in the course of the launch, including perimeter ads in soccer stadiums and pre-rolls on TV▪️Worked out the roadmap for the I.D. pre-booking phase including influencer campaigns, CRM measures, branded and editorial content➡️ RESULTS: Less than a week after the start of pre-booking for the ID.3, there were more than 15,000 registrations for the first model of the new ID. Family – more than half of the total pre-booking contingent

SXSW 2018 once again brought creatives and innovators to Austin, Texas, and smart, together with Mercedes-Benz was right in the middle of it all – treating festival attendees to inspiration and entertainment across the whole city for a full week.▪️Created a go-to spot and festival-like program to make visitors interactively experience smart's vision of urban mobility ▪️Developed a talk-of-town PR stunt that boosted brand awareness on-site and reached smart fans all over the world via social media▪️Curated several brand activations across town in collaboration with other Daimler brands, local vendors, SXSW, and city authorities➡️ RESULTS: Besides millions of event and media impressions, smart was able to sign up tons of people on-site via its hand-raising app to arrange test drives at local dealerships. Especially in the US, where still „big cars“ dominate the scene, smart used the opportunity to put people in the driver’s seat for the first time

If you visited the SXSW in Austin in 2017 you had the chance to meet up with music lovers, tech heads, and urban futurists at the house of smart: a pop-up filled with inspiring talks, trendsetting demos, live music gigs, and multi-sensory experiences around the future of urban living and mobility. ▪️Developed the overall concept for the "house of smart" at SXSW▪️Handled the programming and content creation before the event▪️Executed the overall program and managed local suppliers, top-tier keynote speakers such as Guy Kawasaki and Dieter Zetsche, and music artists such as Bishop Briggs

smart was celebrating its 20th anniversary and, with it, a vision that gradually became a reality. It has been a long journey from the initial design, to the first smart that hit the roads, to how people regard the brand as an icon of urban mobility.▪️Development of an integrated campaign for smart’s 20th anniversary with two native hero contents: 
▫️(1) The smart fortomorrow: the car of the future, for the drivers of the future, and a vision of an all-electric vehicle with a wink.
▫️(2) „20 Yeahs“: a progressive piece of pop-cultural art in the form of a smart music video (before everybody else did it in 2023)➡️ RESULTS: Achieved overall positive campaign KPIs (awareness, reach, ad recall, search uplift, earned media impressions, and SoV) and Brand KPIs (specific image attributes that represent how the brand wants to be perceived)

The New Mobility World (NMW) is the IAA`s event for automation, connectivity, clean power, urban mobility, and mobility services. ▪️Created a platform for discussing the mobility of the future by bringing together technology firms, and the automobile industry as well as startups and non-automotive disruptors ▪️Curated parts of the program, especially keynotes and panel talks▪️Organised the rundown of the show on the main stage➡️ RESULTS: For the first time the IAA bridged the gap to the big IT and tech companies, including Facebook, Google, SAP, and Qualcomm, attracting 7,000 conference visitors

In 2017, music streaming market leader Spotify launched its first major brand campaign in Germany. The focus of the campaign was on giant billboards and digital city-light posters in nine major cities. On the motifs, Spotify humorously played with the titles of user-generated playlists, transforming them into advertising messages with local relevance.▪️Created a hyper-local campaign that generated buzz, while proving that Spotify is the #1 for discovery and self-expression in music▪️Managed the content production of the campaign, consisting of more than 90 programmatic OOH ads, plus a series of entertaining videos to be showcased at music festivals and on social media▪️Connected the dots between Spotify marketing teams, agency creatives, and external production units➡️ RESULTS: on the upper funnel Spotify successfully increased the mental availability of the brand, while tactics on the lower funnel allowed a high conversion from Spotify Free to Premium users

Bild, Europe’s biggest daily news is closer to the action. Produced in Berlin with a wealth of exclusive reports, Bild keeps its readers informed and determines the topics of the day – in a clear, concise style, with the best photos.▪️Created an integrated campaign to launch the new claim “Das bringt nur Bild“ by visualising the typical attitude of BILD, which is direct, bold, loud, surprisingly unique, and greatly polarising. So, no matter if you are a lover or a hater you have to admit: „Only Bild dares to do that“▪️Aligned an interdisciplinary team of 20 comms. experts to collectively develop and execute all launch activities, such as editorial stunts in and on BILD, pop cultural print and OOH ads, radio and TV commercials, and online video

Developing core ideas for several BTL marketing activities of smart and pushing execution in different European markets. This involves search and acquisition of third party brands to team up with, collaborating with tech-savvy developers, creating marketing guidelines and playbooks as well as keeping an eye on timelines, milestones and budgets.

Freelance Senior Project Manager @ concept X to organize and execute the four-day retailer-summit of Volkswagen Group Fleet International. The Volkswagen GFI meeting is held every year to onboard around 1.000 executives and key-account-managers of the major fleet customer business at Volkswagen Group. My field of work: steering all internal and external partners involved as well as overseeing timings and taking care of stage direction.

Supporting Marker Seven to set up a tender and agency competition for one of their clients to help them manage a comprehensive brand-identity-project. This includes overviewing the agency selection process as well as reviewing agency proposals and setting up a feasible scope of work.

Being appointed by concept X as Creative Director for experiential marketing in course of the major merger-event of Generali Deutschland Group and Volksfürsorge. In this regard staging the opening-ceremony of the event as well as planning and executing a bunch of different films and animations including storyboarding, copywriting and handling production.

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Founded and lead the Berlin-based office of concept X group, specialised in brand building and strategic communications for brands such as Deutsche Telekom, STRATO, mirapodo, dbb deutscher beamtenbund, and Munster University of Applied Sciences.

Accomplished various brand positioning projects and workshops for the Berlin-based strategy agency diffferent (yes, with three f’s) and clients such as Audi, Volkswagen, and Sennheiser.

As a Project Manager, I pushed forward brand building and corporate design projects for clients such as Porsche Motorsport, BMW Motorrad, DESERTEC Foundation, and Hypo Real Estate.

As an Account Planner and Project Manager I successfully acquired and consulted clients such as Schmitz Cargobull, Postbank, NRW.BANK, Sparda Bank, Watt Deutschland (EnBW) and Schüßler-Plan Consulting.