Experience

20+ years
design
excellence
Strategy consulting
Ideation
leading workshops, brainstorming sessions and design sprints to squeeze as many ideas out of everyone as possible.
UX design
turning ideas into an user centered structure, page sketches & detailed diagrams, or wireframes.
UI design
Design management
Clients
Audi, BMW, BP, Bertelsmann, TUI, Gruner & Jahr, Springer Verlag, Mercedes-Benz, Nestle, RTL, SAP, eurohypo, telekom, Red Bull
Summary
I have directed design teams and worked with a wide range of clients in the automotive, beauty, food & beverage, entertainment and technology industries.
Over the past few years I’ve worked with leading interactive agencies razorfish, SinnerSchrader AG, Proximity BBDO, razorfish/neue digitale
I’ve developed projects for prestigious clients: Audi, BP, Bertelsmann, TUI, Gruner & Jahr, Springer Verlag, Mercedes-Benz, RTL, Nestle, SAP, eurohypo, telekom, Red Bull Media House
Specialities
branding, design management, ux/ui design, concept & design, e-commerce, ipTV, animation
Experience
Freelance – Creative Director/ Team Lead/ Designer
2004 – Present Design industry
Analyze current needs, working closely with clients and design teams, develop concepts, print, UI/UX design, visual interface designs, videos and animations for interactive applications.
Agencies proximity BBDO, spotmedia, SNS Consulting, SinnerSchrader, Brink & Martens, gürtlerbachmann, rio-nord, neteye, sapient, Neue Digitale razorfish, razorfish, foryouandyourcustomers
Clients Audi, BMW, Allianz, BP, Burlington, Greenpeace, Tchibo, SAP, Falke, Nestle, GL-Group, Lerros, Tier TV, die Zeit, e-wie-einfach, eurohypo, TUI, G&J, telekom, O2, Mercedes-Benz, innogy, Red Bull
Experience
Adjunct Professor
2006-2008 Taught UI/UX design, online strategy, digital branding, interactive story telling classes
Experience
Creative Director
2001 – 2004 Directed teams as a Creative Director. Responsible for conceptualization, visual design and occasionally information architecture. Worked closely with account directors and producers to maintain quality of all design deliverables and presented team ideas to the client
Clients HLX / TuiFly, europcar, Mercedes-Benz, comdirect, Tchibo
SinnerSchrader AG/Hamburg
Experience
Creative Director
2001 Architecture, visual design and animated features for Bertelsmann and Grohe International websites. New Business: Vivanco
Clients Vivanco, Bertelsmann AG, Grohe international
Experience
Senior Designer
2000 Directed project teams as a Senior Designer, creating the branding and visual design of projects, and collaborated with the New Business Department to develop proposals.
Clients BP, NatWest Bank
Experience
Senior Designer
1998 – 2000 Directed project teams as a Senior Designer, creating the visual design of projects and digital branding
Clients RTL, Audi, HypoVereinsbank, dock11 (virgin), Springer Verlag
Experience
Art Director / Designer
1990 – 1998 started as designer with print, corporate identity and my first interactive projects. First attempts to introduce the idea of brand experience into online projects.
Ruhr Area / Düsseldorf
Education
Master of Arts / Diplom Kommunikationsdesigner
In 1998 i received my degree in communication design from Professor HD Schrader.