SEBASTIAN ADAM

Sebastian Adam is a true citizen of the world and a great creative thinker. He hates nothing more than to stand still and is always looking for new challenges. After starting his career as a simple trainee at Springer & Jacoby, one of Germany’s leading advertising agencies, he very quickly moved up the ranks and pursued a remarkable career at just a young age. 
 
Sebastian currently lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he works as a freelance marketing consultant, mainly advising clients on the sponsorship of high-caliber sporting events. Before going to Brazil, Sebastian worked in Beijing, China, for four years as Account Director and Assistant to the CEO at the Dynamic Marketing Group (DMG). Until recently, DMG was Volkswagen’s lead agency in China, and Sebastian was directly responsible for building VW’s marketing initiatives and for positioning the VW brand on the Chinese market. As part of the agency’s management it was also his responsibility to lead and to create integrated communications and innovation projects, and to establish budgets and business needs. 
 
Prior to joining DMG in Beijing, Sebastian was Account Manager and Assistant to the CEO at Springer & Jacoby International B. V. in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Sebastian had previously finished his traineeship at Springer & Jacoby in Hamburg, Germany, and was sent to Amsterdam to help set-up the agency’s international headquarters there. He was therefore directly responsible for building the new offices, acquiring new business and managing key accounts such as BenQ, Olympus Europe and Bet and Win (bwin).
 
For his work, Sebastian was awarded numerous awards, including a Gold Lion at the Cannes Lions Festival with Olympus and Gold at the German Efficiency Awards (Effie) with Daimler Chrysler (Smart). 
His strong interest in socio-political topics and emerging markets led Sebastian to China and now to Brazil. Thanks to the numerous years spent abroad he has the ability to work within an international team, and he knows how to lead and guide a team as well as individuals from different cultural backgrounds. 
 
Sebastian is a real go-getter and has always followed his instincts. As a young teenager, he was determined to start a career in the film industry, and – rather than just sitting around waiting for the dream to become true – he wrote to hundreds of film production companies applying as an intern. Just a few months later, at the age of 16, he boarded a plane and completed a two month’s internship in New York City, USA, all by himself. Two more internships in New York City and Los Angeles followed before he decided that the glamorous film business was not the right place to be after all. 
 
But Sebastian is not your typical career-driven business man. He has also got a big heart and is always concerned for the well-being of the people around him. His charity work is very important to him. Back, at Springer & Jacoby he helped found the “Lüttenhilfe”, an organisation to support disadvantaged children. During his time in China, he co-organised a fund raiser that collected 50,000 USD to rebuild a school after the atrocious earthquake in Sichuan in 2008 that killed nearly 70,000 people. Sebastian is currently looking to set up a project in Rio de Janeiro that will support the children of the favelas who are growing up surrounded by unimaginable poverty and violence.