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John Grøtting

Angestellt, Group Design Director, Fjord
Hamburg, Germany

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Timeline

Professional experience for John Grøtting

  • Current 8 years and 8 months, since Jun 2016

    Group Design Director

    Fjord

  • 1 year and 10 months, Aug 2014 - May 2016

    Independent Consultant

    Innovation and User Experience Design

  • 3 years and 5 months, Apr 2011 - Aug 2014

    CEO

    Caramelized GmbH

  • 2 years and 7 months, Sep 2008 - Mar 2011

    Unit Head - Online Creative Director

    Philipp und Keuntje

    Founded unit and built team of 15. In first year expanded over 50% of existing clients to digital. Strategy and design for first Audi e-brochure for iPad. Clients: Audi, Deutsche Telekom, Tetra Pak, A-Rosa Resorts

  • 2007 - 2008

    Executive Creative Director

    Scholz & Volkmer

    Managed Design, Information Architecture and Writing staff. Clients: Mercedes Benz, Coca-Cola, Samsung, Leica, Swarovski, McDonalds

  • 3 years and 10 months, 2004 - Oct 2007

    co-CEO, Creative Director

    Grøtting + Sauter

    Clients: DreamWorks Animation, McDonalds, von Rundstedt

  • 2000 - 2004

    Executive Creative Director

    marchFIRST / divine

    Managed Design, Information Architecture and Writing staff. Clients: Lexus, Hewlett Packard, Toyota, Audi, Mazda, Amgen

  • 1996 - 2000

    VP, Executive Creative Director

    Sapient (through acquisition of Studio Archetype)

    Post merger facilitated integration of technology and UX. Managed UX in New York, Boston and Washington D.C. Clients: IBM, Fidelity, Kodak, Apple, First Union, Morning Star

  • 1993 - 1995

    Co-Founder

    cow.

    One of the first pure digital design agencies. Grew to 20 person staff. Clients: Mercedes Benz, Motorola, Tetra Pak

  • 1989 - 1991

    Art Director

    DDB Needham

Educational background for John Grøtting

  • 1987 - 1993

    Graphic Design

    Art Center College of Design

Languages

  • German

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  • English

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  • Swedish

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  • Finnish

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  • Norwegian

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