Manuel Schmidt

• Outdoor Adventure Travel Management: Designed, developed and executed programs for individuals, corporate and education sector • Brand Management: Established a regional presence for key outdoor brands like OZ Trail, Nature Hike, Reid Bikes, Ice Peak within camping, cycling, trekking, hiking and more • Distribution Development: Established multi-channel distribution and achieved strong relationships with key players within ‘eCommerce’ (Amazon GCC), retail (Adventure HQ) and corporate

The Word of Mouth People. We help brands to be more social; to talk to people, and to be talked about by people. We work with some of the best brands on the planet and our ambition is to surprise them every day with work that treads new ground. We aren’t limited by what has gone before but embrace the challenge of the ‘what if?’ We are powered by a free thinking approach which inspires us to tell your stories in the most compelling ways, in the most effective places.

Management of the digital department of Plan.Net Middle East, Acquisition of new clients, Developing a strategy to build the Plan.Net Middle East digital market, Cooperation with German headquarter within projects for sourcing and delivery, Managing key accounts in the Middle East region.

Client Partner - Member of the Management Board of iconmobile for all strategic and operational deci-sions, Strategic consulting of major customers, starting the iconmobile activities in the Middle East,, Developing customers in the Middle East region with a strong focus on carrier and outsourced adver-tising models, Implementation and optimization of company-wide processes, Team lead of project management, with 13 employees, responsible for overall accounting and client relationships.

Head of Operations at the Cellular GmbH development office in Berlin. Developing and implementing general processes for service development and consulting. Consulting clients and partners in all aspects of integrated communication and the combination of mobile solutions with other channels like web 2.0 and messaging. Key account management for major customers.

Senior project manager and head of the newly created „Innovation Authority“ team, focusing on new communication channels and technologies like mobile and Windows media centre. Account Director for BMW AG in charge of all activities in the area of mobile- and innovation marketing. Project management for all mobile projects of Interone Worldwide. Project lead for BMW AG CRM and eCommerce applications, known as web based car configurators.

Senior project manager with overall responsibility for accounting and client relationships. Creation of service portfolios and partner relationships for company growth and opening new markets like Spain, Consultant for eAdvertising, eBusiness and eCommerce, Management of projects in the areas of entertainment, financial services and application development.