Michael Hess

Working directly with Oriel Davis-Lyons \ Creative lead for Wall Street Journal, BlackRock and all things M*therf*ckery \ Leading ACD, senior- and mid-level teams

Working directly with the founders Jan Jacobs and Leo Premutico \ Creative lead for Kraft Heinz North America, including Kraft Mac&Cheese, Velveeta, Oscar Mayer and Ore-Ida \ Leading ACD, senior- and mid-level teams

Worked with directly with Menno Kluin at Ogilvy NY on Samsung \ Also worked at Ogilvy Toronto on TDBank \ Worked directly with brands like AWAY NY and the CMO Carla Dunham together with Thom Glover from American Haiku \ Consulting, brand building and concept development, as well as creative direction, art direction and design assignments

Worked directly with the founders Fred Raillard and Farid Mokart \ Established Fred & Farid’s NY office together with the small team \ Led mid-level, junior and intern creative teams \ Creative lead for Rémy Martin, LaCompagnie, Marriott, Google, Sea Shepherd and Air France \ Also worked on HP, LouisXIII, elit Vodka, Stella Artois and a lot of new business \ Played key roles in winning major new business accounts like Google \ Won a bunch of awards including Cannes Lions \ Startup character

Collaborating with digital and advertising agencies on integrated projects as well as new business

Worked in a small and powerful unit for exceptional creative tasks within the agency group \ Art Direction and creative lead for Mercedes-Benz, General Electric, Home24 and Rivella \ Also worked on the Zalando, Sixt, Doppelherz, Der Spiegel, Nikon and Vodafone accounts and new business \ Helped the agency to win several new accounts like General Electric, Rockwool and Rivella \ Lead mid-level, junior and intern creative teams \ Won plenty of awards including Cannes Lions

Worked in “Family 4″ – the main unit of Scholz & Friends \ Art Direction and creative lead for Saturn (Europe’s biggest retailer for consumer electronics), Stihl and Werder \ Also worked on the Vodafone, Metro Group, FAZ, INSM, Manager Magazine, Vaude and Festina accounts, and new business \ Played a key role in reshaping the Saturn brand, which gained a lot of international attention within the industry \ Lead junior and intern creative teams \ Won a bunch of awards including Clios

Hands-on-lectures in Digital Communication (Strategies and Technologies)

Interdisciplinary Design, Communications Design and Advertising