
Creative Director at argonauten G2 - a Member of Grey | G2 Group
Berlin Area, Germany

Creative Director at argonauten G2 - a Member of Grey | G2 Group
Berlin Area, Germany
Having worked as a Digital Creative in Advertising for nine Years now, I enjoy being engaged in many amazing Projects with great Clients and continue to focus whenever possible on developing my Skills and gaining practical Experience.
In my current Position I am responsible for the creative Expertise as well as for providing targeted and cost effective Strategies for a broad Range of Clients like Coca-Cola, Volkswagen, La Prairie, Swatch, P&G Prestige {REPLAY your fragrance!}, Bacardi and The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
One of the great Aspects of my Job is that it gives me the Opportunity to combine my personal Art Projects with Concepts for Commercial Applications. Just as Artistic Expressions and Practices help to solve conceptual Problems of Digital Branding, so too does this Artistic Approach often create commercial Consequences.
One of last Year's greatest Achievements has been the successful Pitch for the Development and Implementation of the new Volkswagen Internet Presence Worldwide, which is set to be a Benchmark in Future Online Car Selling. Further Achievements include the winning Pitch for La Prairie of Switzerland Online Budget as an Access Key to Future Projects and Clients in the Luxury and Beauty Industry. 2009 also started triumphantly with the Launch of the Digital Concert Hall for the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the first-ever specialised Online Classic Portal, Live and in Full-HD – a World First!
(Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 2008 — Present (2 years )
I am responsible for the creative Expertise as well as for providing targeted and cost effective Strategies for a broad Range of Clients like Coca-Cola, Volkswagen, La Prairie, Swatch, P&G Prestige {REPLAY Fragrance}, Ballantine’s and The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra with Managerial Responsibility for 12 Staff + Freelancer.
(Self-Employed; Design industry)
January 2000 — Present (10 years )
My Label and Showcase. Conceptual Work, Design Direction,
Executions and Artistic Projects.
(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)
April 2007 — February 2008 (11 months)
Lecturer Media Design at Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin, University of Applied Sciences. Seminars on Webtrends and global Multi-Channel Campaigns.
(Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 2007 — December 2007 (1 year )
Creative Direction for Digital Branding and Campaigns. Creative Lead on the Coke Account.
(Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)
November 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 2 months)
Art Direction for Digital Branding and Campaigns. Creative Lead on the Coke Account.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 2002 — October 2005 (3 years 10 months)
Freelance Art Direction. Clients: Lowe Communication Group, T-Com, Toshiba.
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2003 — September 2005 (2 years 4 months)
Art Direction. Clients: Bundespresseamt {PR Office of the German Federal Governement}, Die Grünen/Bündnis 90 {German Green Party}
(Design industry)
January 2000 — May 2003 (3 years 5 months)
Art Direction: Herbert Grönemeyer {Grönland Records}, Martini {Bacardi}, 3000 Image
MA , Fine Arts , 1996 — 1996
The NYU scholarship was offered by The DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service.
Diploma/Master Class , Communication Design, Painting, Drawing , 1989 — 1995
BA (Hons) Illustration , Illustration , 1992 — 1992
Jan has a MA Degree in Fine Arts from New York University and a BA {Hons} in llustration from Camberwell College of Arts, London. He also completed a Master Class and Diploma in Communication Design at the School of Art and Design Berlin-Weißensee {KHB}, Berlin. Besides his current Job at argonauten G2 and a constant Stream of Artist Collaborations, Jan teaches Media Design at Beuth University of Applied Sciences, Berlin and has spoken at Major Conferences {most recently, at the OFFF 2009, International Festival for the Post-Digital Creation Culture in Lisbon, Portugal}. He served as a Member of the Jury for 'Best Creative Design and Usability' at the 2009 German IPTV Award. He was Second on the List of Candidates for the Appointment of a Professorship in Media Design at the University of Applied Sciences - Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin.
Cannes Cyber Lions - Shortlist
ADC Global Gold Cube Interactive
2x LIA Awards - Bronze
2 x One Show Interactive - Bronze Pencil + Merit Award
LeadAwards - Gold
4 x NY festivals - 1 x Gold, 2 x Silver, 1 x Bronze
First Place Mobius Award
FAB Creative Excellence Award International
2 x The FWA Site Of The Day Award
3 x DDP - Silver + 2 x Bronze