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Curriculum

Vitea

SUMMERY

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Highly accomplished Senior Creative with 20+ years of experience driving brand growth and leading successful marketing campaigns. Expert in visual design, concept development, and activation that align with strategy and audience needs. Proven leader with extensive experience managing and mentoring creative teams through roles as Creative Director, Creative Lead, and Creative Manager.​​​

 

Click here for my latest leadership evaluation.​​​​

SOFT SKILLS​

      •    Team leadership and management.

      •    Cross-functional collaboration. 

      •    Time management.

      •    Decision-making.

      •    Creative + strategic thinking.

      •    Presentation and communication.

      •    Directing from brief to execution.​

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HARD SKILLS​​

      •    InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, 

      •    Film editing, PowerPoint, Keynote.

      •    AI Sora, Gemini, Midjourney, ChatGPT.

      •    Brand identity, campaign, concept, activation.

      •    Print, online, SoMe, In-store.​​​

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EDUCATION​​​

      •    Bachelor of Arts.

        Flagler College. Fl. USA. Major: Graphic design.​

      •    High School diploma.

        Falkonér Gårdens gymnasium, Denmark.

RECOGNITIONS​

      •    Gold Loyalty Awards, London England.

            Client: Danske Spil Category: Activation.​

      •    Silver: Retail Conference Awards, Chicago USA.

            Client: What’s Cooking.Category: Design.​

      •    Runner up: Reklame for Alvor. 

            Organisation: Børn, Unge og Sorg Categori: Advertising.​

      •    Nomination: The Retail Awards. 

      •    Client: Coop. Category: Retail store of the year.​

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DIPLOMAS​

      •    Fred Meyer Leadership Academy (6 months).

      •    Management level 1 + 2

      •    Presentation technique 1 + 2

      •    Reklameskolen tekstlinien (Copywriting course 4 month).​​

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LANGUAGES

Speaks and writes Danish, Swedish and English.

Experience

  2024 > PRESENT  

  BRANDHOUSE  

  2024  

  FREELANCE  

  2018 > 2023  

  REPUBLICA  

  2014 > 2017  

  KONSTELLATION  

  / REPUBLICA  

  2007 > 2013  

  REPUBLICA  

  2005 > 2006  

  REPUBLICA  

  2003 > 2004  

  UMWELT /  

  REPUBLICA  

  2000 > 2002  

  REPUBLICA  

  1998 > 1999  

  REPUBLICA  

  1996 > 1997  

  VISCOM A/S  

​​Creative Manager and Senior Art director

      •    Member of the management team, reporting directly to CEO Stiig Binggeli.

      •    Head of a creative department of five creative specialists.

      •    Foster a strong team culture by nurturing talent, inspiring collaboration, and building             a cohesive creative unit.

      •    Achieved a high leadership evaluation score and significantly improved employee                   well-being.

      •    Initiated an agency-wide AI group to upscale employees and future workflows.

      •    Improved cross-functional collaboration and workflows across departments.

      •    Developed and executing campaigns and brand identities for clients including            

            Underberg, Danske

            Shoppingcentre, Føtex, and Netto.

      •    Directing creative client teams on executing campaigns across media.

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Creative Lead

      •    Hired by the creative agency MomentCPH to create campaigns for brands including 

            Philips, VW (Cupra), and Orkla.

      •    Developed the concept for Royal Unibrew’s summer campaign, which generated

            new business for the agency.

      •    Served as a creative consultant for Erling Dahl (Chairman of the Board, Harald

            Nyborg and Jem & Fix) and Bent Holm (CEO, HiFive), in creating the brand identity

            for HiFive, a new retail brand in Denmark.​

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Creative Lead

      •    Played a leading role in high-profile campaigns for the Coop Group. 

      •    Acting as brand guardian, I oversaw all creative work created for Coop at Republica. 

      •    Led the creation of a new national climate icon and brand identity for Klima Kvickly

            nominated  “Store of the Year.”

      •    Creative Lead (4 years) for Irma leading campaigns, activations, and the design of                   Irma’s new retail store concept.

      •    Bringing in new clients, including Thomas Cook.

      •    Developed a new brand identity for Airshoppen.com, the Nordics’ largest tax-free

            e-commerce platform.

      •    Directing creative client teams on executing campaigns across media.​

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Senior. art director

      •    Creative Lead on Danske Spil (5 years). Creating activations, and award-winning                       campaigns. 

      •    Developing concepts and campaigns for the Coop App, Coop CSR, Brødcooperativet             and Madcooperativet.

      •    Created a new visual identity for “Coop Mad” — a in-store design that rolled out                       across  (250+) retail locations.

      •    Directing creative client teams on executing campaigns across media.

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Creative manager

      •    Directed and created campaigns, concepts, and activations for clients like L’easy, 

            D:E:R, Silvan, Land & Fritid, Maxi Zoo, and Post Danmark, SuperBrugsen

      •    Developed the concept that secured Aberdeen, a new client.

      •    Played a lead creative role in winning the Danske Spil account.

      •    Directing creative client teams on executing campaigns across media.

 

Creative director

      •    Responsible for the creative department with a team of 13 creatives. 

      •    Member of the management team reporting directly to CEO Kenneth Pedersen.

      •    Conducting development interviews, handling recruitment and dismissals, salary                     negotiations, budgets, etc. 

      •    Responsible for the overall creative output and for acquiring new clients. 

      •    During this time, we secured several new accounts, including Anytime, El-Salg,

            Optimera, Sparekassen Sjælland, Änglamark, and Økologisk Landsforening.​

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Creative manager and Art director

      •    Creative Manager for the SuperBrugsen account with a client team of 8.

      •    Directing creative client teams on executing campaigns across media.

      •    Worked as Art Director on key accounts including Carlsberg, Tuborg, and Telenor.

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Creative manager

      •    Appointed Creative Manager after a major agency reorganisation, overseeing

            creative output for SuperBrugsen, Denmark’s largest supermarket chain.

      •    Took on personnel responsibility and joined the agency’s management team.

      •    Played a key role in winning new clients, including Carlsberg and Tuborg, both of

            which I collaborated with for over five years.

      •    Contributed to securing Coop Norway, one of the country’s largest marketing

            budgets,  leading to the establishment of Republica Norway.

      •    Worked in Oslo for several months, spearheading start-up campaigns and building

            collaboration with the new Norwegian team.

      •    Completed The Fred Meyer Academy, an intensive eight-month leadership program.

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Art director

      •    Started at Republica as an Art Director, developing ad-hoc campaigns for a wide

            range of clients and establishing the foundation for a long tenure at the agency in                   multiple creative roles.

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Graphic designer​​

      •    Created graphic design and layouts for a variety of clients, including Citroën, across

            both web and print.

      •    Developed and led graphic design courses and workshops for clients including                       PenSam and Danfoss, strengthening their in-house design capabilities.

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