Barbara Zeiss

Freelance Marketing & Strategy Consultant | Interim Manager | Founder

Barbara Zeiss
Berlin, Germany

Experience

Dec 2022 - Dec 2023
1 year 1 month
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Freelance Consultant

Interim management at head and C-level, strategic management, business development, brand building, marketing implementation, team building, influencer marketing, CSR implementation.

Key clients in the last 12 months:

  • Vitamin (Fin-Tech) - 9 months booked
  • Vreni Frost - Support writing 'Coin Stress' Finance Book for Women
  • Memido (Health-Tech) - 6 months booked
  • Ifok (Government Consulting) - booked for several projects such as exchange program coal regions, Hessian Sustainability Day, vaccination campaign BaWü.
  • Battle Royal Studio (Immersive Experiences) - open permanent booking
Mar 2018 - Present
7 years

Founder and Managing Director

Emerald Berlin Trade GmbH

Strategic development and implementation of business model, financial planning, controlling, bootstrapping, fundraising (pre-seed in Sep. 2019), investor relations, team leadership, partner management (suppliers, organizations, influencers & companies), licensing partnerships, management of PR measures, NGO marketing & fundraising consulting, CSR consulting, development of B2B matchmaking platform.

Mar 2017 - Mar 2018
1 year 1 month
Berlin, Germany

Head of Brand Management

Ryzze Brand Holding

Team leader product, design, marketing & sales. Marketing strategies with focus on target group marketing, CI development, service provider management, photo productions, marketing materials, product range design, product development, supplier management (Asia, Europe, Africa), purchasing, quality control, agent management and monitoring, sales reports, end customer management.

Jun 2015 - Feb 2017
1 year 9 months
Berlin, Germany

Category Manager

Mister Spex GmbH

Advertising allowances: Negotiation, planning & coordination of all marketing measures including all resulting marketing campaigns such as editorials, onsite marketing, social media campaigns.

Assortment responsibility: assortment strategy, private label development (including blogger and designer collections), model development, production and presentation. Cooperation management, purchasing consulting, supplier management (Asia & Europe), development trend and highlight communication, brand acquisition.

Jun 2014 - May 2015
1 year
Florence, Italy

Sabbatical

May 2012 - Sep 2014
2 years 5 months
Hamburg, Germany

Consultant | Marketing

The Fashion Network Group GmbH

Project & team management (50P), photo productions in Germany and abroad, consulting and implementation of advertising measures (online/offline), assortment analysis based on target groups, creation of purchasing guidelines, supervision of catalog (full production, VF), strategic consulting for brand optimization (strategic orientations), project controlling, development and implementation of brand workshops, contact person for training in marketing communications and dual studies in business administration.

Dec 2011 - May 2012
6 months
Hamburg, Germany

Marketing

Dolzer Maßkonfektionäre GmbH

CRM management, development of advertising materials (print/online), development and implementation of customer loyalty measures, creation and implementation of store decoration concepts, market research, online store support.

Sep 2009 - Nov 2011
2 years 3 months
Frankfurt, Germany

Assistant to the Management | Head of the Creative | Previously Working Student

HML-Modemarketing GmbH

C-Level consulting, development of lifestyle studies, evaluations of market developments, marketing and sales location analyses, fashion and system consulting (collection consulting including color and style consulting for collection development revision).

Summary

Interim management at head and C-level, strategic management, business development, brand building, marketing implementation, team building, Influencer marketing, CSR implementation.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 2011 - Sep 2012

Free University of Berlin

Master of B2B Marketing · B2B Marketing · Berlin, Germany

Apr 2007 - Mar 2011

University of Applied Sciences

Bachelor of Arts · Business Administration

Aug 2003 - Aug 2006

Bathasar Neumann School 2

State-certified fashion designer · Fashion Design · Bruchsal, Germany