Supporting companies in restructuring projects and in filling first and second-level management positions during transformation processes.
Oct 2018 - Oct 2021
3 years 1 month
Hanover, Germany
Head of Business Unit / Head of Corporate Communications
Enercity AG
Developed and managed a new business unit "Corporate Communications" with 31 employees across two competence centers.
Responsibilities included internal communication, external communication, public affairs, strategic marketing, and product marketing for cross-sectional and service products.
Managed a cost center with approximately €10 million annual budget.
Advised the sales department on product development, key account and municipal management, and digital B2C marketing.
Played an active role as a member of the group management.
Major achievements:
Created a new department, starting with 16 employees, expanding it to 31 employees by autumn 2021. Reorganized it into two competence centers: "Corporate Marketing" and "Press & Publishing," along with a "Public Affairs" staff unit.
Revamped company marketing, including the relaunch of enercity.de, implementation of a content marketing strategy, establishment of product marketing for service products, optimized sponsorships and events, and developed prominent marketing campaigns.
Developed tools for internal communications such as video messages, virtual town hall meetings, podcasts, and updates to the social intranet.
Built the public affairs team focusing on creating political maps, key messaging, and optimized association memberships.
Won notable awards like the "German Brand Award" in Gold and "Red Dot Award" for content and sustainability strategies.
Organized crisis and site-specific communication, responding to situations such as water contamination and coal power exit initiatives.
Jan 2007 - Sep 2018
11 years 9 months
Essen, Germany
Managing Director
Energate GmbH
Oversaw the company with 40 employees in two business divisions across three locations (Germany and Switzerland).
Focused on sales, marketing, business development, and strategy.
Provided communication, marketing, and media consultation to energy providers.
Represented the company through speeches and moderations.
Achievements:
Founded and established a mid-sized company with 40 employees.
Continuously improved "Energate Messenger," a primary medium for the German energy market, across web, newsletter, and app platforms.
Developed new publications like emw and energate gas market, and collaborated with the Handelsblatt publishing group.
Expanded consulting mandates to energy companies, offering editorial and conceptual marketing services.
Jun 2005 - Dec 2006
1 year 7 months
Essen, Germany
Head of Sales
Energate GmbH
Managed the company in team operations and discipline.
Advanced publishing and communication agency departments.
Reorganized the sales team and took on public representation, lectures, and moderations.
Jan 2004 - Jun 2005
1 year 6 months
Essen, Germany
Head of Key Accounts & e|m|w
Energate GmbH
Managed the development of key accounts, providing services in corporate publishing, public relations, and research.
Managed major clients and carried out marketing and lead editorial activities for e|m|w magazine.
Jan 2001 - Dec 2003
3 years
Essen, Germany
Founding Member & Project Manager
Energate GmbH
Played a pivotal role as part of the founding team of the specialized publishing house focused on the energy sector.
Established a professional editorial team and the energy-specific trade journal "e|m|w."
May 1999 - Dec 2000
1 year 8 months
Essen, Germany
Working Student / Junior Consultant
Conenergy AG
Developed and implemented a B2B customer retention strategy for a major German energy company.
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Intermediate
Education
Mar 2002 - Mar 2004
FOM University of Applied Sciences
Business Studies · Essen, Germany
Oct 1993 - Jul 2000
University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen Campus
Teacher Training in German / English, Secondary Levels I & II · Essen, Germany