Hello, I’m Michael.
Nice to meet you.
I’m creative director and part time angling apprentice from Munich. When I’m is not outside trying to catch some nice fish, I’m is most passionate about casting the line for ideas that make people‘s day a little bit brighter.
Starting in 2011 as digital art director at Heye, member of DDB Worldwide, I joined Serviceplan in 2016, where I had a great time and learned a lot about advertising. In 2022 I returned to DDB Germany and I’m currently working for Saatchi & Saatchi.
Just like fishing, creativity requires more than just sitting around and waiting. It requires persistence, patience and insatiable curiosity, wich allowed me to land campaigns for clients like Playmobil, McDonald’s, BMW, MINI, Volkswagen, Bosch, ZDF, Sky and Allianz.
Creative juries also got hooked and acknowledged my work with over 120 awards including Cannes Lions, D&AD, One Show, ADC, LIAA, Eurobest and more.
I’m a member at the Art Directors Club Germany.
Awards
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One Vision Launch | Merck Gruppe
Sabre Awards London – 1x Award -
Plastic Kicks The Bucket | McDonald’s
Eurobest – 1x Grand Prix
Gerety Awards – 1x Bronze -
Meltdown Flags | Meter Group
Andy Awards – 1x Gold
Clios – 1x Silver, 3x Bronze
ADC Deutschland – 1x Gold, 2x Silver, 3x Bronze
One Show – 1x Bronze
ADC Annual – 1x Gold, 3x Silver, 3x Bronze
Annual Multimedia Awards – 1x Gold
Cresta Awards 4x Gold, 1x Silver, 2x Bronze
Cannes Lions – 1x Silver
New York Festival – 1x Gold, 2x Silver, 3x Bronze
London International Awards – 1x Gold, 3x Bronze
Epica – 2x Bronze
ADCE – 4x Gold, 2x Silver, 1x Bronze
Eurobest – 2 Bronze
The Last Day Pass | Laax
Golden Award of Montreux – 1x Gold
ADC Deutschland – 1x Auszeichnung
ADC Annual – 1x Merit
Cresta Awards – 1x Gold, 1x Silver, 1x Bronze
New York Festival – 1x Bronze
DPOK – 1x Gold
London International Awards – 1x Gold, 2x Bronze
Lovie Award – 1x Gold
Red Dot Award
ADCE – 1x Bronze
Eurobest – 1x Silver
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Taxfix
Effi Germany – 1x Bronze
Hungry for destruction | Robin Wood
Cresta Awards – 4x Gold, 1x Silver, 2x Bronze
IF Design Awards – 1x Award
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Shortcut Billboards | MINI Deutschland
ADC Deutschland – 1x Bronze
One Show – 4x Merit
ADC Annual – 1x Silver
Plakadiva – 1x Gold
New York Festival– 1x Silver, 1x Bronze
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Shortcut Billboards | MINI Deutschland
Cannes Lions – 1x Bronze
New York Festival AME – 2x Silver
London International Awards – 1x Bronze
Epica – 1x Bronze
Lovie Awards – 1x Gold
Comm Awards – 1x Silver
Adoptify | Tierheim München
ADC Annual – 1x Merit
ADC Deutschland – 1x Auszeichnung
New York Festivals – 1x Bronze
Golden Award of Montreux – 2x Gold
Deutscher Digital Award – 1x Silver
One Show – 5x Merit
Red Dot Design Award
Clios – 1 Silver
Max Award – 1 Silver
Annual Multimedia Award – 1x Gold
Epica Awards – 1x Silver
London International Awards – 3x Bronze
Comm Awards – 1x Silver
Eurobest – 1x Bronze
Chrystal Awards – 1x Silver, 1x Bronze
IF Design Award
Econ Megaphone – 1x Silver
New York Festivals AME – 2x Gold
Recma Award – 1x Silver
Effi Germany – 1x Silver
Vita
Creative Director – Saatchi & Saatchi
since Aug 2024
Creative Director – DDB Germany
Feb 2022 - Jun 2024
Creative Director – Serviceplan Group
Jan 2021 - Jan 2022
Senior Art Director – Serviceplan Group
Apr 2018 - Dec 2020
Art Director – Serviceplan Group
Jun 2016 - Mar 2018
Art Director – 19:13
Nov 2015 - May 2016
Art Director Digital – Heye GmbH
Sep 2014 - Okt 2015
Junior Art Director Digital – Heye GmbH
Jan 2013 - Aug 2014
Trainee Art – Red Urban
Apr 2012 – Dec 2012
Intern Art – Red Urban
Oct 2011 – Mar 2012
Apprentice Media Designer – Ströer
Sep 2009 – Aug 2011
Clients
Do YOU REMEMBER TURLA FROM SCRUBS?
What if countries were governed by two presidents instead of one? Would the world be a better place? Maybe. What’s for sure: The presidents would be more relaxed. At least that is one of the benefits that my co-creative director Kornelia Szatko and I have experienced ourselves. We believe in sharing values, sharing responsibilities and sharing a passion for epic skiing fail videos, small racoons and big cats.