Jana Apostolopulu is an award winning creative who feels equally at home in two cultures, in her professional world as well as in her personal life. She has over 20 years of agency experience with network agencies such as Leo Burnett, McCann and TBWA, where she worked for renowned brands and developed national and international campaigns. Her career covers a broad variety of business fields, with an early focus on a holistic and cross-medial approach.
Jana loves to reflect upon brands from an analytical and strategic perspective, and to create brand scenarios that ensure sustainable success in a multicultural and globalized setting. For her, storytelling and dramaturgy are the keys to human interaction.
Seeing the creative process as an inexhaustible source of big ideas, she jumps on each new job with fresh thoughts and contagious enthusiasum. This is probably why shortly after Jana joined Pink Carrots, the agency flew to the top of the list of creative healthcare agencies in Germany, and landed her on award juries around the world.
Jana believes in the power of high creative standards and continues in her passion to bring health communication to the next level, where it can readily compete on universal creative excellence platforms.
Brodhecker has been working as a creative director for around 20 years. He has held positions at Lowe Group, Saatchi & Saatchi, J. Walter Thompson and the Red Bull agency Kastner & Partners. He worked in areas such as food & beverage/functional food, FCMG, luxury goods, automotive and finance and has been responsible for international campaigns for Toyota, Sony and P&G brands, among others. Brodhecker came late to the world of healthcare-pharma communications and says of it, "Healthcare is a late love for me, but a great one nonetheless."
His work won prizes at numerous award shows such as Euro Effie, Effie, NY Festival, Epica Award, London International Awards, RX Club Awards, Healthcare Ad Awards, Comprix, CommAwards, etc.
I am currently working as an Executive Creative Director for antwerpes AG, based in Cologne, Germany, a communication agency focused on healthcare topics. With nearly 25 years of experience, working with the biggest and most iconic industry brands I won several awards at major advertising festivals like Cannes Lions, Clio Awards, D&AD and many more. I am now leading a team of over 40 creative creatures. Together we design award winning campaigns via both analogue and digital channels.
Since Oct. 2018 Christian Geis is responsible for strategic concepts in cross channel campaigns.
The clients are pharma and health & wellness companys in the OTC sector.
Before WEFRA LIFE he worked as Creative Director Digital at Webguerillas/Territory Hamburg and were responsible for different clients of the FMCG and Automotive Sector like Porsche, Nestlé and Deutsche Bahn.
He had more than 18 years experience in CRM, Digital Marketing, Social Marketing and Cross Channel Campaigning with agencies like Wunderman Deutschland/Frankfurt, Geometry Global Germany/Düsseldorf.
Uwe‘s start into communications began with his studies at the „Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenden Künste“ Stuttgart at Prof. Heinz Edelmann. With his diploma as Graphic Designer in hands 29 years of working experience in international agencies like Saatchi & Saatchi, Ogilvy & Mather, Lowe, Leo Burnett, Young & Rubicam and Sudler & Hennessey followed.
He is member of the Art Directors Club Germany and Europe, with his creative teams he won awards at shows like Cannes, ADC, D&AD, LIAA, Cresta, Clio and Effie. Since 25 years he is doing trainings and guidance of trainées and juniors, since 17 years guestlectures and teaching activities at universities.
Born with a passion for art, music and design, Marten was only ever going to study communication design.
He worked in fashion, beauty and lifestyle ad agencies for a few years before Select Life was founded under his team management.
Before long, it became the global lead agency for all Merck’s consumer health and other brands.
Beside that he was always thrilled to be working for sustainable brands and NGOs.
He started at Serviceplan Health in 2019 and is delighted to be there.
Member of ADC and of the British Club for Design & Art Direction
(D&AD). Recipient of 400 national and international awards.
April of 2019 Creative Consultant & Partner
2010 – 2019 Managing Partner BrawandRieken
2007 – 2009 Managing Director of Creation, ECONOMIA, Hamburg
2005 – 2007 Managing Director of Creation, JWT, Hamburg
2002 – 2004 Managing Director of Creation, McCann, Berlin
1996 – 2001 Creative Director, Springer & Jacoby, Hamburg
1996 Creative Director, Menzel, Nolte, Heinemann, Hamburg
1989 – 1995 Senior Art Director, Springer & Jacoby, Hamburg
1986 – 1989 Art Director Baader, Lang, Behnken, Hamburg
1980 – 1985 Student of Graphic Design at HBK Braunschweig
Direct clients (a selection):
Jacobs Kaffee, VILSA-Brunnen, Arla Foods, Becks Brauerei, Kraft Foods, Tchibo, Unilever Knorr, Fressnapf, Robbe & Berking, Gothaer Versicherungen, Takko Fashion, UNICEF, TUI, Miele & Cie., Poco, Mercedes-Benz, Jahreszeitenverlag, Der Spiegel, BDK, Vauth-Sagel, Gruner & Jahr, Radio Hamburg, Fujitsu Siemens, BMW, DeTe-Mobil, PCA, Deutsche Bank, Instyle, Lufthansa AG, Siemens, AIDA Cruises, Die Seenotretter.
The roots of Mike’s career go back to his school days. Blessed with disastrous marks in natural sciences he discovered his outstanding talent for music and arts. Mike decided against a career as a rockstar in favour of arts and went on to study graphics, film and photography at the Blackpool College of Arts and Technology in the north of England. After an excellent graduation Mike started his career as a young creative at Avon Cosmetics in Londons Knightsbridge. After six years he moved with the company to their base in Munich. He later left Avon to join the Serviceplan Group after a short interlude at Young & Rubicam in Vienna. At Serviceplan he witnessed the incredible growth of the group from 150 to currently over 4200 employees worldwide. Over the last 15 years he used his experience in the healthcare sector to help build up the specialist division Serviceplan Health. He has been Managing Director and Creative Partner for over 20 years. Mike has a wide range of experience in healthcare communication – especially in the area of TV commercials for top OTC brands. Over the years he has won many awards in global and local festivals e.g. Cannes, Clio, LIA, D&AD, Eurobest, Globals, New York Festivals, GWA-Effie RX Club, and the leading German Healthcare Award Comprix. Over the years Mike has also been very active as a Jury Member at leading Festivals e.g Lions Health, Clio Health, The Globals, Eurobest and at the German Comprix Award where for many years he has been Jury Chairman Health & Wellness. In 2017 he was Jury President Health & Wellness at Lions Health in Cannes. Serviceplan Health has been the number 1 creative healthcare agency in Germany for the last 8 years in a row.