
about
Not your typical designer
I'm a brand strategist and identity designer — which means I start where most designers don't. Before a single logo gets drawn, I work to understand what a brand actually stands for, who it's talking to, and what it needs to communicate to drive real business outcomes.
My background isn't traditional. I've led brand decisions inside one of the world's largest retail organisations, negotiated real estate contracts where the concept had to win the deal, and built my own creative business from the ground up.
Brand isn't decoration. It's the mechanism behind every decision your customer makes about you. Get it right and everything else gets easier. That's what I'm here to build.
behind the work
For over 15 years, I built my career in global retail — an environment where decisions carry real weight and every choice has consequences. Over time, my path shifted. As Director of Real Estate, I worked alongside architects, developers, and city planners — navigating property development, site acquisitions, and the kind of negotiations where strategic thinking and genuine human skills matter equally. More recently, I've moved into IT — working with agile teams on solutions that need to operate globally, reliably, and at pace, where both efficiency and innovation are non-negotiable.
One thing always stayed constant: a deep passion for creativity, design, and aesthetics — woven into every role, every decision, every project.
That shaped how I think.
Good work doesn't start with design. It starts with understanding what you're actually building.
I don't approach projects as logo jobs or isolated deliverables. It always starts with the brand itself — why it exists, what it stands for, and how it needs to operate in the real world.
That means we start from the ground up. We build the foundation first — working through definition, direction, and sometimes the uncomfortable questions — before we ever touch colours, fonts, or image style. When the direction is clear, the rest will fall into place naturally.
I'll be there the whole way.

Experiences
2006 - 2009
International Business / Change Management
DHBW Mosbach, Campus Bad-Mergentheim, Germany
University of Santa Barbara, USA
2009 - 2014
Area Manager Store Operations
ALDI SÜD
NRW, Germany
2015 - 2017
Expatriate Exec. Manager
ALDI Australia
Melbourne, Australia
Perth, Australia
2017 - 2023
Director of Real Estate
ALDI SÜD
Munich-Area, Germany
2018
Founder + Aerial Artist
PINES & PALM TREES Creative Studios
Munich, Germany
2018
Creative Director
THE SURF MEAL CO.
Perth, Australia
2023 - current
IT Director
2025
Founder
FORTYSEVENTYSEVEN Design Co.
Düsseldorf, Germany