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JOHN KOENS

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

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My full name is 

Johannes Cornelis Koens.

I was born and I grew up in Groningen
(the Neterlands).
In 1989 I moved to Germany.

Graduation at the Technical School for Graphical Techniques

de Wijert Groningen (the Netherlands).

2 years with Unicom (the Netherlands)
Paste Up Artist.

2 years with Ogilvy & Mather (the Netherlands)
Layouter.

3 years with Lüders Werbeagentur (Germany)
Junior Art Director.

1 year with C/A/R/A/T (Germany)
Art Director.

5 years with Frey Beaumont/Bennet (Germany)
Senior Art Director – Creative Grouphead.

11 years of independent freelancing 

(cumulated)

13 years with Ogilvy Düsseldorf (Germany) 

(cumulated) Creative Supervisor Art – Associated Creative Director

1,5 years with Initio-DBK (the Netherlands) 
Creative Director.

Experienced in Conventional Advertising, BtoB, Sales Promotion, Retail, Event, Online, Offline, Social Media, Employer Branding ... etc.
You name it and it‘s likely that I have done it.

Speaking: Dutch, German, English

Internationally experienced:

Spending a lot of time working in Seoul, Vancouver, multiple locations in the US, London, Paris and many other places.

Living in Germany near Düsseldorf

To contact by phone, dial +49 160 1582332

To contact  by email write to john@koens.com

AWARDS

ADC Bronze  |  ADC Shortlist  |  The One Club/Show Bronze  | The One Club/Show Merit  |  Cannes Lion Shortlist  |  Red dot Award  |  New York Festifals Advertising Awards 3th Prize  |  BDVT Gold  |  BDVT Bronze  |  BoB Bronze  |  BoB Shortlist  |  Ogilvy Best Creative Winner  |  Ogilvy Best Creative Shortlist  |  Some of them more than once.

CLIENTS

A very small selection from more or less one hundred happy clients.

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WORK

A very small selection from work I have done.

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