JOHN KOENS
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
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.
