Top 10: These jobchanges caused a stir on Werbewoche.ch in 2019
When people take on new professional challenges, it draws attention within their industry. We highlight the ten job changes, departures, or new hires that our readers clicked on most frequently.
Who does what - and why? Job exchange messages have always been part of Werbewoche.ch's DNA and are often clicked on in the newsletter. Sometimes more, sometimes less. We show which ten reports were met with particularly great interest in 2019.
1. ex-footballer Kay Voser starts an internship at the Tages-Anzeiger
A rather unusual piece of news makes it to the top spot of the most clicked job exchange messages of the year: the Tages-Anzeiger editorial team has received prominent reinforcement: former footballer Kay Voser wants to become a sports journalist and completed an internship at the Tamedia title. "Writing has always been a passion for me. I first got a taste of it and I liked it," said the then 32-year-old in a Teleclub program in April.
2. four new Executive Directors at Jung von Matt/Limmat for more empowerment
Jung von Matt/Limmat started 2019 with four new Executive Directors. In addition to newcomer Carsten Jamrow, Vera Riemeier, Christoph Kinsperger and Wolfgang Bark were promoted. They all have the task of integrally driving forward the interaction of the JvM crew. "The E of Executive also stands for empowerment," said JvM CEO Roman Hirsbrunner. "Every agency is only as good as its employees. It becomes even better when it succeeds in aligning the goals of the employees with the agency goals. That means: encourage, challenge and celebrate."
In May, Wirz Holding announced new co-shareholders. Four of them from the agency Wirz Communications, one new partner each from Wirz Activation and Wirz Brand Relations. At Wirz, 24 senior executives are also co-shareholders - a rarity among large agencies. Yves Seiler, Marcel Morach, Simone Jehle, Caspar Heuss, Adrian Huwyler and Erasmo Palomba (pictured below from left) have also been owners of the agency, which was founded in 1936, since 2019.
Bang in March: Pascal Schaub, Head of Campaigning & Sponsoring, left Migros "by mutual agreement due to differences of opinion about the team organization after the reorganization". For three and a half years, the former Managing Director of Saatchi & Saatchi was responsible for Migros brand management including image communication, CI/CD, sponsoring and digital presence as Head of Umbrella Brand. This made him - or so it seemed - an even more popular guest at events than he already was.
5. HO.LA: Art Director Laura Hofer goes freelance
After more than ten years and various positions in the advertising industry, graphic designer Laura Hofer decided to set up her own business. Over the past decade, the young creative has worked for Maxomedia, Dojo Berlin, Ruf Lanz, Contexta and TBWA, among others, and has won various awards for her work. Accordingly, there was great interest in the announcement that the Advertising Week published in mid-November.
6. Roman Müller becomes new Head of Marketing Communications at Migros
The former Head of SportXX, Roman Müller, took over as Head of Marketing Communications at the Federation of Migros Cooperatives on May 1, 2019. Müller succeeded Roman Reichelt, who left the Federation of Migros Cooperatives for Credit Suisse at the end of last year.
7th IWC: Ralf Kostgeld moves to the global number one for AI, fintech and blockchain
Head of Brand Creation Ralf Kostgeld left IWC Schaffhausen to set up his own business on May 1, 2019. At the same time, he became part of the Advisory Board at Margaris Ventures to take care of the brand globally. Before joining IWC, Kostgeld held leading creative positions at Ammarkt and Renzen.
8 Christian Baertschi becomes new Chairman of the Board of Directors of Serviceplan
The news is still warm but has nevertheless made it into the top ten Jobchange articles: Christian Baertschi (right) is taking over from Peter Felser as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Serviceplan Group Switzerland. Peter Felser (left) retires from the Board of Directors. Pam Hügli and Raul Serrat (2nd from right) increase their shares in Serviceplan Suisse.
9th From Rod to Monami: Stefan Erdin becomes Head of Operations and Strategy
30-year-old Stefan Erdin moved from Rod's PR team to join the management team at Monami. In addition to looking after individual clients, Erdin took over the operational management of the agency and has been responsible for strategic consulting ever since.
10 Frank Bodin becomes Twitter Ambassador Switzerland
Ex-Havas boss Frank Bodin has found a new and very digital challenge with his agency Bodin.consulting. Together with Twitter and the exclusive Twitter representative Httpool, Bodin has since been driving the expansion of Twitter advertising in Switzerland, appearing as a speaker and tweeting even more diligently than he did before - among other things about the advantages of Twitter.
