Scholz & Friends engages Nicolas Vontobel
Nicolas Vontobel is the new Creative Director at Scholz & Friends Zurich. The 38-year-old succeeds Jörg Jahn, who had served as interim creative director of the Zurich-based agency for the past nine months.
Nicolas Vontobel is the new Creative Director at Scholz & Friends Zurich. The 38-year-old replaces Jörg Jahn, who has been the interim creative director of the Zurich agency for the past nine months.
Vontobel most recently worked at DraftFCB/Lowe. Other stations in his career to date include Advico Young & Rubicam, Lesch+Frei, JWT+H+F, W,H,S, and McCann Erickson. As Scholz & Friends writes in a press release on Monday, the creative has won over 100 national and international advertising awards to date
The appointment of Nicolas Vontobel is a further building block in the Scholz & Friends strategy of expanding the location and further strengthening the presence of the "Orchestra of Ideas" with a clear commitment to the Swiss market and Swiss management, Scholz & Friends continues. Scholz & Friends recently added the Basel agency Favo to its network.
Nicolas Vontobel will join Erich Baumgartner (CEO Scholz & Friends Switzerland) and Hinrik Wachsmuth (Managing Director Scholz & Friends Basel) as a member of the Executive Board and will be responsible for the further development of Scholz & Friends Switzerland.
"I am delighted to be leading this young agency into a new era together with Erich Baumgartner and Hinrik Wachsmut," Vontobel himself is quoted as saying. He sees the "Orchestra of Ideas" concept as a "commitment to harmonizing all advertising instruments", which is what gives a brand its power and credibility.
Vontobel most recently worked at DraftFCB/Lowe. Other stations in his career to date include Advico Young & Rubicam, Lesch+Frei, JWT+H+F, W,H,S, and McCann Erickson. As Scholz & Friends writes in a press release on Monday, the creative has won over 100 national and international advertising awards to date
The appointment of Nicolas Vontobel is a further building block in the Scholz & Friends strategy of expanding the location and further strengthening the presence of the "Orchestra of Ideas" with a clear commitment to the Swiss market and Swiss management, Scholz & Friends continues. Scholz & Friends recently added the Basel agency Favo to its network.
Nicolas Vontobel will join Erich Baumgartner (CEO Scholz & Friends Switzerland) and Hinrik Wachsmuth (Managing Director Scholz & Friends Basel) as a member of the Executive Board and will be responsible for the further development of Scholz & Friends Switzerland.
"I am delighted to be leading this young agency into a new era together with Erich Baumgartner and Hinrik Wachsmut," Vontobel himself is quoted as saying. He sees the "Orchestra of Ideas" concept as a "commitment to harmonizing all advertising instruments", which is what gives a brand its power and credibility.
