Hanja Heuss, Thore Lingel and Martin Reichlin strengthen Farner Consulting
Farner is strengthening its team with three new hires. Hanja Heuss will become the new Creative Director, Thore Lingel will join the Change team, and Martin Reichlin will take over the agency’s internal communications.
New at Farner Consulting: Hanja Heuss, Martin Reichlin and Thore Lingel (from left to right)
Hanja Heuss will join Farner Advertising as Creative Director in November 2020. Heuss comes from Jung von Matt/Limmat, where she was most recently Creative Director Digital for brands such as Helsana, Die Post, Migros, Emmi, Findus, Graubünden and Raiffeisen. She will work closely with Creative Directors Bruce Roberts, Martin Fuchs, Fabian Bertschinger and Jan Walser.
Also effective November 2020, Thore Lingel will join the change team as Senior Change Consultant. Lingel was most recently Consulting Director and Member of the Executive Board at Wirz Brand Relations. He started his agency career in Germany, among others at Weber Shandwick and Deekeling Arndt Advisors, before relocating to Switzerland in 2008 and becoming a member of the Executive Board one year after joining Wirz Brand Relations. As a long-standing member of the Perikom professional association, he has always actively promoted the exchange of HR and communications professionals at the association level as well.
As early as September 1, 2020, Martin Reichlin will join Farner and take over the agency's own communications. Reichlin gained media experience for more than twelve years as a journalist for various Swiss daily newspapers, including Blick, Aargauer Zeitung and Limmattaler Zeitung. Before Reichlin joined the management of the Concept Communication agency, he communicated for eight years, first for SRF and later for the State Secretariat for Migration.
