Stefan started out as a Copywriter at Publicis in Frankfurt  in 1987. He rose to fame at Ogilvy & Mather in the early 90s, where he created campaigns for Deutsche Bahn and American Express.

He left Ogilvy in 1994 to join Springer & Jacoby in Hamburg working on Spiegel and Mercedes Benz. In April 1999 he was one of the founding members of S&J International in London.



In April 2002, Stefan took over the role of Chief Creative Officer of TBWA\Germany handling clients such as adidas, Apple, Playstation, Absolut Vodka, Mars and McDonald´s.

In December 2009, TBWA appointed Stefan to the post of Creative at Large/Europe.

In January 2012, he opened his own creative shop in Berlin together with his Art Director Kurt Georg Dieckert who he has been partnering with since the mid-nineties.


Stefan has won hundreds of international creative awards for Mercedes Benz, Lufthansa, Spiegel, Playstation, adidas and Kawasaki including Cannes, Clio, Euro ADC, Eurobest, Golden Drum, D&AD and the New York Festival. 


He is a member of the German Art Directors Club and the British D&AD.