The experienced advertiser comes from the Munich agency ZIEL and expands the management team around founder and Managing Director Tobias Schalkhaußer
Munich, 2 May 2020. schalk&friends, the Munich-based digital agency, is adding an experienced manager to its team: Matthias Bierich, 52, will take over as Managing Director for the consulting division, primarily responsible for client support and development as well as business development, online marketing and employer branding. Previously, the business economist was Managing Partner at Ziel for many years, where he was responsible for the agency’s digital development, strategy, conceptualisation and consulting for B2C and B2B clients such as BSH Hausgeräte, Hurtigruten and Costa Cruises. Bierich has also been honoured for his work, for example with the Business to Business Award (BoB). Previous positions have taken the native Bavarian to Serviceplan and Wächter&Wächter, among others – Bierich has also worked on the client side as a product and marketing manager.
With the appointment of Matthias Bierich, schalk&friends is expanding its management team, which consists of founder and Managing Director Schalkhaußer, Technology Managing Director Sven Maier and Managing Director Rolf Lange, who is responsible for account management, creation and strategy. The agency thus covers the entire spectrum of a holistic and integrated provider of digital services and technologies.
Tobias Schalkhaußer, founder and Managing Director of schalk&friends, is delighted with the new addition: “We have numerous clients who are market leaders in the SME sector and for whose international orientation we need strategic and conceptual excellence. With Matthias, we now have an experienced strategist and doer on board who will further enhance the quality of the agency and optimally support our clients with their digital challenges.” Matthias Bierich adds: “Strong digital expertise has always been part of schalk&friends’ DNA. The path we have taken to combine this expertise with the building blocks of strategy and creation is both right and appealing. I am very much looking forward to working with my new colleagues to drive this course forward.”
About schalku0026amp;friends
schalk&friends, an agency for digital solutions, drives the digital transformation, particularly for clients from the SME sector. Managing Directors Tobias Schalkhaußer, Rolf Lange and Sven Maier are responsible for the close integration of strategy, communication and technology. The Munich-based agency is owner-managed by conviction and, with 60 employees, is one of the top 100 digital agencies in Germany. Its clients include the Bavarian State Opera, Brainlab, Colliers, DR. SCHNELL, Polarstern, MSD Sharp & Dohme, the Pinakothek der Moderne and UVEX. Further information can be found at: https://www.schalk-and-friends.de
