Since September, Ben Elias has been responsible for the strategy business of Edelman Germany as Executive Director of Strategic Planning. His main focus is integrated strategy development in the B2C and B2B sectors and the translation of brand strategy into communication and go-to-market strategy for national and international clients. In his role, Ben Elias leads the four-person Strategy and Planning team and reports to Christiane Schulz, CEO Edelman Germany.
"We are very happy to have Ben, an experienced Strategic Planning expert, joining the team. With his expertise in Integrated Strategy, he will support the team and our clients from Cologne in integrating the different strategy disciplines and developing the best solutions to achieve a competitive advantage in the market",
said Christiane Schulz, CEO Edelman Germany.
Prior to joining Edelman, Ben Elias was the Head of Planning for the agency BBDO Proximity. Here, he mainly managed the expansion and transformation of the planning team - especially with regard to standardization of the strategy processes. He also acquired clients such as Porsche Motorsport, Porsche Digital and Brand Communication, Amazon Marketplace and Longchamp. He previously gained further multi-layered experience as a planner at McCann as the strategic lead for L'Oréal Men Expert & Skincare (local), Nordsee LEH (local), Siemens Healthineers & Fresenius Medical Care (global), at JWT Team Cosmo as the strategy lead for Mazda Europe and as the creative planner at Wunderman.
"The decision to work with Edelman was easy. Smart people, credible IP, a different pedigree from my previous agencies, acute in one of the most exciting phases of a change. Especially in combination with other new hires, I see us being able to develop relevant solutions for our clients that cannot be developed by any other agency in this form. I'm looking forward to it", says Ben Elias.
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