This appointment demonstrates that JvM is acting independently to determine its own future by appointing someone who is virtually unparalleled in developing cutting-edge communication solutions and making agencies truly innovative. As Chairman of the Board of Directors, Peter Figge will join the current departments of Strategy (Karen Heumann), Consultancy (Holger Jung), Creation (Jean-Remy von Matt) and Finance (Ulrich Pallas), as well as heading the Board itself. Peter Figges appointment will permit Holger Jung to concentrate on handling key accounts and developing the group further at an international level.
Dr. Peter Figge is a pioneer of exemplary communications solutions in an increasingly digital world. A highly qualified economist and renowned expert on the car and telecommunications industries, he can look back on an internationally successful career, crowned with some outstanding successes in recent years.
Just this January, the trade magazine Horizont acknowledged Peter Figge’s exceptional professional achievement by naming him their “Advertising Personality of the Year”. The jury based their decision not only on his excellent track record for innovation, but also his agency’s strong creative and strategic success as well as their excellent economic performance.
As CEO of the agency Tribal DDB and Managing Director of DDB Group Germany, he was jointly responsible for the campaigns „Horst Schlämmer“ for Volkswagen and „Paul Potts“ for Deutsche Telekom, both of which won a host of international awards including the GWA Gold Effie.
Before joining Tribal DDB, Figge, now 44, worked for 15 years at Omnicom Network, where he served as a Member of the Global Board of Proximity and Managing Director of Proximity Germany and a Board Member at KNSK,BBDO.
As a member of JvM’s strong team, he’ll lead the agency, with a reputation for creative excellence and a distinguished brand, and systematically expand its service portfolio further.
Jean-Remy von Matt: “Holger and I were certainly the best people to lead Jung von Matt to where it is today. However, there is no-one more suitable than Peter Figge to develop the agency further from this point, as he has all the experience necessary to lead it into the future of advertising communication.”
Holger Jung: “We have known him for as a fellow professional for many years and trust him completely, both on a personal and professional level, to keep our agency partnership on the road to continued success both now and in the future. We are delighted to be bringing on board our dream candidate to meet the challenges ahead.”

In a multistage pitching process, Jung von Matt/Spree saw off international competition from London, Amsterdam and Paris, and was able to secure the pan‐European communications account.

“We are very excited about appointing Jung von Matt. Not only were their ideas inspirational; they truly demonstrated that they understood the Nikon brand, our audiences and our vision for the future. We are eager to start working with them and
look forward to telling the Nikon story in a fresh, creative and emotive way.” (Birgitta Olson, Manager Marketing Communication Europe)

Jung von Matt/Spree will develop a strategic and creative brand platform for Nikon Europe, which will be implemented over the long term throughout Europe and across the various media. Alongside TV and print media, future Nikon communication will particularly focus on digital media. In addition, JvM/Spree will be active for Nikon Europe in the areas of packaging design, literature, POS and trade fair presentations.

Jung von Matt/Spree is now the strategic and creative lead agency for Nikon Europe. Nikon’s agency relationships in the individual countries remain unaffected.

“Nikon is a long‐established brand with a rich tradition and a passionate company philosophy. We are very proud that we have been able to establish ourselves on the international market with our integrated approach, and look forward to a successful and sustainable collaboration.“ (Andreas Freitag, Managing Director Jung von Matt/Spree)

The partners in the Czech Republic are Zdenek Kaspar and Slavo Marusinec, who are two of the most prominent and most successful admen in the country. “We are delighted to be able to further develop our agency as Kaspen/Jung von Matt and to offer both our customers and those of the Jung von Matt group of agencies entirely new opportunities,” said Zdenek Kaspar, commenting on the Jung von Matt interest.

The Kaspen agency was voted agency of the year for the third consecutive year in the Czech Republic in 2008 and is one of the country’s top creative agencies.

Jean-Remy von Matt commented on Kaspen/Jung von Matt as follows: “We are delighted to have found partners such as Zdenek Kaspar and Slavo Marusinec who believe as passionately in the strength of creative communication as we do. I don’t doubt for a minute that Kaspen/Jung von Matt will be an important asset in terms of content for the Jung von Matt group.”

Jung von Matt has been able to secure the former BBDO/PKP head from Austria and the current IAA president, Max Palla, as the coordinator of the new CEE assignments. He will manage the new CEE cooperations from Vienna and commented as follows: “This is a really great assignment. 100% creativity plus 100% growth market – there’s so much potential there! Kaspen/Jung von Matt is already being invited to major pitches in the region.”

Kaspen/Jung von Matt currently has 32 employees working for clients such as Budejovicky Budvar (Budweiser Budvar, Pardal), Kofola (the no. 1 soft drink) and Hyundai Motor Czech. The agency offers its clients creative marketing communication for all disciplines and also has excellent online know-how.

The 3-D character, lovingly developed in collaboration with Fido in Stockholm, is affectionate, approachable, enthusiastic and larger than life, skilfully dispelling people’s typical preconceptions about energy giants. Hence, we see in the video how he plants wind turbines like flowers, repairs pylons and even provides an entire town with hydroelectric power. That’s because making big things happen is all in a day’s work for energy giants like RWE.

The video marks a milestone in energy supplier communication initiatives. Never before has such a large market player professed its own size in such a courageous, open and resolute way.

The video will be deployed across the company under the “The energy to lead” brand for the purpose of improving internal staff motivation and identification with the company, roughly in line with the sentiment “We’re big – and proud of it!”.

But the video will also delight external audiences: on 16 July, to mark the launch of the new Harry Potter film, the energy giant will begin an extensive three-week run in a two-minute advert to be shown in German multiplex cinemas.

Plans are already underway to produce cuddly toys, e-cards and key fobs based on the giant.

The new website is dominated by the work of the Viennese artist Julia Ziegler, who also contributed the illustrations for the Jung von Matt book Voices from the Aquarium. There’s always something new to discover whenever you examine her dazzlingly vibrant and sometimes provocative images. Describing her work for the Jung von Matt website, Julia says: “Every picture has a secret and a story – sometimes visible, sometimes invisible – and everyone can interpret them differently.”

Holger Jung adds: “Our website concept is expressed perfectly by the lyrics of Bob Dylan: ‘I was so much older then – I’m younger than that now.’”

The website was conceived, designed and implemented by the agencies Jung von Matt/Alster and Jung von Matt/next.
The website was launched today at www.jvm.com.

The reason: the "Symphony in Red" corporate film that introduced the musical season 2007/2008.
Once a year, Konzerthaus Dortmund holds a press conference to introduce the forthcoming season. To inspire the journalists in attendance, they will show a film again this year. Afterwards, the film will run as a spot in greater Dortmund area cinemas, will be presented on screens in the Konzerthaus foyer and will be available on the internet.
The 2009/2010 season's motto is "Feel Music Like Never Before": it's all about intensity. And so is this year's film, "The Resonator".
The film starts in a sombre, mysterious setting. A man is lying on a stretcher located centre stage in a concert hall – his naked body half-covered. He suddenly hears footsteps. A man dressed in black approaches. Before the man on the stretcher realises what is happening, timpani sticks are beating on his stomach and a violin bow is raging on his bare arm. Musicians ... they are playing his body. Konzerthaus Dortmund's latest film presents music as a radically sensual experience.
A promise that Konzerthaus Dortmund can actually keep. The concert hall's highly acclaimed, unique acoustics and the programme's daring, innovative concept make it a performing arts centre that captivates musicians and audiences alike.
This season, star soprano Cecelia Bartoli and other world-class artists will be performing in Dortmund.
The film was produced by Bigfish Production House in Berlin and Danish director Simon Ladefoged of PlayStation fame masterfully orchestrated the atmosphere and the players. The music is a contribution from famous contemporary pianist Fazil Say.

Credits Konzerthaus Dortmund:
Anne-Katrin Röhm (Marketing Director), Benedikt Stampa      (Artistic Director)

Credits Jung von Matt/Elbe:
Sascha Hanke, Wolf Heumann (Creative Director), Patrik Hartmann (Art Director), Michael Okun (Copywriter), Rolf Kutzera (Managing Director), Nina Gerwing (Account Manager), Elena Pflüger (Junior Account Manager), Thomas Nabbefeld (Producer)