Welcome Phillip!
Strichpunkt recruits Kortlang from Mutabor
The experienced Creative Director Phillip Kortlang joined the design and branding agency Strichpunkt in March 2024 and, together with Antje Grieshaber, forms the unit leadership at the Berlin and Hamburg studios. Phillip Kortlang switches from Mutabor to Strichpunkt.
Stuttgart, March 13th, 2023 With immediate effect, Phillip Kortlang will support the Strichpunkt team in Berlin and Hamburg in all creative areas as Creative Director and Unit Lead. The 37-year-old will contribute his extensive digital expertise, which will be incorporated into client development at Strichpunkt across all technologies. Kortlang's role will be to use his technological know-how to further develop innovative corporate design for Strichpunkt clients. Together with Antje Grieshaber, he will form the operational co-leadership of creation and project management for the Strichpunkt units in Berlin and Hamburg and will be jointly responsible for clients such as BVG, Otto Group, Škoda, BLANCO and Iqony. He succeeds Tobias Nusser, who has left the company.
In his new role, Kortlang will report to Peter Matz, Studio Lead Berlin / Hamburg and Member of the Executive Board. "We are delighted that we have been able to recruit Phillip Kortlang for Strichpunkt. He will not only make our creative product a step better at the location, but across the entire company. With Phillip, we not only have a very experienced and talented creative on board, but also a strong personality who immediately identified with our Strichpunkt values," says Peter Matz.
"I'm looking forward to being part of the team at the location, but also to the agency-wide exchange, the collaboration with great creatives and the attractive client portfolio and hope to help shape the future of the agency with my experience and ideas," says Phillip Kortlang.
Kortlang comes from Mutabor, where he has held various positions since 2017 and led a multidisciplinary creative team. Most recently, the redesign of Kleinanzeigen, which was created under his leadership, attracted a lot of attention. For BMW Motorrad, he was responsible for the corporate design supervision on the agency side and several award-winning projects. Other clients he has worked for include: Audi, Beiersdorf, Clariant and ProSiebenSat.1. Previously, he worked as a senior designer at EIGA from 2016 to 2017, for clients such as Daimler Financial Services, Hanseatic Bank and Immowelt, and as a freelance designer from 2012 to 2016, for ARD, Bilanz, WDR, ZDF and ZEITmagazin, among others.