Hello – my name is Flo­ri­an. I’m a run­ner and blaz­ing trails for Spot the Dot — an NGO to raise aware­ness of melanoma and oth­er types of skin can­cer. Beyond that, I get lost in the small things that make life beau­ti­ful: the diver­si­ty of spe­cial­ty cof­fee, the stub­born silence of bike rides, and the flash­es of cre­ativ­i­ty in fash­ion and design.
 
Pro­fes­sion­al­ly, I’m an orga­ni­za­tion­al psy­chol­o­gist and com­mu­ni­ca­tions expert — work­ing at the inter­sec­tion of peo­ple, cul­ture, and lan­guage. Along­side my cor­po­rate work, I’m also a barista at Ben­son Cof­fee — a Cologne based roast­ery obsessed with qual­i­ty (and tro­phies on the side). If you’re curi­ous about my sto­ry, or you just want to grab my résumé, you’re in the right spot.

Skillset / Mindset / Toolset

Today 

• 2019 — current

• S‑Communication Ser­vices, Düs­sel­dorf
• Com­pe­tence Lead
• I am head of edi­to­r­i­al divi­sions for both the online sub­sidiary (Inter­net-Fil­iale) and the email mar­ket­ing tool (EMMA) at the Ger­man Sav­ings Banks Finance Group (Sparkassen-Finanz­gruppe), effec­tive­ly serv­ing more than 370 com­pa­nies, enrich­ing the expe­ri­ence of around 50 mil­lion clients, and suc­cess­ful­ly accom­pa­ny­ing my team through times of change and ambiguity.

• 2025 — current

• Ben­son Cof­fee, Cologne
• Barista
• Mak­ing peo­ple hap­py, one cup at a time. Work­ing as a Barista at Ben­son Cof­fee — a Cologne based roast­ery obsessed with qual­i­ty (and tro­phies on the side). Here, it’s about pre­ci­sion and patience: weigh­ing, tim­ing, extract­ing — all the details that turn roast­ed beans into a drink that feels sim­ple but isn’t. And it’s about joy: watch­ing some­one take that first sip and know­ing the day just got a lit­tle better.

Education 

• 2021 — 2024

• FOM Uni­ver­si­ty of Applied Sci­ences, Cologne
• Mas­ter of Sci­ence: Busi­ness Psychology
• Extra-occu­pa­tion­al mas­ter course in busi­ness psy­chol­o­gy with research focus­es on orga­ni­za­tion­al cul­ture, lead­er­ship, and big data.

• 1998 — 2006

• Rhen­ish Friedrich Wil­helm Uni­ver­si­ty of Bonn
• Mag­is­ter Artium: Art History
• Stud­ied Art His­to­ry and Ger­man philol­o­gy with a focus on con­cep­tu­al art, body art, and medieval illu­mi­nat­ed man­u­scripts. Grad­u­at­ed with a the­sis on con­cep­tu­al artist Elke Krystufek.

Work History 

• 2024 — 2025

• S‑Communication Ser­vices, Düs­sel­dorf
• Orga­ni­za­tion­al Psy­chol­o­gist (2024 — 2025)
• As the head of the «Lead­er­ship & Moti­va­tion» project and a Diver­si­ty and Inclu­sion Man­ag­er, I worked with my col­leagues to devel­op a mod­ern and effec­tive orga­ni­za­tion­al cul­ture. We imple­ment­ed strate­gic mea­sures to man­age nec­es­sary change process­es, pro­mot­ed inclu­sion, sup­port­ed diverse recruit­ment, pro­vide train­ing, and served as a point of con­tact for any issues, cre­at­ing a wel­com­ing work­place where every­one can thrive.

• 2024 — 2025

• S‑Communication Ser­vices, Düs­sel­dorf
• Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Expert
• As a mem­ber of the KISS360 ini­tia­tive with­in the DSV Group, I active­ly pro­mot­ed the inte­gra­tion of AI-pow­ered tools and meth­ods and ensured trans­par­ent com­mu­ni­ca­tion, employ­ee par­tic­i­pa­tion, and an eth­i­cal and legal­ly sound approach to AI.

• 2020 — 2025

• Macro­me­dia Uni­ver­si­ty of Applied Sci­ences, Cologne
• Lec­tur­er
• As a lec­tur­er for the depart­ment of Jour­nal­ism, PR and Media Man­age­ment, I teached stu­dents how to devel­op dig­i­tal busi­ness mod­els and earn mon­ey through con­tent creation.

• 2016 — 2019

• pris­ma, Düs­sel­dorf
• Edi­tor in chief
• Guid­ed edi­to­r­i­al strat­e­gy, con­tent cre­ation, and qual­i­ty con­trol for one of Ger­many’s high­est-cir­cu­la­tion print magazines.

• 2013 — 2016

• t3n Mag­a­zine, Han­nover
• Man­ag­ing Editor
• Super­vised edi­to­r­i­al staff and coor­di­nat­ed con­tent pro­duc­tion to meet dead­lines, qual­i­ty stan­dards, and KPIs.

• 2011 — 2013

• Lehm­bruck Muse­um, Duis­burg
• Head of Press and PR
• Man­aged media rela­tions, pro­mot­ed exhi­bi­tions, and increased pub­lic engage­ment for the museum.

• 2010 — 2011

• result, Cologne
• PR / Social Media Editor
• Devel­oped and exe­cut­ed pub­lic rela­tions strate­gies and man­aged social media pres­ence for the company.

• 2008 — 2010

• news.de, Leipzig
• Edi­tor, Man­ag­ing Edi­tor, Head of Busi­ness and Media Department
• Key con­trib­u­tor to the found­ing team — played an instru­men­tal role in shap­ing the por­tal’s incep­tion and growth, deft­ly man­aged edi­to­r­i­al work­flows, lead the busi­ness and media divi­sion, and fos­tered close col­lab­o­ra­tion with developers.

• 2006 — 2008

• Leipziger Volk­szeitung
• Trainee
• Gained hands-on expe­ri­ence in jour­nal­ism, honed writ­ing and edit­ing skills, and learned about the dai­ly oper­a­tions of a news organization.

• 2001 — 2006

• Deutsche Welle / Stadt­magazin Schnüss / Gen­er­al-Anzeiger Bonn / JS-Magazin
• Free­lance Journalist
• Cre­at­ed engag­ing con­tent for var­i­ous pub­li­ca­tions about arts, the­atre and music.

• 1997 — 2006

• Velofix, Bonn
• Bike Mes­sen­ger & Dispatcher
• Nav­i­gat­ed cityscapes to ensure swift and effi­cient pack­age deliv­er­ies, while over­see­ing dis­patch oper­a­tions and embrac­ing the spir­it­ed cama­raderie of the couri­er community.