Dear readers, Today this is the last post I, Godfrey Madwadri, am writing for you before I will return to my home country South Sudan next week. For the “final” of my internship I – quite fittingly – watched and joined the celebrations of the Champions League final on Saturday of last week. (Only the […]
Hello my dear readers, Godfrey here. The creative intern from South Sudan. Today I am writing about the differences. Working in South Sudan is not easy. Although the people there officially live in peace, there are regions that suffer under continuous revolts and armed attacks. In many regions people are therefore traumatised and don’t trust […]
Servus! Hello to everyone who is reading my blog. My name is Godfrey, the creative intern from South Sudan. As promised in my last blog entry I will now tell you more about my work at Serviceplan Campaign in Munich. It was quite a big change for me to switch from my one-man-company to an […]
Servus! My name is Godfrey Madwadri and I’m 26 years old. I’m an artist and graphic designer from the town of Nimule in South Sudan, where I work in my own small scale design and advertising company. Currently, I’m at Serviceplan Campaign advertising agency in Munich for a 3 month internship to learn about advertising […]
In my constant travels to Europe, especially those involving work, I am often met by a unanimous question, or expression, or exclamation of wonder, delight and curiosity. “Wow, you are from Dubai?” Often said with excitement, it has always been my kind of warm welcome from new acquaintances, no fail! Time and again, it signals […]
Staring at the pulsating city of Bangkok, from the rooftop of a skyscraper, we said to each other – “Wouldn’t it be totally crazy and awesome to work in Asia?” The year was 2008. We had just moved into our new apartment in Berlin. And then, just three months after we had said those now […]
https://serviceplan.blog/sp-content/uploads/2020/05/SP-Logo-Default-Blog.jpg19201920Claudia Wölfle, Kay Kösterhttps://serviceplan.blog/sp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020_Logo_SPGroup_ENNL.pngClaudia Wölfle, Kay Köster2013-03-26 09:53:072016-03-16 17:17:41On the road #4: Delhi
We have 25 employees in the office. The office is situated near Park Gorkogo (on Sadovaya Ring), which is now a center of the city. Daily life in Moscow does certainly have its crushing features that dictate how we work, live and socialize. The phrase “10 points” referring to Moscow traffic gridlock (10=paralyzed traffic) has […]
“We welcome you on board this Boeing 777 on our way from Hamburg to Dubai. The languages spoken by our cabin crew today are Arabic, English, French, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Korean, Thai, Mandarin, Cantonese, Filipino, Hindi, Malyalam, Farsi and Sinhala…” Even the EMIRATES flight to Dubai gives you a foretaste of what […]
Anna Gauto, editor at “forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften”, spoke to Pavan Sukhdev and Florian Haller on advertising and sustainability. Pavan Sukhdev is a former manager at Deutsche Bank and founder of the “Corporation 2020” sustainability campaign. Florian Haller is CEO of the largest independent advertising agency in Europe, the Serviceplan Group. Both will speak at SusCon […]
For decades, a group of smart agency rebels repeatedly managed to win customers and accounts from the so-called “big players”. In the meantime they became so good that now they too are one of the big players themselves. Does this mean that they have lost their raison d’être? No. In fact quite the opposite is […]
The Creative Exchange #4
ServiceplanDear readers, Today this is the last post I, Godfrey Madwadri, am writing for you before I will return to my home country South Sudan next week. For the “final” of my internship I – quite fittingly – watched and joined the celebrations of the Champions League final on Saturday of last week. (Only the […]
The Creative Exchange #3
ServiceplanHello my dear readers, Godfrey here. The creative intern from South Sudan. Today I am writing about the differences. Working in South Sudan is not easy. Although the people there officially live in peace, there are regions that suffer under continuous revolts and armed attacks. In many regions people are therefore traumatised and don’t trust […]
The Creative Exchange #2
ServiceplanServus! Hello to everyone who is reading my blog. My name is Godfrey, the creative intern from South Sudan. As promised in my last blog entry I will now tell you more about my work at Serviceplan Campaign in Munich. It was quite a big change for me to switch from my one-man-company to an […]
The Creative Exchange #1
Group, ServiceplanServus! My name is Godfrey Madwadri and I’m 26 years old. I’m an artist and graphic designer from the town of Nimule in South Sudan, where I work in my own small scale design and advertising company. Currently, I’m at Serviceplan Campaign advertising agency in Munich for a 3 month internship to learn about advertising […]
On the road #5: Dubai (2)
ServiceplanIn my constant travels to Europe, especially those involving work, I am often met by a unanimous question, or expression, or exclamation of wonder, delight and curiosity. “Wow, you are from Dubai?” Often said with excitement, it has always been my kind of warm welcome from new acquaintances, no fail! Time and again, it signals […]
On the road #4: Delhi
ServiceplanStaring at the pulsating city of Bangkok, from the rooftop of a skyscraper, we said to each other – “Wouldn’t it be totally crazy and awesome to work in Asia?” The year was 2008. We had just moved into our new apartment in Berlin. And then, just three months after we had said those now […]
On the road #3 – Moscow
Group, ServiceplanWe have 25 employees in the office. The office is situated near Park Gorkogo (on Sadovaya Ring), which is now a center of the city. Daily life in Moscow does certainly have its crushing features that dictate how we work, live and socialize. The phrase “10 points” referring to Moscow traffic gridlock (10=paralyzed traffic) has […]
On the road #2: Dubai
Group, Serviceplan“We welcome you on board this Boeing 777 on our way from Hamburg to Dubai. The languages spoken by our cabin crew today are Arabic, English, French, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Korean, Thai, Mandarin, Cantonese, Filipino, Hindi, Malyalam, Farsi and Sinhala…” Even the EMIRATES flight to Dubai gives you a foretaste of what […]
Sustainability and advertising
GroupAnna Gauto, editor at “forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften”, spoke to Pavan Sukhdev and Florian Haller on advertising and sustainability. Pavan Sukhdev is a former manager at Deutsche Bank and founder of the “Corporation 2020” sustainability campaign. Florian Haller is CEO of the largest independent advertising agency in Europe, the Serviceplan Group. Both will speak at SusCon […]
Our culture: An insider’s view
ServiceplanFor decades, a group of smart agency rebels repeatedly managed to win customers and accounts from the so-called “big players”. In the meantime they became so good that now they too are one of the big players themselves. Does this mean that they have lost their raison d’être? No. In fact quite the opposite is […]