Petra Schotten is new creative director text at Saint Elmo's Hamburg

With Petra Schotten in the position of Creative Director Text at Saint Elmo's Hamburg, the creative profile of the agency is further sharpened. The new creative director will maintain clients such as expert and TUI Blue.

Hamburg, 02/11/2021. Petra Schotten has gained her extensive copywriting and campaign experience as well as multiple awards in well-known agency houses: She started her career at Jung von Matt, followed by positions as senior copywriter at Kolle Rebbe and fischerAppelt, before most recently working as creative director at Heimat and later at TBWA Hamburg. She worked for clients such as BMW, BILD Zeitung, OBI, OTTO, Techniker Krankenkasse, T-Systems, R&V Versicherung, Hermes and Siemens. Campaigns she has recently worked on include: the TV and online campaign "Always close for you" for Hermes PaketShops, the online campaign "Give your finger a better job" for the Lotto 24 app or the multi-award-winning countdown PR stunt for the launch of the new Tagesschau studio.

"After my parental leave, I'm thrilled to be able to be a creative again in addition to being a mom. Because I love my job and can't wait to bring my passion for outstanding ideas to the streets and screens together with my team at Saint Elmos," says Petra Schotten about her start at Saint Elmo's, where she will fulfill her management duties part-time.

Creative director Peter Gocht says: "Petra is an energetic full-blooded creative who will strengthen us in all areas of our full-service agency. The part-time solution was perfect to bring her into the team. Because at Saint Elmo's, we want our employees to be able to balance their personal and professional lives without any problems. To do that, we simply build our system around people. With full and part time, flexible working hours and an individual mix of office and home office. So that the best people can work in the best possible way. And so that the best come to us - like Petra Schotten."