Oliver Zehn

Professional experience

COO, iCrossing (Munich), 11/2011 - today

  • Search engine advertising (SEA)
  • Search engine optimization (SEO)
  • Affiliate marketing
  • Display media
  • Social media marketing
  • Account management & client services (international)
  • Business development
  • Consulting

Head of Account Management, iCrossing (Munich), 01/2010 - 11/2011

  • Professional & disciplinary lead of iCrossing's account management team
  • Strategic & operative account management & consulting (international)
  • Conception, implementation & coordination of international online marketing campaigns & projects
  • Development of performance oriented distribution & marketing strategies
  • Strategic development of iCrossing's international client relationships
  • Coordination of projects in cooperation with iCrossing offices in the U.S. and UK
  • Preparation & realization of pitches for the acquisition of new clients (international)
  • Conception, implementation & coordination of international SEO projects (technology, structure & content)
  • Preparation & realization of SEO workshops
  • Tracking, reporting & optimization of online marketing campaigns
  • Analysis & optimization of landing pages & sales funnels
  • Instruments & channels: SEO (search engine optimization), paid search (SEM, search engine marketing), affiliate marketing, e-commerce (OXID), social media marketing, display media, referral marketing
  • Industries: automotive, retail, telecommunication, finance, insurance, fashion, software, consumer electronics, FMCG, tourism

Business Consultant, iCrossing (Munich), 09/2009 - 01/2010

  • Preparation & execution of pitches for the acquisition of new clients
  • Strategic & operative client counselling & client service (international)
  • Development of performance oriented distribution & marketing strategies
  • Conception, implementation & coordination of international online marketing campaigns & projects
  • Planning & coordination of international SEO projects & workshops (incl. creation of linguistic profiles, keyword researches, SEO analysis, HTML template optimization, etc.)
  • Conception & implementation of international social media projects (Facebook brand profiles, etc.)
  • Social media research & social media monitoring
  • Tracking, reporting, controlling & optimization of online marketing campaigns
  • Instruments & channels: SEO (search engine optimization), paid search (SEM, search engine marketing), affiliate marketing, social media marketing, display media, referral marketing, mobile marketing
  • Industries: automotive, retail, telecommunication, finance, insurance, fashion, software, consumer electronics, FMCG, tourism

Account Manager, iCrossing (Munich), 07/2008 - 06/2009

  • Strategic & operative client counselling & client service (international)
  • Development of performance oriented distribution & marketing strategies
  • Management and further development of whitelabel referral marketing platforms
  • Budget planning
  • Management of online marketing campaigns, projects & cooperations
  • Tracking, reporting, controlling & optimization of online marketing campaigns
  • Instruments & channels: SEO (search engine optimization), paid search (SEM, search engine marketing), affiliate marketing, social media marketing, display media, referral marketing
  • Industries: automotive, retail, telecommunication, finance, insurance, fashion, software, consumer electronics, FMCG, tourism

Affiliate Manager, iCrossing (Munich), 10/2007 - 07/2008

  • Setup & administration of international affiliate programs
  • Performance oriented optimization & further development of existing affiliate programs
  • Conception & execution of marketing measures
  • Acquisition & support of affiliates
  • Campaign & cooperation management
  • Conception, further development & management of referral marketing campaigns
  • Tracking, reporting & controlling
  • Industries: automotive, telecommunication, consumer electronics, tourism

Diploma thesis (Affiliate Marketing), iCrossing (Munich), 04/2007 - 09/2007

  • Subject: Analysis of success factors and trends in affilate marketing incl. derivation of recommendations for action
  • Grade: 1.0

2. work experience placement, TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG (Ditzingen), 02/2006 - 09/2006

  • Project management (E-Business)
  • Conception & realization of an internal corporate blog
  • Further development of "MyTRUMPF" customer portal
  • Web controlling (Webtrends)
  • Content management for TRUMPF's corporate website
  • Further development of TRUMPF's web content management system
  • Support of TRUMPF's worldwide web editors
  • Creation of interactive Flash animations (incl. Actionscript)

Freelancer, Digimedia (Wuerzburg), 12/2004 - 02/2005

  • Web development (PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Flash & Actionscript)
  • CMS Setup & administration (ExpressionEngine)
  • Image processing & creation of website layouts (Photoshop)
  • Creation of panoramic movies (QuickTime VR, LiveStage Pro)

1. work experience placement, Digimedia (Wuerzburg), 04/2004 - 09/2004

  • Web Development (PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Flash, Actionscript, ExpressionEngine, Photoshop)

Education

Business administration and marketing, Reinhold-Wuerth-University (Kuenzelsau), 03/2003 - 09/2007

  • Focus: Media management
  • Final grade: 1.6

Projects

Weilheim City, 05/2010 - today

  • Conception, programming & administration of an inofficial portal with local information for the city of Weilheim in Bavaria
  • Technologies: ExpressionEngine (CMS), Google Maps API (JSON), Qype API (XML), HTML, CSS
  • Features: "Responsive" layout incl. optimization for mobile devices via media queries

GeoCrawler, 01/2010 - today

  • Conception & programming of a web application for processing of addresses
  • Technologies: Google Maps API, PHP, HTML, CSS, XML, JSON
  • Features: Processing & formatting of addresses, conversion into latitude & longitude

Online survey “Media usage patterns of students”, 02/2007 - 02/2007

  • Programming of an online survey incl. export function for further data processing in SPSS for Reinhold-Wuerth-University on a voluntary basis
  • Technologies: PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS

Online survey “Mobile Music”, 10/2006 - 01/2007

  • Programming of an online survey incl. export function for further data processing in SPSS within the scope of a practical project in co-operation with T-Mobile Germany
  • Technologies: PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS

A.St.A e.V., 10/2005 - today

  • Leadership of A.St.A's online unit (official students organisation) on a voluntary basis
  • Relaunch & administration of A.St.A e.V. website

Reinhold-Wuerth-University alumni database, 10/2005 - today

  • Concept, programming & administration on a voluntary basis
  • Technologies: PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS
  • Features: Front-end incl. user profiles, forum & registration for alumni events. Backend for administration of study path data, user profiles, user groups & events

aschdi.de e.V., 03/2005 - 12/2008

  • Founder & member of aschdi.de e.V. (registered non-profit association)
  • Concept, programming & administration of aschdi.de (online-community for students) on a voluntary basis
  • Technologies: PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS

Language skills

  • German: native speaker
  • English: CEFR B1 (fluent)
  • Spanish: CEFR A1 (basic skills)

Skills

  • Web development: PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, JSON, Google Maps API
  • Responsive web design & mobile websites
  • Content management systems (CMS): ExpressionEngine, MojoMotor, pMachine, WordPress
  • Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash incl. ActionScript, Pixelmator
  • Microsoft Office, iWork, Salesforce, SPSS
  • Project management incl. MS Project & OmniPlan
  • Affiliate networks: Affilinet, Zanox, TradeDoubler, Belboon, Commission Junction

Interests

  • Mountainbiking & fitness
  • Food & cooking
  • Web development & APIs (Qype, Google Maps, Twitter, Foursquare etc.)
  • Web frameworks (CodeIgniter, jQuery, etc.)
  • Graphic design & data visualization
  • Music & literature