Headhunting coup in Berlin: Partizan founder Moritz Merkel joins Stink as Executive Producer.

Award-winning advertising film producer Moritz Merkel joins Martina Lülsdorf (Managing Director) and Lutz Müller (Executive Producer) to strengthen international film and content production company Stink Berlin’s leadership team

From July, Executive Producer Moritz Merkel will join Martina Lülsdorf and Lutz Müller to jointly manage the German branch of Stink, one of the world's most successful production companies with offices in London, Paris, Shanghai, Los Angeles, New York, Sao Paolo and Moscow.
45-year-old Moritz, who is currently enjoying repeated success at global creative awards, especially with the Hornbach campaigns "Du lebst! Erinnerst Du Dich?” and “Projekt Deutschland", is leaving his position as Managing Director of the Berlin office of Partizan, which he founded and built up almost nine years ago. for this new challenge. “Working together with Martina and Lutz - at the head of Stink Berlin - that's gold indeed!”, said Merkel of his new colleagues.

“We are so looking forward to Moritz joining. He completes us and comes on board at a perfect time”, said Executive Producer Lutz Müller. Managing Director Martina Lülsdorf added: "This move makes us one of the best-established film production companies in the German market.”

Previously, Art Directors Club Germany member Moritz wokred at reknowned production houses such as @radical.media, Jo!Schmid and Chased By Cowboys, where he worked as a Producer and Executive Producer. On agency side, he worked as Head of TV at Hamburg creative agencies Kolle Rebbe and Jung von Matt.

With the successful recruitment of one of the most distinguished German advertising film producers, Stink is once again giving the market strong momentum. Following the recent annoucement of Stink’s merger of its Digital and Content units to form Stink Studios,), the hire of Moritz Merkel as Head of Production, demonstrates a clear commitment to the German market and shows the growth potential that Stink sees.

“The German market is not only one of the most economically stable in the world," explains Daniel Bergmann, founder and president of the Stink Group, "but German customers are also getting more and more courageous about creative, brave and innovative productions – and they all love Moritz!”

About Stink
Stink Berlin is part of the network of one of the worldwide best-known production companies with branches in London, Paris, Shanghai, Los Angeles, New York, Sao Paolo and Moscow. Internationally renowned directors such as Ivan Zacharias and Eliot Rausch can be found in Stink Berlin's exclusive portfolio as well as young, national talents such as Stephan Wever, Chiara Grabmayr and Felipe Ascacibar as well as a large network of creative, digital and moving picture experts to meet the ever-growing demand for content-driven campaigns.

Stink Berlin receives global creative recognition and distinctions, such as with their Audi commercial “The Comeback” from 2016, the one with the short-armed T-Rex.

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