Last chance to join Berghs Strategic Certificate - deadline September 15th

This team has a great mix of experiences from Sweden, but also from the USA and the UK. They represent some of the most interesting communication groups in the world, such as DDB, Lowe, Ogilvy, AMV BBDO. Each one of them will run an online course within the Berghs Certificate Pogram, and train and inspire the students through a period of 34 weeks, starting in October 2014.”

Annika is Head of Planning at Lowe Brindfors, in Stockholm, and she will direct an eight weeks course in Strategic Communication within Berghs Strategic Certificate.

Annika introduced planning in Sweden in the early 90s, when she was working at Brindfors.

In 1994 Annika was recruited to Hall&Cederquist/Y&R and later relocated to Young & Rubicam Europe, to better serve European assignments out of London. She also had an instrumental role in refining and implementing Y&R’s diagnostic brand tool the Brand Asset Valuator.

Annika has also worked for Leo Burnett and run Proventus owned agency Voice. She has planned on the Kraft Foods’ coffee and chocolate brands Gevalia, Marabou and Milka, McDonald’s and telecommunications brands Europolitan, Sony Ericsson EMEA, and Vodafone.

She joined Lowe Brindfors again in 2007 as Head of the Planning Department with the responsibility for the overall agency development, and she works with clients such as Ericsson, Telenor, Trygg-Hansa, and BMW.

AMV is the UK’s largest communication agency. Saher set up FORGE at AMV to be a new technology accelerator with focus on consumer experiences and business ventures. In under 15 months FORGE launched new products, IP/ license deals, and technology patents for clients such as Mercedes, Bit Coin, Aviva, and Resilience.

Outside work Saher is an investor and mentor to startups in the UK and abroad, and a fervent technology and innovation enthusiast, with long experience of teaching at Berghs.

Jaime Harrelson is a creative juicer and brand builder with a decade of experience developing powerful positions for Fortune 500 companies, start ups and winemakers alike.

She works as Senior Brand Strategist at DDB San Francisco and she will direct a four weeks planning course, teaching students how to work with consumer insights. Jaime began her career as an advertising strategist, where she could continue her passion to explore, understand, and leverage the world's cultural nuances.

She has written strategies for a variety of brands, from MARS Petcare and Uncle Ben's, to Gallo wines and spirits, as well as Coca Cola, Blue Shield of California, University of Phoenix and the San Francisco Zoo, for which she has been recognized by Jay Chiat and Effies.

Jordan Berkowitz is Executive Director, Digital Creative Strategy at Ogilvy. He will direct an eight weeks course in Strategic Communication, bringing not only his knowledge but also his network to the students. His course plan includes a very interesting list of speakers from the US and UK, top industry name and experiences that will be the icing on the cake for the Strategic Certificate students.

Prior to joining Ogilvy, Jordan spent 3 years as the Group Director at Undercurrent, a digital strategy consultancy. While at Undercurrent, Jordan focused on the overall growth of the company while delivering comprehensive strategic guidance to clients such as CNN, Pepsi, Ford, GE, and Don Q, Puerto Rico’s premier rum brand.

Before Undercurrent, Jordan was a Producer at AKQA, the world’s largest independent digital agency, working with Comcast, Coca-Cola, Smirnoff, and GoGo, Aircell’s inflight wireless connectivity solution.

Jordan is a fervent believer of technology, not only as a means to deliver experiences and provide utility, but also as a creative pursuit. He seeks elegant solutions to complex problems and relies on the ever evolving idea of “digital” to help address the challenges of some of the world’s largest brands.