2013 Design • Package Design Jury

Alex Schill was born with a Canadian passport and studied at the High School of Fine Arts in Berlin.

In 1994 he started his career at Germany's former hotshop agency, No.1 Springer & Jacoby as a junior copywriter and was asked in 2003 to lead the agency as Chief Creative Officer. In 2006, Alex left Springer & Jacoby to become Global Chief Creative Officer, Member of the Board and Associate Partner at the serviceplan group. The serviceplan group (serviceplan, Mediaplus, Plan.Net) is the biggest independent agency in Europe with around 1,400 employees. The agency runs 28 offices in nine countries worldwide with clients like BMW, Lufthansa and O2.

Within five years Alex managed to push serviceplan from nowhere to No. 2 in the German Creative Ranking and No. 2 independent agency worldwide (Cannes 2012).

Alex has won over 35 Cannes Lions and is listed No. 1 CCO worldwide (PIAFYS 2012). He has also won numerous other awards, including many LIAs.