Mike John Otto

May I introduce myself.
Build year 1973. Not only born in Münster {Germany}, I studied there as well - at the University of Applied Sciences Münster. Four years and one or two twists later, I moved to London to freelance under my label stereoplastic.
After a couple of months with daily fish and chips I moved to Hamburg to start working as a Senior Designer at Razorfish, then as an Art Director at Elephant Seven, followed by the position as Creative Director at BBDO Interone. Then I moved on to become a founding partner and Head of Creation of
BlackBeltMonkey in 2008.

In summer 2011, I started running the Hi-ReS! Hamburg
studio as Managing & Creative Director. In addition to my studio based practice, I am member of the Art Directors Club Germany, D&AD and lecturer at various national design schools for Interaction Branding.

In short. I am Creative Director specialising in digital branding, innovation and storytelling. Author, speaker and design consultant for consumer brands, advertising agencies and film production companies.

I currently have no pets but a little son. My favourite time of day is dusk and I truly believe that two wheels are better than four but prefer them to be motorised and from the 60s. I try not to stereotype, ironically my favourite youth culture are mods and I am a Northern Soul lover. Well...