STUTTGART—April 1, 2008-- Strategic-creative consultancy frog design today announced the appointment of Cees van Dok to the role of executive creative director for Europe, effective April 1st. Van Dok joined frog in 2005 and most recently served as creative director for frog’s Stuttgart studio. In his new role, van Dok will oversee the Digital Media Design and Product Design teams as well as the recently launched Technology team in Stuttgart and Milan. Van Dok has more than 12 years experience working in the field of user experience design for clients including HP, Lawson, Nero and Vodafone.
Additional appointments include Fabio Sergio to the role of creative director for frog’s Milan studio, where he will head the Digital Media Design and Product Design teams. Sergio joined frog in September 2006, previously serving as As-sociate Creative Director and working for clients such as BBC, HP, LifeScan, Samsung and Vodafone.
Eckhard Wunder, general manager of frog design Europe said, “Cees has made a significant contribution towards building frog’s Digital Media team in Europe and has delivered outstanding service to our clients. Under his leadership, we hope to further enhance the synergies between our Digital Media Design, Product Design and Technology groups to guarantee a convergent process for the development of innovative products.”
frog design, inc. is one of the world’s leading strategic-creative consulting firms. By identifying emerging market opportunities and transforming ideas into compelling product and service experiences, frog helps Fortune 500 clients to evolve, expand, and envision their businesses. Founded in Germany in 1969, the company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with studios in Austin, TX; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; San Jose, CA; Seattle, WA; Milan, Italy; Shanghai, China; and Stuttgart, Germany. With a cross-disciplinary team of more than 400 employees, frog offers a broad range of industry expertise, in fields such as consumer electronics, software, entertainment, finance, medical, retail, and fashion. Clients include Alltel, Disney, GE, HP, Logitech, Microsoft, MTV, Seagate, Yahoo! and others.
Anja Glässing
Senior Communications Manager
Tel +49 7032 914-152
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anja.glaessing@frogdesign.de
