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Hajo Schmidt

Media and Content Specialist

My Mission & Passion

For over 30 years, I’ve been involved in “something to do with media,” for over a quarter of a century, “something to do with online,” and always everything related to “content-driven business.” Consultant, strategist, organizer, business developer, interim manager (and sometimes—depending on the client—punching ball, court jester, animal trainer, or midwife).

I work for all companies that earn their money with content in one way or another (magazine/newspaper publishers, book publishers, educational media, TV, radio, portals, verticals, etc.), or companies that build their own content in order to develop in the direction of owned media.

Born, raised, and educated in Berlin in the 1980s. So I’m pretty tough.

I prefer to do sports on and under the water. One ship is a ship—two ships are a regatta!

Experiences

Focus industries: media, communication, content creation, social media. Digital business models, business development, change management, turnarounds.

Skills & Tools

Communication up and down. Everything that sends and receives messages. Often enough, brick and mortar has been taken by the hand and gently led into the digital wonderland. Definitely the red pill!

Career Pin Points

Principal and member of the management board at Roland Berger, co-founder and first CEO of OMS Online Media Service and Versum AG, consultant to all major German media companies, interim managing director at ADAC Medien und Reise, studied business administration at FU Berlin