The Hamburg native is founder and managing director of EAST END. He began his career with a degree in marketing and communication and a diploma as a tourism event manager. As a project manager and destination director, Oliver Golz spent long phases abroad over several years. After his return, he founded EAST END in August 1999 and successfully built up the agency for brand experiences. Over twenty years of experience in event marketing distinguish his work methods, whose professed focus lies in the prolonging of brand experiences and the interlocking of suitable communication channels. Oliver Golz advises well-known clients strategically and regularly holds seminars and guest lectures on forward-looking topics concerning the communication branch and trade.

As Creative Director for Brand Experience and Communication-in-Space, Philipp Dorendorf has been leading the interdisciplinary creative team at EAST END since 2019. He studied Graphic Design at the Alsterdamm School of Visual Arts in Hamburg, as well as Marketing Communication at the West German Academy for Communication. He is a member of the ADC and teaches at the WAK, the RFH and is a lecturer at the conceptioner’s young academy ‘treibhaus’. Philipp Dorendorf gained many years of experience in his positions at kogag, Avantgarde, facts and fiction, BBDO and insglück and has developed various event formats for diverse companies and brands, including Toyota, Volkswagen Group, Bayer AG, ING, YouTube, P&G, BMAS, Ferrero and Microsoft.

Director of Operations with over 20 years of experience in the events industry. Having completed her degree at Cologne University, she has since gathered extensive knowledge of the planning, execution and evaluation of a bandwidth of event formats both from an agency and a company perspective.

Her previous roles include positions at CBE DIGIDEN, MLP SE,  Vitamin E, Faktor 3 and Uniplan, as Director of Business Development, Director Event and Managing Partner  Brand Experience. Having steered various teams and company branches, her broad range of event expertise is accompanied by a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of systematic organizational development and leading agile teams.

Director Brand & Media Partnerships with more than 20 years of experience in consulting around marketing, brand building, creation, networking, sponsoring, media and cooperation management. Extensive know-how in the development of communication platforms and partnerships in the areas of lifestyle e.g. Fashion Week & Mercedes-Benz or ProSieben GNTM & Colgate, trend sports e.g. Kitesurf World Cup & Pringles or Beach Volleyball Masters and TKK, as well as premium destinations e.g. Sylt & BMW “Charge & Ride” or Ischgl & Warsteiner “snow show”