Benjamin Ochse
Career Objective
To contribute my knowledge and skills in creative related areas with a particular emphasis on analysis, exhibition design and management.
To apply these in an environment in which these skills are valued and valuable. To combine my broad New Zealand and European design and art market knowledge in an innovative and successful way.
Professional Skills
Project Management Organisational and Planning Skills
Accustomed to delivery within tight budgets and time frames.
Client liaison and consultation.
Reporting and relationship building.
Project planning and scheduling.
Budget planning and management, resource management
and the selection and management of external contractors.
Financial and analytical skills and experience.
Team management and coordination.
Team building, training and problem solving.
Risk management and troubleshooting skills.
Good knowledge of international copyright legislation.
High efficient online and offline research skills.
Good communication and networking skills.
Creative
Original concept design and development Exhibition curating, production and presentation.
Original concept design and development Graphic design, production and presentation.
Brand identity development and design Production of logos, fonts and marketing materials.
Interactive media design and production.
Creation of interactive interfaces, motion graphics and animation.
Digital Media
Design and production for digital audio, video and DVD formats.
Storyboard writing, camera handling, video and sound editing.
Technical Skills and Experience
Graphic Design
Many years extensive experience in layout, illustration, drawing, screen design, packaging design, typography, typesetting and scanning.
- Excellent pre-press / ready to print knowledge
- Excellent print production skills
- Excellent web design skills
Good experience and skills in Freehand, Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Quark XPress, Fontographer, MS-Office and FileMaker.
Web Design
More than 10 years experience in web design and developing.
Very good skills in GoLive, Dreamweaver, QuickTime.
- Excellent (D)HTML and CSS knowledge
- Good XHTML, WML and JavaScript, SMIL, QuickTime, Real Media and Windows Media Player knowledge
- Good Live streaming and on demand technology knowledge.
- Basic knowledge of XML, XSL, XSLT, PHP
Photography
Good experience in digital studio photography and light modeling Exhibition Design
and Management
More than 10 years experience in exhibition concepts, design and management.
- Photo Exhibition / IPC, Vienna (in progress 2010)
- Photo Exhibition / AP Julius Art Gallery (in progress 2010)
- Photo Exhibition / European Commission (2009)
- Photo Exhibition / Gallery Carlshorst (2009)
- »The Berlin Wall« Photo Exhibition / Taranaki Art Centre (2004)
- Parihaka - The Struggle for Peace (2003)
- Puke Ariki Taranaki Museum and Libraries (2003)
- Nationalpark Mecklenburgvorpommerische Boddenlandschaft
- Alexander von Humboldt - Netzwerke des Wissens (2001)
- DeTe Immobilien at the Hanover Industry Fair (2001)
- »Eine große Zukunft« Deutsche in Rußlands Wirtschaft (2000)
- (Germans in Russia Business) Goethe-Institut Moscow (2000)
- German Telekom at the CeBit (2000)
- Expo 2000 in Brandenburg (regional presentation)
- Berlin Fashion Fair
Languages
Native German speaker
Very good English skills
Some knowledge of French and Tikanga Maori
Education
Lette-Verein Berlin, Design School for Photography, Graphic and Fashion Design
Fashion Designer, Certificate 1986
Control Data Institute, Berlin
Computer Graphic Designer
Certificate 1988
CIMDATA Media Academy, Berlin
Sound and Video Design, Film Design
Certificate 2010
IBB Institut für Berufliche Bildung, Berlin
AEVO Professional Trainer
Certificate by the Chamber of Commerce 2010
October 2010 – Present
Working as freelancer on several exhibition, design and film projects.
Author for Flute-Focus.com.
January 2010
Director of a documentary about the artist W. O. Hengstenberg
(work in progress).
October 2008 – December 2009
Director of the video documentary »Ngaro Rangi Taonga Puoro«
with Dr. h c Richard Nunns about traditional Maori musical instruments collected by James Cook about 1782 , DV / PAL 30 min.
January 2007 – September 2009
Senior Design Manager for the C. Bechstein marketing department.
October 2006
Guest lecture about packaging design at the Design Academy Berlin.
August – December 2006
Working on several design and exhibition projects in Berlin.
September 2004 – July 2006
Senior Product and Graphic/Packaging Designer for Pegasus Group
Auckland / New Zealand.
- Brand developing and maintaining for ProEdge, ProTech, Legend and others.
- Product developing for sport and licence products, All Blacks, Super14, Batmann etc.
- Graphic and structural packaging design and digital product photography.
2006
Guest Lecture about packaging design at UNITEC Auckland School of Design.
November 2003 – September 2004
Web Designer/Developer and Project Management for Efinity Group / New Plymouth.
February – July 2004
Part Time Tutor at the Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT) for Typography and Computer Visual Arts.
March – May 2004
Exhibition Design of the Photo Exhibition »Berlin Wall« by Hildegard Ochse at the Taranaki Art Centre.
December 2002 – October 2003
Manager for Exhibition and Research and Design at Puke Ariki - Taranaki Museum and Library, New Plymouth. Responsible for the fit-out of the exhibition space and later for the exhibition design of »Parihaka - The Struggle For Peace«.
1986 – 2002
Self-employed working for different companies:
Reschcke and Partner, BSC e.V., Gruppe 96 advertising agency, Fresse & Wolf, ZDF German Television, S. Oliver, Extent Verlag & Service, Frank Henke Mode, Stern, DST Satzstudio, Caracol-Theatre, AV-Design, Bekleidungswerk Zwickau, TFH-Berlin, Herder Berlin, MCW, A. Kirse, Grips Theatre, Berliner Festspiele, Arthesia, G. Burde, Office, Art Transfer, Video Edition Berlin, Verlag für Technik, Zschimmer & Schwarz.
1998 – 1999
Freelance as designer for q-bus Mediatektur, exhibition developing and design for the Expo 2000, Deutsche Telekom, Berkom, DeTe Immobilien and others.
1986 – 1990
Costume designer for the Komödie am Kurfürstendamm.
Freelance as costume designer and stylist for the Sender Freies Berlin (German TV).
1986 – 1988
Presentations assistance for the Berlin Fashion Fair.
Mobile +49 (151) 556 738 81
Member Profile
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