Bruno Stoefs

Partner and Agency Lead @ engrd.

About

We’re a customer experience creation and orchestration company, working with hidden champions and unicorns in banking, insurance, telcos, hotels, industry and retail with the goal to transform them into customer centric organizations. – We work from outside in and change from inside out. Sometimes it’s a user experience concept or an interface prototype or an app, tool or piece of technology, even a radical business strategy. Fairly often, it’s a new way to communicate with clients or employees. And typically, it’s all of the above. »We bridge boundaries between technologies, media or departments.« Difference – we listen – and once we’ve developed a deep understanding of what the client is trying to achieve, we can get to work to produce targeted, effective and unique ideas. We’re very proud of the work we do and our healthy portfolio illustrates this – but it’s the strong, mutual and consistent dialogue with the clients that makes it so valuable. Obligation – constant search – for better ways to work and produce stunning results that have both style and substance. We love what we do, but more importantly, we want our clients to love what we do and want them to be happy and successful. Deliverables – the exceptional – is what we try to create. The work we create? We want our clients to be happy, and that our work supports them to innovate and grow their business.

Country

City

Austria

Industry

Design

Skill

Strategy, fluent: Dutch, English, French, Russian, notions: German, Italian, Business Development & Start Ups Consulting (Russia), Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Event Management, Social Media, Marketing Strategy, Public Relations, Corporate Social Responsibility, Marketing Communications, Strategic Communications, Market Research, Start-ups, Business Development, Italian, Russian, Consulting, Marketing

Experience

Partner and Agency Lead

engrd.

2025-9 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

Wien, Österreich

EN GARDE WIEN wird engrd. digital.brand.design.

Partner and Agency Lead Vienna

Atelier Haas

2022-1 - Present · 4 yrs 9 mos

Vienna, Austria

Engagement Director

Atelier Haas

2017-4 - 2021-12 · 4 yrs 9 mos

Vienna

I provide both strategic and tactical leadership across multi-channel projects, while keeping up-to-date on daily project activities. I identify a client’s business need and work with both the client and various teams at En Garde to understand, define and build effective and innovative solutions that generate measurable results. #trusttheprocess #thrutheheart

PR & Marketing

vienancontemporary

2013-9 - 2018-9 · 5 yrs 1 mo

Vienna, Austria

Development, coordination and implementation of overall communication, PR and marketing strategies; covering internal and external communication and messaging towards various target groups such as collectors, VIP guests, local and international press and mass audience. Coordination with local and international press agents, organisation and coordination of international press tours and orgisation of press conferences. Messaging and personal coaching for key stakeholders for press interventions and interviews. In charge of rebranding process, development of new positioning, corporate identity and internal and external messaging and communication strategies of Autria’s leading contemporary international art fair. In charge of all communication, PR and marketing activities and coordination with external agencies.

Director

BOOMBOOMpr

2009-1 - 2014-11 · 5 yrs 11 mos

Moscow, Russian Federation

BOOMBOOM is a PR and event management company specialising in lifestyle PR and event organisation. We work within the art, design and fashion industries and provide consultation on PR and marketing in Russia & CIS, as well as artist management and logistic support. BOOMBOOM delivers fully integrated projects that are stylish, targeted and efficient.

Deputy Director International Projects

Marka Face Fashion (Moscow, Russia)

2006-2 - 2008-11 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Development and implementation of international projects bringing Russian content abroad and Western content to Russia.

Food & Beverage Manager

UGC Belgium (Antwerp Branch)

1999-6 - 2005-11 · 6 yrs 6 mos

Overall Management of all Food & Beverage activities (human resource management, logistic planning, product range selection, financial reporting and budgeting)