Thomas Vogel

Co-Founder, ourbania GbR

Thomas Vogel is Graduate Program Director for the Global Marketing Communication and Advertising Program and Associate Professor of Marketing Communication at Emerson College, Boston; B.S., Stuttgart Media University (HdM); B.F.A., M.F.A., Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart, Germany.

Thomas is a specialist in strategic communication on the Internet, online usability and branding on the Internet. Prior to joining Emerson College he was a Professor of Media Design at the Department of Media Management at the University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden, Germany where he served as the Founding Dean from 1993 - 1999. He is an active public speaker, panelist, consultant, and is involved in special projects for Internet, advertising and multi media. His creative work focuses on the strategic design and usability aspects of interactive media, developing efficient experience design and online communication. His research explores the nature of creativity, creative thinking and advertising creativity. He is a founding partner of mediaman, an interactive communications agency in Germany and China, and a co-founder of ourbania, a social online platform based in Germany. Formerly he worked as Art Director and Creative Director in New York City at Grey Advertising, Lois GGK, J. Walter Thompson and Communication House