Tim Leberecht

Marketer and author, San Francisco

Tim Leberecht is VP of Marketing and Communications at frog design, a global creative consultancy.

Previously, Tim was the head of corporate communications with Mindjet Corporation, a provider of enterprise productivity software. Prior to Mindjet, he served as press chief for the Athens 2004 International Olympic Torch Relay, in marketing communications for Deutsche Telekom, and in an interactive marketing agency in Berlin. He started his professional career as a musician, releasing two albums in Europe and the US.

Tim writes the iPlot blog, is a member of the CNET blog network, and has spoken about social media, internal branding, and viral marketing including events of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), the German American Business Association (GABA), and the Business Marketing Association (BMA). He has been published in Brandchannel, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the Journal of the Korean Advertising Association, and the Journal of Media Psychology, and cited in publications including CNET, Los Angeles Times, Jerusalem Post, Inc. Magazine, and Business 2.0.

Tim holds a masters’ degree in cultural sciences from the University of Luneburg in Germany and a masters’ degree in communication management from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.