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Your company is full of stories. We help you find and tell them.Your company is full of stories. We help you find and tell them.

Who are we?

We are an agency for brands and communication. What shapes us? The passion for people, brands, and the stories behind them. Yes, we are convinced that behind successful companies are clever minds. And strong brands convince with the stories of these people, their companies, products, and services. That’s why we tap companies for precisely what makes them different, what makes them attractive. We listen carefully to where the finer points or the differences lie. And we spin the threads further, polish the stories until they touch the head and heart, and create enthusiasm, analog, digital, or three-dimensional. Always precisely where the attention is. This is how we make messages heard and contribute to the success of our customers.

Whether a start-up, SME, or multinational, what counts for us is not the company’s size but your communication challenge.Whether a start-up, SME, or multinational, what counts for us is not the company’s size but your communication challenge.

How can we help you?

We are interested in how people tick and how we can successfully land messages. That’s why we have never focused on specific disciplines, working on an interdisciplinary basis on par with our clients. Together we develop, design, and stage content relating to brands, institutions, products, and services. The results can be a new identity, websites, books, films, events, exhibitions, or spaces, as well as strategies and programs to attract, inform, or retain employees, customers or investors. Whether a start-up, SME, or multinational, it is not the company’s size that counts for us, but your communication challenge.

Our offerOur offer

Brands / Strategy

Brand content development
Brand engagement
Brand experience
Brand guidelines
Brand health analyses
Brand launches
Brand positioning
Client activation
Communication strategies
Conference development
Corporate identity
Corporate stories
Customer understanding
Direction
Dramaturgy
Employer branding
Event strategies
Event-Identity
Launch strategies
Live communication strategies
Market analyses
Naming
Product launches
Promotions
Research
Social media content
Speaker search
Texts
Tone of voice
Touchpoint analyses
Trend analyses

Digital

Animations
Blogs
Brand websites & apps
Camera
Color grading
Compositing
Content management
Corporate videos
Digital events
DOOH
E-Mail marketing
Event photography
Explanatory videos
Gamification
GIFs
Image films
Interaction
Intranets
Landing pages
Mapping
Motion design
Online presence
Pimp-my-Powerpoint
Postproduction
Presentations
Product films
Scripts
SEO/SEA
Sound
Sound recordings
Storyboards
User experiences
Webcasts
Webshops

Analogue

Anniversary publications
Books
Brand spaces
Company brochures
Conferences
Corporate events
Editorial
Events
Event collaterals
Exhibition design
Exhibition stands
General assemblies
Giveaways
High-end print
Illustrations
Information graphics
Interior design
Invitations
Jubilees
Magazines
Mailings
Management meetings
Media conferences and events
Open house events
Packaging
POS design
Posters
Product catalogs
Roadshows
Sales documents
Save-the-Date
Signage
Stage design
Team events

Specific practicesSpecific practices

Financial Services

Branding, customer dialog online and offline, product launches, sales support, events and conferences

BLKB
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
Glarner Kantonalbank
Hermitage
LGT Gruppe Stiftung
Luzerner Kantonalbank
Quintet Private Bank
Swiss Re
Thurgauer Kantonalbank
UBS
Vontobel
Zurich

Brands & Trade

Branding, Packaging, Shop Design, Promotion, Web Shops, Social Media Dialog, Sales Support, Retail Strategies

Caffé Corsini
Coca Cola
Darbo
Garcia Cocina
Kadi
Le Picot
McDonald’s
Memoria Orfebre
Migros
Nestlé
Tadashi Tagami
Thomy
Victorinox

Real Estate

Branding, market analyses, concept development, location, and real estate marketing, promotion

Bauforum Zug
Dubai Department of Economic Development
Engels & Völkers
Emaar Properties
IHG
Intershop
Privera
Sulzer Immobilien
UBS Asset Management

Information, Communication, Technology

Branding, brand launches, product launches, employer branding, presentations, exhibitions, events, and conferences

Cablecom
C-Level Media
Computershare
Digital Switzerland
Fastweb
Institut für Geistiges Eigentum
Nimbus
Siemens
Swisscom
Unaxis
Xelog

Health Science

Promotion, sales support, catalog, employer branding, internal communication, exhibitions, event communication

Actavis
Allergan
BioConcept
Nobel Biocare
Novartis
Roche
Zimmer Biomet

Investor Relations

Presentations, roadshows, annual and quarterly reports, IPO, media conferences, shareholder meetings

BLKB
Credit Suisse
Economiesuisse
Glarner Kantonalbank
Lafarge Holcim
Oerlikon
Swiss Re
Swisscom
Swiss Life
Thurgauer Kantonalbank
UBS
Unaxis
Zurich

Invitation to the McKinivan Brand ConsultingInvitation to the McKinivan Brand Consulting

Do you realize the full potential of your brand?

Let’s sit down together. Tell us your stories. We’ll listen to you and ask questions. And lay the first building block to a strong brand story. That’s our Brand Check: an hour in which we have a coffee, listen to you, and think about how you can be successful with your story, with your brand, with your products and services. We show you potential and possibilities. Then, we discuss what steps it would take to sharpen your brand and target your communications more effectively. Without obligation and free of charge. Call us or send us an email.

Your specialists
for communication
Your specialists
for communication

Team

Pius Sidler

Consulting,
Management, Partner
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Pius Sidler

Consulting,
Management, Partner

Pius studied art history and business administration and founded McKinivan in the US in 1994, in Switzerland in 1995. Outside of McKinivan, he has gained practical knowledge in strategic marketing, trade marketing, conceptual design of content for exhibitions, as well as in managing an international agency. Pius is Head of Consulting and leads the management team of the agency.

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Michael Meier

Consulting, Management
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Michael Meier

Consulting, Management

Michael earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts majoring in communications and marketing. Michael is now supporting McKinivan as Communication Advisor in various projects and has managed the agency’s operations since 2018. Michael has the necessary calmness and due to his serenity keeps a clear sight even in the most hectic moments during an event.

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Nina Vagli

Consulting, Management
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Nina Vagli

Consulting, Management

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Larissa Hintermann

Consulting
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Larissa Hintermann

Consulting

Larissa studied at the International School of Tourism in Zurich and has already travelled to several parts of the world. Her diverse experience in the catering and event sector as well as her connected way of thinking bring optimal added value to our everyday agency work.

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Géraldine Kaufmann

Consulting
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Géraldine Kaufmann

Consulting

Victor Escobar

Video, Partner
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Victor Escobar

Video, Partner

Colombia, Russia, and now Switzerland. Victor received his Master of Fine Arts at the Zurikov Academy of Art in Moscow and then co-founded McKinivan in Switzerland in 1995. Victor is senior partner and due to his pronounced feeling for narratives and rhythms, he distinguishes himself in the editing of video productions.

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Joëlle Stocker

Design
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Joëlle Stocker

Design

Joëlle has a classic education as a designer, with a degree from the Academy of Arts in Zurich, and then gained practical knowledge in corporate and brand design. Since 2010 she has worked with us as a creative person who connects two and three dimensional design and is a successful designer in the digital area too.

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Nina Goldiger

Design
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Nina Goldiger

Design

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Andreas Treichler

Design
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Andreas Treichler

Design

Andi completed an apprenticeship as a polygraph. After several years in prepress and publishing, he gained valuable experience as a specialist and project manager in the field of interior decoration. Since October 2014, Andi has been putting the finishing touches to our print data and producing digital presentations in McKinivan’s studio.

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Alex Clarke

Trade Marketing
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Alex Clarke

Trade Marketing

Since the founding days of McKinivan Alex has been part of our ventures, on and off, but always with inspiring ideas and a great understanding of brands, trade and marketing.

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Anina Ljaskowsky

Consulting (Freelance)
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Anina Ljaskowsky

Consulting (Freelance)

Anina supports McKinivan as a dedicated project manager with many years of event experience; and as a trained interior decorator she thinks creatively in all dimensions. With her can-do mentality, Anina breathes life into projects, keeps the overview in hectic moments and releases unbounded  energy within the team.

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