I'm Cesrin Schneider
A creative director with a background in communication design and a masters in urban design, I work where storytelling, strategy and urban design meet.
I move between commercial campaigns and artistic research, leading teams and shaping narratives that challenge perspectives. Whether it’s an award-winning brand campaign or an experimental urban intervention, I believe in ideas that connect, provoke and disrupt.
As co-founder of Akteurinnen für urbanen Ungehorsam, I explore participatory ways of reimagining cities beyond the mainstream. My work challenges conventional systems, questioning entrenched power dynamics and societal structures that no longer serve us. In a world that needs alternative ways of thinking, I am driven to explore new possibilities and create spaces where inclusivity, equity and bold ideas can lead the way.
Let’s make a difference together!
WORK EXPERIENCE
Since 01/2025 Freelance
2016–2024
Philipp und Keuntje Advertising Agency / Hamburg
Since 02/2022 Creative Director
Since 2024
Member of the Art Directors Club (ADC)
Summer Semester 2023
Lecturer at HafenCity University
Department of Urban Design
2018–Present
Co-founder of Akteurinnen für urbanen Ungehorsam,
Independent Academic-Artistic Research Collective /
Hamburg
2013–2015
Jung von Matt / Hamburg
Junior Art Director
2012–2013
ZDF & arte Digital Unit / Mainz
Junior Designer Digital
2011–2013
Das Gemüseabo Mainz / Freelance Art Direction
2008–2010
Bultmann.design.works / Bremen
Junior Designer Packaging
EDUCATION
2018–2022 M.Sc. Urban Design
HafenCity University Hamburg
2010–2014 B.A. Communication Design
University of Applied Sciences Mainz
2013 Semester Abroad Australia
Swinburne University / Melbourne
2005–2008 Apprenticeship
in Media Design Print & Digital
Kraft Foods GmbH (Mondelēz) / Bremen
2005 Advanced Technical College
Entrance Qualification in Art & Design
Erich Ohser Technical School / Plauen
FREELANCE PROJECTS
02/2024 with Collective Akteurinnen
Brave New Home – Critical Workshop on
Big Tech Companies / Jupiter in Hamburg
Invited as part of the project Automating the
Logistical City, Leuphana University Lüneburg
12/2023 with Collective Akteurinnen
Ethnography(s) between Digital and Analog Worlds,
Workshop as part of the program Culture –
Digitalization – Metropolis (B.A.), HafenCity University
07/2023 with Collective Akteurinnen
„Amt für außergewöhnliche Arbeitsumstände –
Stabsstelle Sternbrücke“ Intervention in public space,
Hamburger Architektur Sommer
06/2023
Interdisciplinary Film and Sound Performance
„Neuland betreten!“ Directed by Susan Chales de Beaulieu &
Vlatko Kučan, Hamburger Architektur Sommer
08/2022 with Collective Akteurinnen
„Third Space Walk. Flâneuses between virtual and
material urban spaces“ Exhibition participation
with the interactive exhibit „Endgegner? Patriarchat! –
A Quartet Game“, UdK Berlin