Elias Kouloures, AI Consultant, Creative Director & Copywriter

Location: Berlin, Germany

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and around Berlin (up to 50km)
and around München (up to 50km)
and around Hamburg (up to 50km)
and around Frankfurt am Main (up to 50km)
and around Düsseldorf (up to 50km)

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C-level creative strategist, bilingual copywriter & AI consultant with 25+ years of international experience, combining a unique neurodivergent perspective (Asperger's + ADHD) & 1st principles thinking with world-class creative direction & business expertise.

Award-winning professional with demonstrable success across AI implementation, creative technology & business transformation on 3 continents, in 9 cities & over thousands of projects – from strategising & leading 13-country GTM launches for startups to spearheading 120 million annual marketing budgets of global blue chips.

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AI Consultant, Creative Director & Data Scientist
February 2014 - Today (11 years and 5 months)
Berlin, Germany
• Collaborated on ~300 bookings for 150+ clients in 10 years & on 7 countries. Led up to 35 ppl interdisciplinary teams. Mediated needs & translated between diverse members – e.g. C-levels, artists, data scientists, UX, IT, AI & ML experts.

• Spearheaded 100+ keynotes & daylong workshops on AI, LLMs, Marketing & Creativity for industry leaders incl. BBDO, E.ON, DATEV & Universal Music. Scheduled as keynote speaker & masterclass tutor at "Rise of AI 2025".

• Created Business Transformation Roadmaps incl. 1st-Principles ROI Optimisations & creative Blue Ocean Strategies: Bosch, VW & more.

• Architected AI-powered chatbot for SAMSUNG – revolutionising product info access for 7,200+ German B2C retail shops.

• Mentored AI Masterclasses & advised Computer Science Professor on multiple AI, big data & ML projects.

• Engineered open-source LLM+RAG system for under 50€ in 24 hours, created 60 use cases & configured 12 in 21 days.

• Orchestrated creative strategies for global brands incl. BMW, IKEA & Vodafone, managing budgets up to €120M.

• Catalysed 75% new biz pitch success rate since 2005 & winning clients, e.g. Activision, Braun, Konami, VW & McDonald's.

• Saved Berlin SME COVID lockdowns from bankruptcy – by inventing new revenue streams with pay-per-view streaming and 0 CAPEX. Mitigated 95% revenue loss, retained 35 staff & maintained €13K monthly rent payments.

• Strategised 13-country launch for COBI e-bikes in 3 weeks, generated 250+ int. PR, secured 8 partnerships & achieved 401 % Kickstarter funding. Efforts enabled €9M VC fundings in 6 months & successful acquisition by BOSCH after 2 years.

• Innovated GTM for BEAT EM HUB gaming event startup by creating strategy, pitch deck, website, etc. to evolve into high-demand DACH organiser. Secured bookings at up to 30k ppl events, incl. re:publica, Games Week Berlin & Melt.

• Led strategy & creative for Commerzbank's 360X fintech GTM, enabling launch into 3 tokenised sectors in 2 weeks.
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Data Scientist
Spiced Academy
Data Scientist
IT Business Engineer
of Ideas
IT Business Engineer
Diploma in Marketing Communications
Bayerische Akademie für Werbung & Marketing
Werbetexter
Texterschmiede aka Hamburg School of Ideas