Innovating the business

Stefan Fricke was born in 1975 in Germany. After having finished school, he made an apprenticeship to become an Offset Printer. Subsequently, he acquired specific knowledge through his training as a Master Printer and the subsequent further training as a Certified technical Business Administrator (IHK). He began his professional career at Axel Springer SE in 2000 in the newspaper press of the Axel Springer Printing Plant in Ahrensburg. Afterwards, he made his way through several stations within the technical departments to the overarching production management of the Axel Springer Print Houses in Ahrensburg, Essen- Kettwig and Berlin-Spandau. Since 2015 he is responsible for IT, process management and innovation of the three Axel Springer Print Houses. Under the guidance of Mr. Fricke, the employees of the Axel Springer Print Houses are successfully researching 3D printing, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality. At the Axel Springer Print Houses these technologies are closely linked to the topic of maintenance and cost optimization.

Hans Peter Janisch has been a newspaper designer and consultant to the newspaper industry since 1989. His work
focuses on the redesign of publications as well as consulting on all issues pertaining to the visual appearance of a
publishing house.
Over the years he has designed numerous newspapers and weekly journals in Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Bosnia-
Herzegovina, Kazakhstan, Slovenia and many other countries. Next to the work of implementing creative design
concepts Hans Peter is a lecturer at the Society for News Design, the Center of Journalism Haus Busch, the Journalist
Academy and for the world organization of newspapers, the WAN-IFRA.

Maria Kainz leitet seit Anfang des Jahres den Jobs- & Karrieremarkt im SÜDKURIER Medienhaus. Nach ihrem Studium an der dualen Hochschule Baden-Württemberg stieg sie im Produktmanagement für die Bereiche Wirtschaft & Local Commerce ein und hat seitdem unzählige Kundengespräche geführt, viele neue Produkte entwickelt und Kundenlösungen formuliert. In der aktuellen Funktion baut sie mit ihrem Team ein neues und vor allem zielgruppengerechtes Produktportfolio im Stellenmarkt auf. Immer mit dem Ziel, Recruiter und Bewerber glücklich zu machen.