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Brief Profil

Katharina Arimont

Interdisciplinary strategist focused on structure, systems and complex contexts

  • Experience across cultural, innovation-driven and economic contexts

  • Analytically strong and conceptually clear; strong sensitivity to patterns, dynamics and sustainable logics

  • Curatorially precise in framing and narrative; responsible in working with people, themes and processes of change

  • Independent artistic practice and conceptual projects at the intersection of art, public space and societal questions

  • Strong interest in new ideas and technologies, combined with the ability to make complex interrelations accessible and to design sustainable structures

Current Focus

 

Finance processes and their representation in ERP systems,

in particular SAP S/4HANA

Selected professional experience

Since 2016

Strategist, Curator, Concept Developer

Freelance, self-employed – Berlin / international

  • ​Strategic consulting and conceptual design for companies, institutions, and stakeholders from business, culture, and civil society

  • Analysis of complex systems and subject areas and development of sustainable conceptual models for organisations and projects

  • Translation of complex topics between diverse stakeholders and facilitation of structured workshops and working sessions

  • Development of concepts and strategic perspectives for business models, product innovations and cultural projects

  • Curation of art exhibitions and cultural projects; artist representation, art sales and media relations

  • Author, moderator and speaker on topics at the intersection of art, design and technology

2021-2022

Innovation & Technology Consultant, project-based
Early Brands Management Consulting GmbH – Bremen

  • Development of user-centered business and product concepts in the field of augmented reality

  • Analysis of user, conceptual and implementation logics for the structured advancement of digital solutions

  • Strategic design and facilitation of innovation initiatives and executive-level workshops

  • Agile project coordination, user research and method-driven concept development (including Business Model Canvas and prototyping approaches)

2017-2019

Brand Strategist / Creative Director,
Le Manoir – Saarlouis / Berlin

  • Strategic development of the brand identity in close collaboration with the management

  • Conceptual development of cultural narratives and aesthetic strategies for brand positioning

  • Building media visibility including features in Vogue, Elle and ICON

2015-2017

Assistant to the Gallerist Michael Schultz – Berlin

  • Development of exhibition and art fair concepts

  • Organisation of international exhibitions and art fairs

  • Academic research and editorial work (press releases, artist profiles, speeches)

  • Art consulting for institutional partners and collectors

  • Communication of complex artistic concepts between artists, collectors and institutional partners

2013-2015
Wissenschaftliche Volontärin (Academic Museum Associate), Ludwig Museum – Koblenz

  • Concept development and organisation of exhibitions and educational formats

  • Public relations and press work including budget responsibility

  • Editorial work and support in third-party funding acquisition

  • Development of mediation formats to communicate complex content in an accessible way

Academic Education

2003 – 2012

Franco-German Double Degree

Magistra Artium & International Master of Arts

Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg & École du Louvre Paris

  • Art History, Philosophy and Museology

  • Thesis projects with an analytical focus:

    • Analysis and consulting project for the cultural institution Le Laboratoire (Paris/Cambridge):
      investigation of concept-implementation gaps and development of strategic improvement proposals

    • Conceptual thesis on interaction and mediation models in museums (case study: Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne)

Further Qualifications

2025-2026

Financial Accounting and ERP Systems

(SAP S/4HANA FI/CO)

WBS Training AG – Berlin

  • Professional training in financial accounting, accounting processes and their representation in ERP systems

  • SAP S/4HANA FI end-user certification (with distinction) and foundational knowledge of SAP Controlling (CO)

  • DATEV Certificate in Financial Accounting

2021-2022

Business Development

German Institute for Marketing

  • Strategic business development, market analysis and positioning

  • Development of business models and growth strategies

2021

Digital Transformation Management

Indisoft GmbH – Berlin

  • Digital transformation processes, technology strategy and innovation management

  • Agile project methodologies including Scrum Master (PSM I) and Product Owner (PSPO I) certifications

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