About us

Investments in sponsoring and their Return on Investment are important growth and success drivers for our clients. We at IRIS are therefore reviewing sponsoring comprehensively from a 360° perspective.

OUR
OBJECTIVE

OUR
services

OUR
OBJECTIVE

Our services and the resulting insights are targeting to provide valuable decision support around your sponsoring activities and a solid basis for the successful integration of sponsoring in your corporate communication. The basis we are building upon is the objective, comprehensive, compliant monitoring and evaluation of all relevant formats in the respective national and international broadcasts and publications.

OUR
services

Based on our long-time industry expertise, we consult clients in the sponsoring selection phase, review sponsoring contracts, deliver media performance documentation, provide optimization proposals for your sponsoring implementation and investigate and analyze perception about your sponsoring impact in the target group. We are using all available Media, Market and Consumer Research instruments to integrate and embed sponsoring more successfully in the overall marketing communication strategy of our clients.

OUR
OBJECTIVE

Our goal is to help you understand, communicate, and increase the impact of your sponsorship inventory. Through objective, data-driven evaluation, we create a solid foundation to position your rights effectively —both in negotiations and in the wider sponsorship market.

OUR
services

With many years of experience in sponsorship research and evaluation, we support rights holders along the entire value chain of sponsorship marketing. Our services include:

Strategic guidance during sponsorship concept and packaging
Support in pricing and benchmarking of rights
Detailed media exposure and performance tracking across all relevant national and international broadcasts and digital platforms
Qualitative and quantitative analysis of sponsorship perception in key target groups
Recommendations for optimizing visibility, activation, and value delivery

We combine media, market, and consumer research to showcase the real impact of your rights—and to help you demonstrate their value

OUR WAY SO FAR

2014

Founding Year - first office in Karlsruhe and a team of professionals - 5 people

2015

Fast Growth and Transformation - Cologne Office - appr. 20 employees

2016

Further innovation and internationalization of our services

2017-2020

Successfully established position in the market as an independent full service provider - appr. 50 employees

2023

Internationalisation, re-organisation and strenghtening of working procedures

Christian Riedle

CEO - Managing Director / Geschäftsführer

Peter Weber

CEO - Managing Director / Geschäftsführer

Martin Lorenz

Head of Market Intelligence / Account Manager

Stuart Levy

Sales Manager

Daniyar Ali

Sales Manager

Francesco D'Angio

Sales Manager

Nigel Geach

Director of Global Motorsport

Vesela Petkova

Head of Media Services Digital

Steffen Martin

Head of Media Services TV / OTT

Dirk Hoppen

Media Service Manager

Ralf Beller

Media Services Manager

Teodor Bijev

Head of Recording

Alexander Kofidis

Media Services Manager

Thorben Riedel

Senior Media Services Manager

Annina Westphal

Media Services Manager

Marsel Begovic

Junior Media Service Manager

Julian Meier

Head of Data Analytics

Robin Schnell

Data Analyst

Björn Nonnenkamp

Data Analyst

Laura Werner

Data Analyst

Joelle Franzen

Data Analyst

Konstantin Eder

Data Analyst

Florian Oltmann

Senior Consultant Service Development

Steffen Jörger

Head of Data Processing

Boris Bredt

Head of Operations

Annika Lundbeck

Project Manager

Jana Koob

Project Manager

Elisa Kolonko

Project Manager

Ann-Kristin Rebscher

Graphic Designer

Christopher Lewe

Head of Insights DACH

Sandro Weber

Head of International Business

Maximilan Stein

Technical Lead Insights

Melanie Loeper

Technical Lead Insights

Olena Posternak

Insights Manager

Nina Kilian

Insights Manager

Johannes Buchholz

Insights Manager

Finance

Maria Schmidt

Head of Finance

Alexander de la Camp

IT Administrator

Alexander Kofidis

Media Service Manager

Angelika Cacici

Accountant

Annika Lundbeck

Project Manager

Annina Westphal

Media Services Manager

Ann-Kristin Rebscher

Graphic Designer

Björn Nonnenkamp

Data Analyst

Boris Bredt

Head of Operations

Christian Riedle

CEO - Managing Director / Geschäftsführer

Christopher Lewe

Head of Insights DACH

Daniyar Ali

Sales Manager

Dirk Hoppen

Media Service Manager

Elisa Kolonko

Project Manager

Florian Oltmann

Senior Consultant Service Development

Francesco D`Angiò

Sales Manager

Gitto Benny

Data Scientist Big Data

Isabella Gimber

Head of People & Culture

Jana Koob

Project Manager

Johannes Buchholz

Insights Manager

Julian Meier

Head of Data Analytics

Konstantin Eder

Data Analyst

Laura Werner

Data Analyst

Marco Tillack

Member of the Executive Board / Head of Media Services

Maria Schmidt

Head of Finance

Marsel Begovic

Media Service Manager

Martin Lorenz

Head of Market Intelligence / Account Manager

Maximilan Stein

Technical Lead Insights

Melanie Loeper

Technical Lead Insights

Nina Kilian

Insights Manager

Olena Posternak

Insights Manager

Patrick Szewior

Director Technology & Innovation

Peter Weber

CEO - Managing Director / Geschäftsführer

Robin Schnell

Data Analyst

Sandro Weber

Head of International Business

Steffen Jörger

Head of Data Processing

Steffen Martin

Head of Media Services TV / OTT

Stuart Levy

Sales Manager

Teodor Bijev

Head of Recording

Thorben Riedel

Senior Media Services Manager

Vanessa Weiß

People & Financial Services Manager

Vesela Petkova

Head of Media Services Digital

Nigel Geach

Director of Global Motorsport

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