AP’s 10.000 students, 23 vocational educations and 8 art programmes are clustered into 4 faculties and 2 schools of arts. Even though AP University College is very young, its schools of arts have a long history: the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp was founded in 1898, and the Royal Academy of Fine arts is 350 years old. AP is characterized by unity in diversity. It is a university college in which different faculties are not limited by their fields of study and expertise, a university college with a focus on interdisciplinary networks and transfers, a university college offering everyone, staff and students, the opportunity to grow and develop their talents. The professional bachelor Communication Management is part of edcom’s membership.
Ann Gemoets
Ann completed her Bachelor degree in Political Sciences from the University of Antwerp, her Marketing studies at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, and her Master degree in Communication from the University of Antwerp (1996). She worked in the Advertising and Media Industry from 1996-2006 as account executive at Medialaan, DDB Brussels and as account manager at Germaine/BBDO. She has been working in Education/as lecturer at Artesis Plantijnhogeschool since 2006.
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Sieglinde Martin has been working at FHWien der WKW since 2004 and is currently Head of Department of Communication. She is responsible for seven degree programs in the areas of Communication, Marketing & Sales and Journalism & Media Management. Prior to that, Martin gained 20 years of international experience in various management positions in marketing, public relations and sales management in national and international companies (Philips, Mondi Business Paper (formerly Neusiedler AG), Xeros, Neudörfler and most recently as an authorized signatory at Microsoft). Martin graduated from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration with a degree in Commercial Science. During her professional career she enjoyed a variety of further education in the fields of Human Resource Management, Business Leadership, Marketing and Communications at Kellogg University, Chicago, USA as well as at the University of Peddington, UK. She has been a systemically trained coach and NLP Practitioner since 2007. In 2017, Martin finished her PhD with her dissertation on “Leadership communication in a complexity-aware management of integrated communication in the digital age“.
Kirstie Riedl is International Course Manager, Academic Expert & Lecturer for Corporate Communication. Born in the UK, Riedl has been living in Vienna for 20 years. She holds a BA (hons) degree in German & Hispanic Studies, and an Executive MBA, both from British Universities. She is currently working on her PhD in the field of educational linguistics. Her business experience includes various marketing positions at Coca-Cola MENA in Bahrain, Sellotape UK, REWE Group Austria, Frisch & Frost Austria. Her last corporate position was heading the Distributor CEE Sales team at OMV Austria, where she worked for 5 years. She started at FHWien der WKW University of Applied Sciences for Management & Communication, Vienna, in May 2016 and teaches Branded Entertainment, PR, supervises Bachelor’s and Master’s theses and coordinates adjunct lecturers for the English taught modules. Kirstie is also the head of the new program, International Sustainability Communication.