Ulrike Kerber

Ulrike Kerber, Principal and Creative Director at Viva Design Inc., is known for fresh, clean and distinctive designs for youth, fashion, style and news. Her work can be seen on tv, apps, web and large scale projections. Clients such as Disney, E!, Style, Apple itunes, Sundance TV, Own, BBC, Discovery, ABC Studios, Showtime, BET and Sprout ask Ulrike for brand design, style frames, animations, upfront presentations, show/promo package design and content creation.

Creativity and the ability to communicate ideas is her core strength. Ulrike has given many creativity workshops for leading Design Companies. She is a guest speaker at HyperIsland, Sweden and teaches at Miami Ad School, SRH Design Akademie, SCAD, Savannah's College of Art and Design and Berlin's International University.

Ulrike loves creating visual stories in all expressions and formats. She enjoys what is different, fashionable, whimsical and elegant. As a world traveler, she speaks several languages and loves multicultural experiences. She’s won an Emmy Nomination and awards from the Art Directors Club, NY Festival, Omni, BDA/Promax.

Ulrike founded her company Viva Design in Santa Barbara, CA where she grew a team over 10 people on staff and hired additional film crews, contractors and freelancers. Viva Design bought a building in Santa Barbara to house the motion design team to create broadcast design packages. In recent years the focus has shifted to not only providing beautiful design packages ( branding) but also making video content for social media. Ulrike works with specialized freelancers, designers and copywriters to create short format series.

Education

• MBA HAW Hamburg University, Communication Design