Jochen is co-founder and CEO of the Berlin-based agency Cosmonauts & Kings, specialised in digital political communication. Cosmonauts & Kings delivers strategic, social-first, and AI-enabled political communication and public affairs for corporates, public sector institutions, political parties, NGOs, and interest groups. Jochen brings over 10 years of experience working across the intersections of politics, communication, and technology. He regularly advises stakeholders on navigating digital public discourse and increasingly on the implementation of Europe’s political advertising regulation (TTPA). Prior to founding Cosmonauts & Kings in 2016, Jochen worked as an early-stage investor and held roles at DCM Berlin, Ringier AG, and the studiVZ Group. He also founded Civical, Germany’s first SaaS solution for digital political advertising.