The knitwear specialist Maerz Muenchen appoints Mike Grundel as Director Creative & Product Women- and Menswear.
In his new role, Gründer will be responsible for the creative direction of the women’s and menswear collections as well as technical product development, Maerz announced on Monday.
The new creative director, who has been working in Munich since November 1st, reports directly to Maerz managing director Katja Beibl. Grundel will be actively involved in the brand’s further direction towards ‘New Luxury’ and will align the collections accordingly, says Beibl.
For the chosen creative director, it is a return to the knitwear specialist after more than 10 years. According to his profile on the career network Linkedin, he worked as a menswear product manager in Munich from 2008 to 2011 before moving to Hugo Boss in Metzingen in 2011. There he worked in various creative roles, most recently as Head of Design Boss Menswear.