About Us

BERND AHLE ADVERTISING operates as a virtual agency.

The reason is simple: the high fixed costs of office space and full-time staff. We partner with some of the best in the business and work exclusively with a select group of professionals we have come to trust and respect. Our business model also allows us to use the best talent, nationally or internationally, to fit our clients’ needs. 

Meet Bernd Ahle

Bernd has spent his career helping some of the world’s best known companies develop their brand and advertising campaigns by crafting stories and visuals that create emotional experiences and further strengthen the connection with their customers.

Whether heading up national B2B advertising and brand for Sprint Business, developing TV spots for the latest iPhone launches, leading localized campaigns in major cities across the US, or developing creative for Proctor & Gamble and ExxonMobil in Europe and the US, Bernd has been at the forefront of advertising, creative development and production.

His career in advertising started in Tokyo. While still living in a hotel after having recently moved to Japan, he stumbled upon a photo shoot in the hotel garden. The photographer spotted Bernd and asked him to be in the shoot. And with that, Bernd’s first advertising job landed him in a brochure for the latest Sony TV – at the ripe age of 7. 

After studying economics in Germany and receiving a degree in marketing and advertising and an MBA in the US, Bernd started his career in advertising at Leo Burnett in Frankfurt, Germany.

Over the next two decades, Bernd would work with advertising agencies and marketing departments on thousands of national and international marketing campaigns, working with and learning from some of the greatest creative minds in the business.