About Us

Maria founded the agency Frohe Botschaft PR in February 2016. Prior to that she was managing director of the communications agency BEiL² for four years. Between 2008 and 2010, she supported Beiersdorf AG in the communication of international product launches and initiatives to optimize margins for the NIVEA and Eucerin brands and wrote content for the employee magazine face-to-face. As an editor she was responsible for the social column of WELT and WELT AM SONNTAG between 2006 and 2012. At the same time, she wrote for WELT Kompakt, Berliner Morgenpost, the fashion format First Row, published by Burda Verlag, the G+J star spin-off NEON and the Bauer Media weekly Life & Style. In 2003 Maria worked in the editorial department of the online magazine ZOON of Volkswagen AG, the first German-language youth portal with live web talk and social TV. She studied Fashion Journalism and Media Communication with a focus on Marketing and PR at AMD Hamburg.

Leslie has been part of the team again since 2024 as a Senior PR Consultant and authorized signatory. Previously, she advised international museums such as the MET, the Kunsthaus Zürich and the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern on digital transformation at the Berlin production company maze pictures, designing exhibition films and online formats. After studying media and cultural studies at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg, she gained experience in various editorial offices. In 2021 she moved into public relations ans started her career as a consultant at Frohe Botschaft.