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Peak Ace AG
Established in 2007, Peak Ace AG is an international performance marketing agency headquartered in Berlin, Germany. With more than 130 employees, we implement campaigns in over 20 languages at native speaker level.
Our technology-driven approach enables us to operate as a one-stop shop for highly flexible, data-driven solutions for all relevant performance marketing channels. Consequently, we help our customers significantly optimise their marketing budget, thus making them more profitable and efficient.
Our core business is performance marketing which includes services in paid advertising, organic search (SEO), content marketing and marketing technologies such as conversion rate optimisation and digital analytics.
Our innovative campaigns have been recognised multiple times by the European Search Awards, having been the recipient of the prestigious “Best SEO Campaign” award. Likewise, at the Drum Search Awards, we not only won "Best Use of Data" but we were also honoured with the "Grand Prix" for our work.
Working closely with world-renowned brands such as Airbnb, SEPHORA, OTTO Group and A&O Hotels and Hostels, we have established ourselves as a confident market-leader thanks to our dedication to consistently delivering excellence.
More about our Team and Management
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Management
Bastian Grimm
Director Organic Search
Bastian Grimm is responsible for the Search Engine Optimization as well as the Performance Content Marketing business at Peak Ace. Bastian is an expert at Performance Marketing with more than 15 years of experience in both Performance Marketing and SEO. With a passion for software development and engineering, he loves partnering with IT and marketing departments to ensure that our customers - together with his team - develop exceptional solutions with sustainable results. Bastian also focuses on the design and implementation of global SEO strategies, the building and development of SEO teams, SEO Management Consulting, as well as training and leading workshops.
Marcel Prothmann
Director Performance Advertising
Marcel Prothmann is responsible for the Paid Search business at Peak Ace, with more than 15 years of successful experience and expertise in Online Marketing. He began his career in the industry working with an online retailer but quickly realized that working with a variety of customer accounts in an agency setting was his perfect fit. Marcel is committed to exceptional results and enjoys working with SEA accounts of all sizes, especially those involving customers with specific parameters and expectations for their desired performance. His motto is: Diligence is the way to success in Search Engine Advertising.
Team
Performance Advertising
Marcel
Director Performance Advertising
Antonio
PPC Manager
Anna
PPC Manager
Alexandr
PPC Manager
Björn
Social Advertising Manager
Christian
Team Lead PPC
Claudia
Team Lead PPC
Daniel
PPC Manager
Eva
Head of PPC
Eva
Project Manager
Francesco
PPC Manager
Florian
PPC Manager
Fiona
PPC Manager
Jun-Hao
PPC Manager
Jeroen
Team Lead PPC
Julia
Head of PPC
Juuso
PPC Manager
Kristina
PPC Manager
Lukas
PPC Manager
Matheus
PPC Manager
Marina
PPC Manager
Maximilian
PPC Manager
Mats
Team Lead PPC
Mateusz
PPC Manager
Michala
PPC Manager
Paraskevi
PPC Manager
Patrycja
PPC Manager
Paula
PPC Manager
Piotr
PPC Manager
Regina
PPC Manager
Ramona
PPC Manager
Rene
Team Lead PPC
Sophie
Sales Manager
Stefanie
Team Lead Social Advertising
Titouan
PPC Manager
Ted
PPC Manager
Tobias
PPC Manager
Ulrike
PPC Manager
Zaneta
PPC Manager
Organic Search
Bastian
Director Organic Search
Andreas
SEO Manager
Ben
SEO Manager
Celina
Online Editor
Chantal-Virginie
Team Lead SEO
Franziska
SEO Manager
Francesca
Online Editor
Friedrich
Team Lead SEO
Irene
Online Editor
Ivan
SEO Manager
Jonas
Expert Lead SEO
Munir
SEO Manager
Maria
Project Manager
Maria Victoria
SEO Manager
Maurice
SEO Manager
Stephan
SEO Manager
Tassilo
SEO Manager
Toni
SEO Manager
Content Marketing
Dominique
Head of SEO & Content Marketing
Anika
Content Marketing Manager
Freia
Content Marketing Manager
Gordon
Content Marketing Manager
Helene
Content Marketing Manager
Heidi
Content Marketing Manager
Jessica
Content Marketing Manager
Jasmin
Content Marketing Manager
Laura
Content Marketing Manager
Laura
Online Editor
Lara
Content Marketing Manager
Laura
Content Marketing Manager
Nadine
Online Editor
Sarah
Content Marketing Manager
Sarah
Team Lead Content Marketing
Tom William
Content Marketing Manager
Yulia
Team Lead Content Marketing
Diana
Project Manager
Nathalie
Business Development Manager
Stephen
Team Lead Sales
Sara
Head of Business Development & Sales
HR & Office Management
Kristin
Director Finance & Legal
Ann-Sophie
Recruiting Manager
Alexander
Recruiting Manager
Alexandr
IT Happiness Manager
Binh
Recruiting Manager
Celine
Office Assistant
Can
System Admin
Doani
PPC Manager
Edmundo
Business Intelligence Manager
Isabel
Team Lead HR
Julia
HR Manager
Jacqueline
HR Manager
Katharina
Accountant
Kadir
Team Lead Development
Marit
Office Manager
Nico
Recruiting Manager
Nicole
Office Assistant
Norman
Team Lead IT
Phi
System Admin
Sandra
Manager Verkauf & Kundenbetreuung
Thomas
Cook
Toni
System Admin
Corporate Communications
Elena
Team Lead Corporate Communications
Emily
Online Editor
Josephine
Corporate Communications Manager
Sarah
Corporate Communications Manager
Marketing Technology
Steffen
Department Lead Marketing Technology
Alexander
Developer
Lisa
Marketing Technologist
Melanie
Marketing Technologist
Sven
Marketing Technologist
Design
Lutz
Webdesigner
Katrin
Designer
Sudi
Designer
Peak Ace Timeline
Today
- Peak Ace wins at the Global Content Awards, taking home 2 prizes including Global Large Content Marketing Agency of the Year.
- Nov. 2021
- Global Content Awards 2021
- Peak Ace wins 8 European Agency Awards, including SEO Agency of the Year and PPC Agency of the Year!
- Oct. 2021
- European Agency Awards 2021
- At the Global Marketing Awards, Peak Ace wins 7 awards, including Large Global Marketing Agency of the Year!
- Oct. 2021
- Global Marketing Awards 2021
- The Global Content Awards shortlists Peak Ace for 8 awards, including Global Large Content Marketing Agency of the Year.
- Oct. 2021
- Global Content Awards 2021
- Peak Ace is nominated for 15 European Agency Awards, including Best Agency Culture and Integrated Agency of the Year.
- Sep. 2021
- European Agency Awards 2021
- Peak Ace takes home the Large Agency of the Year award at the Global eCommerce Awards 2021.
- Sep. 2021
- Global eCommerce Awards 2021
- Peak Ace starts operations in a second location with the opening of a new office in Leipzig.
- Aug. 2021
- Peak Ace is shortlisted for an amazing 10 Global Marketing Awards, including for Global Large Marketing Agency of the Year.
- Jul. 2021
- Global Marketing Awards 2021
- Peak Ace takes home 11 Global Digital Excellence Awards, including Global PPC Agency of the Year & Global SEO Agency of the Year.
- Jul. 2021
- Global Digital Excellence Awards 2021
- Peak Ace wins 5 Global Search Awards 2021, including Best Global PPC Agency and Best Global Integrated Search Agency.
- Jul. 2021
- Global Search Awards 2021
- At the European Search Awards 2021, Peak Ace is honoured with 10 awards, including Best Large SEO Agency, Best Use of Search, and Most Innovative Campaign.
- May 2021
- European Search Awards 2021
- Peak Ace takes home 7 gold awards and 1 silver award at the Global Agency Awards 2021, including Best Agency Culture and Digital Agency of the Year.
- May 2021
- Global Agency Awards 2021
- Breaking our nominations record once again, Peak Ace was shortlisted for 15 prizes at the Global Agency Awards – this includes our second nomination in two years for Best Agency Culture.
- Apr. 2021
- Global Agency Awards 2021
- Peak Ace makes the European Search Awards shortlist for an incredible 13 awards, including Best Large SEO Agency, Best Pan European Campaign and Best Large PPC Agency.
- Mar. 2021
- European Search Awards 2021
- Peak Ace celebrates its 1 year anniversary of its livestream series, “Peak Ace on Air”.
- Mar. 2021
- 1 Year of “Peak Ace on Air”
- The Global Content Awards names Peak Ace’s work with Yours Clothing for two prizes, for B2C Content Campaign of the Year and Fashion Content Campaign of the Year.
- Nov. 2020
- Global Content Awards 2020
- At the Agency Business Awards, part of The Drum’s Agencies4Growth festival, Peak Ace is named Independent Marketing Services Company of the Year.
- Oct. 2020
- Agency Business Awards 2020
- Peak Ace picks up five European Agency Awards, for Digital Agency of the Year, SEO Agency of the Year, Integrated Search Agency of the Year and Independent Agency of the Year – plus a campaign award.
- Oct. 2020
- European Agency Awards 2020
- At the Global Marketing Awards, Peak Ace is named both Global Search Agency of the Year and Large Global Marketing Agency of the Year, and picks up five more prizes for our campaigns with kartenmacherei, faireparterie and Sephora.
- Oct. 2020
- Global Marketing Awards 2020
- Peak Ace picks up three Global Agency Awards, for Best Global Large Agency of the Year, Integrated Search Agency of the Year and most notably Best Agency Culture. We are delighted to have Peak Ace recognised as a brilliant place to work on a global scale!
- Sep. 2020
- Global Agency Awards 2020
- The Global Search Awards sees Peak Ace recognised again for our strength as an agency, winning Best Global Large SEO Agency and Best Global Large Integrated Search Agency.
- Sep. 2020
- Global Search Awards 2020
- Peak Ace wins four European Search Awards, including for Best Large SEO Agency, a stunning achievement from a particularly prestigious awards body. Plus, our campaign with kartenmacherei picks up another three awards!
- Sep. 2020
- European Search Awards 2020
- Peak Ace is on the awards shortlists again, nominated for 11 Global Agency Awards.
- Aug. 2020
- Global Agency Awards 2020
- Peak Ace makes the shortlist for 12 Global Search Awards, including Best Global Large SEO Agency and Best Global Large Integrated Search Agency.
- Jul. 2020
- Global Search Awards 2020
- Peak Ace is shortlisted for a spectacular 15 Global Digital Excellence Awards, of which we win eight, including three agency awards (Global Content Agency of the Year, Global SEO Agency of the Year and Global Integrated Digital Agency of the Year).
- Jun. 2020
- Global Digital Excellence Awards 2020
- Our campaign “How data tells wedding stories” for kartenmacherei is recognised once again, winning a Drum Search Award for “Most Effective Use of Data” and a commendation for “Most Effective Use of Content”.
- May 2020
- The Drum Search Awards 2020
- Peak Ace is nominated 11 times and in eight categories for the European Search Awards.
- Apr. 2020
- European Search Awards 2020
- Peak Ace is nominated for a total of five Drum Search Awards in four categories.
- Mar. 2020
- The Drum Search Awards 2020
- Triumph at the European Content Awards: we are nominated 12 times and win for “Retail Content Campaign of the Year” (Yours Clothing) and “Social Media Content Campaign of the Year” (Sephora).
- Feb. 2020
- European Content Awards 2020
- 130 employees
- Jan. 2020
- We won the DADI Award for “Digital Media Strategy” for our campaign “Peak Ace & Nets – The Digital Reinvention of a Nordic Payment Giant”, which was implemented in collaboration with McKinsey.
- Oct. 2019
- Drum Awards for Digital Industries 2019
- In four categories Peak Ace got shortlisted for the DADI Awards.
- Sep. 2019
- Drum Awards for Digital Industries 2019
- 120 employees
- Aug. 2019
- The campaign for our customer Nets was awarded the prize for “Best Integrated Campaign”! On top of that, Peak Ace’s CEO & Co-Founder Bastian Grimm was chosen for the award “Search Personality of the Year”!
- Jun. 2019
- European Search Awards 2019
- Our campaign, “Peak Ace & Nets – The Digital Reinvention of a Nordic Payment Giant” has won two awards for the “Best Integrated Campaign” and “Best Advertising Campaign” at the 2019 SEMrush Nordic Search Awards!
- Apr. 2019
- SEMrush Nordic Search Awards 2019
- Peak Ace is nominated for three European Search Awards.
- Apr. 2019
- European Search Awards 2019
- In five categories Peak Ace got shortlisted for the Nordic SEMrush Awards.
- Mar. 2019
- SEMrush Nordic Awards 2019
- My Media Group, France’s leading independent consulting and media buying group, acquired a 51% majority share in Peak Ace, Germany’s leading independent performance marketing agency.
- Jan. 2019
- Peak Ace has become a member of the My Media Group
- 110 employees
- Jan. 2019
- We are counted amongst the 500 fastest growing companies in Germany for our 4th consecutive year.
- Oct. 2018
- Focus Wachstumschampion 2019
- We won “Best SEO Campaign” for our SEO and Content Marketing campaign for our client kartenmacherei!
- May 2018
- “Best SEO Campaign” at European Search Awards
- Our SEO & Content Marketing campaign for our client kartenmacherei was awarded the prize for “Best Use of Data”! In addition, we were able to bring home the “Grand Prix”!
- Apr. 2018
- The Drum Search Awards
- Peak Ace joins the European alliance of independent digital marketing agencies.
- Apr. 2018
- Dall Int. (Digital Alliance International)
- Peak Ace was shortlisted in two SEO categories.
- Mar. 2018
- European Search Awards 2018
- As our team continues to grow, we have set up a third office, also in Berlin-Kreuzberg at Leuschnerdamm.
- Mar. 2018
- The opening of our third office
- Peak Ace was shortlisted in two SEO categories.
- Mar. 2018
- The Drum Search Awards 2018
- 100 employees
- Mar. 2018
- 90 employees
- Jan. 2018
- For the fourth time, Peak Ace secured a place among the 50 fastest growing companies in Germany.
- Nov. 2017
- Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award
- Peak Ace was ranked among the 500 fastest growing German enterprises for the third year in a row.
- Oct. 2017
- Focus Wachstumschampion 2018
- Peak Ace was shortlisted in two PPC categories.
- Sep. 2017
- International Performance Marketing Awards 2017
- 73 employees
- Aug. 2017
- Peak Ace celebrates its 10th anniversary.
- Jul. 2017
- 10 years Peak Ace
- In the Financial Times, Peak Ace ranks among the 1,000 fastest growing companies in Europe.
- Apr. 2017
- FT1000
- Peak Ace was shortlisted in both SEO and PPC in five categories in total.
- Mar. 2017
- European Search Awards 2017
- 58 employees
- Dec. 2016
- Peak Ace is awarded the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Award for the second time, which honours the 500 fastest growing tech companies in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
- Dec. 2016
- Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA Awards
- The Search Performance Advertising Campaign for our client Airbnb in 13 languages has secured us a place, among 700 applicants, on the shortlist for the Google Premier Partner Awards, which honour particularly innovative ideas in digital marketing.
- Nov. 2016
- Google Premier Partner Awards
- Peak Ace was one of two German companies awarded the Red Herring Global Top 100 Award, making us one of the 100 most innovative tech companies in Europe, Asia and North America.
- Nov. 2016
- Red Herring Global Top 100 Awards
- As in the previous year, Peak Ace ranked #8 in the “Advertising, Marketing and Media” category, making it one of the 500 fastest growing companies in Germany.
- Nov. 2016
- Focus Wachstumschampion 2017
- Peak Ace is again one of the 50 most innovative and fastest growing German tech companies, which shows that our growth strategy is working out nicely.
- Nov. 2016
- Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards
- The SEO strategy we created for our customer Classic Trader has secured us a place on the shortlist for the Marketing Intelligence and Innovation Awards, which honor particularly innovative solutions in search engine marketing.
- Sep. 2016
- Marketing Intelligence and Innovation Awards 2016
- 52 employees
- Jul. 2016
- Our Team continues to grow month by month, which is why we move into an additional office (2500 square feet) located right next to our ‘’old“ office on Leuschnerdamm.
- Jul. 2016
- Opening of our second office
- Our campaign for our client Classic Trader is voted as the best SEO campaign, which is a major honour for us. Competition at the European Search Awards is very strong, which is why we are very pleased when the jury, who consists of top players from the world of Online Marketing, chooses our campaign over those of our competitors.
- May 2016
- Best SEO Campaign at the European Search Awards
- 30 employees
- Dec. 2015
- Peak Ace is one of the 500 fastest growing companies in Germany that, through innovative approaches, continues to strengthen the country’s economy. In our category, we ranked #8, a great result.
- Nov. 2015
- Focus Wachstumschampion 2016
- Peak Ace is considered one of the 50 most innovative German tech enterprises for the second consecutive year. We are continuing to grow!
- Nov. 2015
- Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award
- With two in-house software solutions that can also be used internationally, Peak Ace is among the top 100 tech innovators in EMEA. We boast paid search solutions with integrated bid management as well as an SEO & Content Marketing suite for running Organic Search campaigns with integrated controlling and reporting features.
- Apr. 2015
- Red Herring Top 100 Europe Award
- Peak Ace also ranks among the 500 fastest growing technology companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Our recognition now extends beyond Germany to the rest of the world.
- Nov. 2014
- Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA Award
- Peak Ace is among the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Germany: our philosophy of sustainable growth and hard work is starting to pay off.
- Nov. 2014
- Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award
- 31 employees
- Dec. 2014
- What started out as a pure paid search agency has now become a full service agency, also offering SEO, link management as well as content & PR. This extended service package, as well as our growing international client base, means we need to re-brand.
- Aug. 2014
- Re-branding from Ads2people GmbH & Co KG to Peak Ace AG
- Bastian Grimm joins Ads2people as Head of the Organic Search department.
- Mar. 2013
- Bastian Grimm joins Ads2people to manage the SEO side of the business.
- 11 employees
- Dec. 2012
- 10 employees
- Dec. 2011
- Our office in Oranienstrasse turns out to be too small for our growing team. In August 2011, we move into our current 5200 square foot space on Leuschnerdamm.
- Aug. 2011
- move to Leuschnerdamm
- 9 employees
- Dec. 2009
- 4 employees
- Dec. 2008
- 2 employees
- Dec. 2007
- Ads2People is established in 2007 as a paid search agency.
- 2007
- Founded
