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At one point, I was part of the team that helped bring in a major new account — a global food brand with three distinct product lines, each requiring its own voice, strategy, and operational rhythm. We won it. And then the real work began. We built the entire thing from scratch. Team structure. Client communication protocols. Production workflows. The first campaigns. There was no playbook. There was just the work, and the responsibility to make it run.
That same instinct showed up again in a completely different context — this time in the world of K-beauty, where culture is the product and trust is the currency. That's a market that rewards fluency, not proximity. Years of working across Seoul, Berlin, and Atlanta — and published research on the friction between Korean and American business cultures — built the kind of understanding that made it possible to bring in a brand that others couldn't reach, on behalf of an agency that trusted the team to make the connection.
Over $10 million in new business revenue in two years. Four client relationships built, negotiated, or launched from zero. Not because the job description said so. Because every room I walk into, I'm thinking about what's possible — not just what's been asked for.
I'm Min Yoo — Account Director at Jung von Matt, one of the most globally awarded European creative networks with 39 offices worldwide. Brand builder. Cultural strategist. A decade across four agencies and three continents.
My work sits at the intersection of creative operations, program management, and client leadership. I specialize in cross-cultural business expansion — helping brands understand market differences, navigate them with confidence, and grow. I grew up between continents: China, Korea, Germany, the US. I've published research on Korean-American business relationship challenges in the advertising industry. That lived experience is the foundation of everything I do.