Meet the team

Anna Marks is the College Principal of BIMM Institute Berlin and Hamburg. Having joined the BIMM group in 2008, she has helped to successfully launch three new BIMM colleges. Her background in music and education is varied, having worked as in-house technical crew doing everything from building stages and rigging lights, to stage management and performing in bands in the UK and Berlin. At BIMM Institute she has held various roles in Student Services, Course Leader positions, Head of Education, and now College Principal. 

The student experience is central to Anna’s work at BIMM and she wants to ensure that student voices are amplified so that the colleges grow as creative communities that reflect our students. 

An audio engineer, producer, live engineer and co-writer with over 20 years’ experience, Ciaran has collaborated with dozens of artists from across the globe. At 18, he worked as assistant engineer with Muse on their chart-topping album Absolution, which went 3x Platinum in the UK and gave the band their first Top 10 single. In 2007, Ciaran also recorded the group’s two sold-out Wembley shows for the HAARP album and DVD. HAARP was later recognised as one of the top 50 albums of all time by NME.

Ciaran’s connections with BIMM Institute first began in 2012 when he joined the team to produce the first ever BIMM Institute Dublin and Manchester albums. From then on, his work with us has grown ever closer evolving from lecturer to Course Leader to becoming Deputy College Principal for BIMM Institute Hamburg in 2019.

Ciaran is dedicated to ensuring all students at BIMM Hamburg feel immediately part of the local community, using his extensive industry experience to guide the college forwards.

Alex has worked in creative media production and education for over 20 years. Prior to joining the BIMM University family as lecturer and Head of Year at Screenand Film School Brighton, Alex lecturered on Film and TV Production and Cultural Theory at Brighton and Chichester universities.

Alongside his work in education, Alex has worked as a freelance filmmaker on a diverse portfolio of creative projects including music videos, documentaries andcommercials. In 2017 he launched a company producing bespoke specialist microphones for natural history filmmaking. His products were used on highlyacclaimed BBC series Blue Planet II, presented by David Attenborough.

Alex is passionate about a holistic approach to education. He works hard to create a safe and supportive environment that allows students and staff to exploretheir interests and experiment.

Prior to joining BIMM Institute Berlin, Tríona has worked in various areas of the music industry, including independent label management, tour management, artist representation, booking, and event promotion. 

With a background in education management, Triona joined the BIMM Berlin Team in April 2019 and works closely with the Head of Education, Course Leaders, and Student Services teams in the day-to-day curriculum delivery. and the various areas of teaching and learning quality assurance.  

As Head of Learning and Teaching, Louise provides leadership and support to the teaching team with a view to introducing improvements to enhance academic achievement, learning culture, and the overall student experience within the college.

Louise has a wide range of experience in the delivery of third-level education since joining BIMM in 2015. Her roles have included lecturer, course leader, and digital learning co-ordinator amongst others. She has a background in songwriting, production and performance having released & toured a number of albums and written for various TV/ film projects over the past decade.  

Jon is an experienced administrative professional with a background working in the public sector, academia, charity and the arts. Alongside pursuing a PhD at TU Berlin, Jon works in the Education Team as the Higher Education Administrator for BIMM Berlin, providing support to students in the form of VLE assistance, coordinating option module sign-ups at the end of each semester, and managing extra-curricular activities such as BIMM Extra.  

Susanne is the “face behind the desk” when you come into the college in Hamburg. 

There she is available to listen to anybody’s needs, even if just to forward them to the relevant place. Assisting students, lecturers, guests, Head of Student Services and the rest of the BIMM Hamburg Team is what she does.  

 Her background and previous work are very colorful and divers. One field she was working in as a freelancer for many years before joining BIMM Hamburg was Hair-&Make-up Artistry, mainly teaching dancers, singers and acrobats how to do their own show make-ups. 

As a music lover she enjoyed living in London for 6 years in her early 20ies, where she loved spending her time at all sorts of live music gigs from concerts to poetry and spoken word events, turntablism contests, festivals, club nights… in many different genres. 

Ema is a vocalist and musicologist who is involved in many areas of the creative industries. She has many strings to her artistic bow, her experience ranging from session work to freelance journalism, arts administration, and event management. She was awarded a Masters in Popular Musicology from Goldsmiths College, London in 2018.

Ema is also passionate about promoting equality and inclusivity through the arts. She has worked with Mother Tongues, an organisation advocating for diversity in Ireland, managing their annual arts festival since 2018.

Fintan is the other part of the reception team and equally happy to help all students, lecturers, guests, with their queries.

Fintan has also been working in a variety of professions, from commercial film production to driving instructor. He is originally from Munich, has lived in Poland, Spain and the U.S. but has been calling Hamburg his home since 1991.

Fran is the Exams Officer and is responsible for the coordination and delivery of exams in accordance with the academic regulations at BIMM Hamburg.

She provides administrative and managerial support for all assessment-based duties as well as organising Exam Boards throughout the academic year.

Fran has a strong background in Business Administration and brings with her a great deal of experience in project management.

Outside of BIMM Institute, Phoebe is a Visual Artist working in the field of painting. She grew up in Australia and completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts from the University of Sydney. Since then, she has continued to work in the art industry and has experience as a gallerist, artist assistant and in curating and installation. She has also continued to exhibit in numerous countries and now lives in Berlin as a freelancing Visual Artist.

At BIMM Institute Berlin, you can find Phoebe as one of the regular faces you’ll see at reception. She is one of the receptionist/administrators who can help you with questions about tutorials, rehearsal bookings and other general queries.

As Head of Recruitment, Tom’s main responsibility is ensuring that everyone interested in studying at either BIMM Institute Berlin or Hamburg has a positive experience during their application journey before becoming a student. Prior to this role, Tom worked in the Careers, Industry and Marketing departments at BIMM Institute, with highlights including creating a project with industry partners that to-date has generated over £2m in paid revenue for students and graduates, and involvement in opening BIMM Institute colleges in London, Manchester, Berlin, and Hamburg. 

Tom has worked in various areas of the music industry over the years, as both a performer and behind the scenes within music management and PR. A multi-instrumentalist, Tom has performed with various original bands at venues and festivals across the UK and Europe, including headlining London’s O2 Shepherds Bush Empire and performing at V & Isle of Wight Festival, achieving two top-5 singles within the Austrian and Norwegian indie charts, and releasing music through a number of indie-labels. As a session musician, he has performed with clients and artists including the X-Factor and Little Mix. Tom has also worked within music management, PR, events, and marketing, with clients ranging from Robbie Williams and the Foo Fighters to Metallica and Britney Spears. 

Joined BIMM Berlin in 2016 after working for an independent film platform and now managing the day-to-day operation of the BIMM Berlin & Hamburg Admissions department where we support any application questions, receive the college applications, arrange auditions/interviews and send out student contracts. First concert: Iron Maiden 

Artur Rabinski, who was born in Poland, spent over a decade in the UK, where he graduated Manchester School of Art followed by working in creative industries as a photographer, filmmaker, and visual artist. This led to several national and international film festival successes and exhibitions. He was charmed by Berlin’s lifestyle and technoculture and decided to relocate to the German capital in 2015. That’s where he discovered BIMM Institute, which at the time had a tight cohort of 45 students in Berlin. Having existing experience within university recruitment and teaching, Artur took a role within the Recruitment and Admissions department, in which he still works at present.

As Applicant Experience and Promotional Events Manager, Artur is responsible for making sure that every BIMM applicant’s journey to enrolment is as easy and straightforward as possible. He manages recruitment and promotional activities and events for the colleges in Berlin and Hamburg, including new student auditions and interviews, workshops, open days, school visits, educational and agent fairs, community outreach activities and various online events. 

Greg handles the enquires and applications that come in for both BIMM Institute Berlin and Hamburg. In normal circumstances he also facilitates campus tours, open days and other admission events, as well as being the contact for prospective students in need of consultation and assistance.

With a multi-cultural background, he spends his time as a band leader, songwriter, performer, designer and wannabe car mechanic come footballer. Graduating from BIMM Berlin in 2019, he is a well experienced member of the BIMM family, with valuable knowledge from a student’s perspective.

Nora’s role encompasses liasing with the wider music industry and sourcing the best career and placement as well as gigging opportunities for BIMM students and graduates. She is responsible for booking BIMM Berlin’s Masterclass program as well as organising end of term gigs and other showcases. 

Prior to joining BIMM Institute Berlin, Nora has worked in various areas of the music industry, including streaming & distribution services such as Juke in Berlin and INgrooves in London, promoting live music events and working with an artist booking agency. Additional previous experience includes working in Public Relations within the German film industry, including representing a variety of commercial and independent film distributors at the Berlinale Festival (Germany’s biggest film festival).  

Peter has been involved with the live music industry for 10+ years. He believes in developing thoughtful, creative experiences that have an impact on not only the attending but the surrounding community. His experience includes curating, organizing and executing small to big-ticket music events, with his main expertise falling under talent booking and event logistics. Either for a single one-night concert or a 3-day festival, he has been responsible for generating full production plans and schedules along with selecting, negotiating and contracting artists. This comes with years of dealing with national (USA) and international booking agencies, venues, managers, artists and labels. He’s booked hundreds of artists and has produced countless concerts and events along with creating and sustaining annual music festivals. Along with organizing and booking music festivals for years he’s also worked with the likes of MIDEM, SOFAR Sounds and is a founding member of the Valencia Women in Music chapter.

He is here to happily help you with any career advice, CV/Cover Letter feedback, gig and touring guidance or just to chat. He puts together the weekly WhatsOn Newsletter and along with Nora sets up all of our internal events, concerts and masterclasses. Please feel free to get in touch!

Dave supports BIMM Institute Hamburg students with his experience in local and international live events and close connections within the industry. He continues with his positive artist support and community-based mentality offering students career mentorships, work placements and performance opportunities.

As a tour manager and festival manager, Dave has spent the better part of the last decade coordinating tour logistics for artists performing in North America, UK and Europe while also managing both small and large scale logistics for international festivals and artist relations.

Thomas is the Estates and Facillity Manager in Hamburg being responsible for the maintenance, purchase and rental of equipment for teaching and learning.

He is also the go-to guy for all questions and help around the equipment.

He has a lot of experience with instruments, DAW’s and all kinds of equipment, because he worked as a freelance sound engineer live and in the studio for many years. As well as being a musician and technology nerd. 

Jake is from the other side of earth and has spent his life playing in bands and appreciating all things music.

He will gladly help you with any questions surrounding our stock of rental equipment as well as the equipment we have on-site. Don’t hesitate to contact him if you are unsure about the proper use of recording equipment, instruments, or our Mac labs.

Luisa leads the Student Services team and ensures that students have the best possible experience through the different programmes offered by BIMM, managing the Institution’s Student Support provision, including pastoral and learning support, counselling provision, academic progress, welfare programme and outreach activities.

She has experience in the higher education sector at universities and colleges in various positions, such as academic director and human resources coordinator. She has led processes relating to the management of academic, wellbeing and social responsibility programmes, ensuring the comprehensive education of students. As for her education, she is an Industrial Engineer and has two Masters: in Human Talent Management and in Economics and Financial Administration.

Before joining BIMM institute Berlin, Secil worked in the field of education for almost 5 years including experience in teaching and organising student events and cultural events in language schools and diplomatic institutions. 

Within the BIMM Berlin Student Association, Secil helps students start and develop their own student societies and encourage them to create their safe spaces. As Library Lead, she also supports students with resource availability issues. As health insurance is compulsory to study in Germany, she guides students through finding health insurance.

As a metal singer, she is also active in Berlin metal scene writing lyrics and composing vocals for her band Thwart. 

Loredana is the student support officer at BIMM Berlin Institute and offers one-to-one student consultation for pastoral and learning support enquiries, health and well-being concerns, attendance, and exam enquiries.

Loredana has worked in many support roles from primary to Higher Education, and as a language teacher. She enjoys living in multinational cultures, studied and worked in the UK and across Europe. 

As Head of Student Services Deniz Tiziana supports BIMM Hamburg in ensuring student’s formal needs and requirements for counselling are frequently met.

Before joining BIMM, Deniz completed her post graduate studies in social economics in Nuremberg, travelled Spain and the US and worked as an area manager at Amazon.

Always creative, Deniz is also an independent artist and singer/songwriter, occasionally hitting the stage with her own creations, foremost in band-formations.

Franny Whitfield is  the Head of Student Support and is responsible for pastoral support. She is there to listen to students and help them get the emotional/academic support that they need.

Franny Whitfield has been a working musician for more than thirty years. In her lecturer role she focuses on self-esteem based artistic development, inspiring people to diligently work and integrate their highest self, into their artistry.

Tina joined BIMM Institute in January 2019 as Head of Marketing with a background in sales and marketing in the education sector being mainly responsible for all strategic decisions in Marketing for both German colleges. The passion for music combined with the work in education brought her to BIMM Institute, where she was mainly involved in building up the college in Hamburg. 

She and her colleagues in Germany are supported by a big Marketing team in the UK assuring that BIMM Germany can grow just like our UK colleges.

The marketing team is always happy support BIMM students in regards to promotion of new releases, work experience during their studies or featuring them as an artist, producer, manager etc. through our social media channels, website etc.   

Robert used to gain a lot of practical experience as a DIY musician in various punk and hardcore bands and organised concerts and tours by phone and notebook. As a DJ, he has experienced the opportunities and pitfalls of freelance music business. 

He also studied social sciences and worked in the private education sector for many years. Currently, besides his work at BIMM, Robert is also one of the founders of the Music Pool Berlin, an advice centre for start-ups in the music industry, which is also open to BIMM students.

At BIMM, Robert takes care of all legal, regulatory, political and official issues. Whether it’s VISA, insurance, taxes or legal issues – Robert’s 20 years of professional experience in the education industry and 30 years in the music industry is something he loves to share with BIMM students, but he is also there for BIMM’s tutors and staff. For BIMM, Robert makes sure that BIMM can offer the same opportunities, frameworks and experiences that are available at German state universities. 

Before starting a job in Marketing, Ninette completed her studies of Commercial Music Performance at the University of Westminster in London in 2017 and has been engaged with the music industry in different areas such as music journalism and event organisation and besides that writes her own music. After moving back to Germany and working at a local concert house, she then workes as Content Manager in Cologne. By wanting to bring music and marketing together, her experiences in both areas have led her to her job at BIMM where she works as Marketing Coordinator Berlin and Hamburg and building the brand awareness for BIMM in Germany. 

She supports students with promoting their upcoming projects, gigs, or sharing their stories via news stories and blogposts. Students can also reach out to her when it comes to sharing their releases via the BIMM Berlin and Hamburg social media channels – whether this is a track, music video, EP, Mixtape or album – you name it!