Nicolas Schwendemann is the Managing Director at the communications agency RYSM in Berlin, where he advises clients from politics and civil society, including the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the Federal Ministry of Health. Schwendemann is an experienced election campaigner. Most recently he worked on the state election campaign in Saxony-Anhalt, and before that at many others both on the agency side and as Head of Campaigns at Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. As a fellow at joinpolitics, he mentors emerging political talent. He also publishes a weekly campaigning newsletter. Nicolas Schwendemann studied in London, Istanbul and Erfurt and graduated with an MSc in Politics & Communication. He is an alumnus of the German Academic Foundation.