Folker started into advertising in 1993, at OgilvyOne in Frankfurt, Germany. Within his ten years at Ogilvy, he was a key factor in transforming the agency into the country's most creative direct marketing agency. After ten years of direct and digital, he moved on to big consumer brands and advertising, at Leo Burnett in Frankfurt, working on Marlboro and Levi's. To complete the 360 degree communication education, he moved into shopper marketing at Saatchi & Saatchi X. During this time, Folker was accepted as a member of the German Art Directors Club, and invited to be a judge at the 2007 Cannes Lions. To bring the 360° together, he moved on to Publicis, first in Hamburg, and then in Zurich, Switzerland, and in 2010 he finally found his home at McCann, first in Zurich, and now in Istanbul. Folker has been a judge in Cannes, at the Art Directors Club, the New York Festival, the John Caples Awards, and at the Golden Drum Festival. Since about 15 years, Folker has also been a teacher and speaker. Among the universities and academies that he was honored to serve are the University of Cooperative Education in Ravensburg, Germany, the University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden, Texterschmiede Hamburg, and the German Diaologue Academy, dda. Folker is a proud student of the Berlin School of Creative Leadership's EMBA program, planning to graduate in the Summer of 2013.