Lena with her medal after an obstacle race

WORK & PROJECTS

I have never built in a straight line.

I followed paths, tried things, let go and carried something from each project into the next one.

HOW IT ALL CONNECTED

Followed paths. Let go. Carried things forward.

  1. 01

    At the beginning

    Unconventional Media

    I started Unconventional Media without knowing which projects or brands would ever grow under it. At first, it was the home for my freelance work in marketing, project management, customer success, e-commerce, writing, web design and media buying. Later, it unexpectedly became a small performance marketing agency.

  2. 02

    Along the way

    Relax Outside

    At the same time, I started Relax Outside: a project about freedom and thinking outside existing systems. It never became the big company it might have been. But it became a community. I shared free ideas and calls, sold clothes and learned that impact is not always visible through growth.

  3. 03

    Since late 2022

    Remote Bewerbungshelfer

    Remote Bewerbungshelfer began while I was working with a business mentor. When the agency no longer gave me joy or meaning, new clients also stopped coming. I let that path go and focused on the work that felt right: helping people understand their skills, put them into words and find work that fits their life.

  4. 04

    Since 2026

    Unconventional CV

    This work grew into Unconventional CV: a bigger framework for career identity, clarity, positioning and the question of what work should change. It led to our Academy, the Living CV software and a way of thinking about meaningful work — for people and for companies.

  5. 05

    Always present

    Writing

    Alongside my work, I write essays. I am now also writing my second book. Writing helps me not to share thoughts too quickly. It lets me follow them until I truly understand what I want to say.

Lena smiling on a forest trail run
Sunset over a quiet mountain valley
Lena Gierl at the Tagus waterfront in Lisbon

HOW I WORK

Led by values. Built on trust. Focused on impact.

I do not work to sound clever. I want to help create real and useful results. I bring together feeling, knowledge and strategy — not through one fixed system, but in a way that fits the person, the company and the path in front of me.

Not every idea has to stay. But every idea can show us something.