Grew up in Djakarta, Buenos Aires, Waiblingen and Rio de Janeiro.
Studied Graphic Design at the Merz Academy in Stuttgart. From 1982–1996 she worked as an art director for brand development (Leonardt & Kern, Stuttgart, Wündrich Meissen, Gerlingen, and Wensauer & Partner, Ludwigsburg) and as an executive creative director for DDB-Needham Worldwide, Düsseldorf, Graf Bertel Buczek, Düsseldorf, and Intevi Werbeagentur, Cologne. She then worked as a freelance graphic designer for book and theatre projects. In 1999 she joined frommann-holzboog and has been working as a publishing manager since 2006.
s.wittmann [at] frommann-holzboog.de