Taking your business to new heights
Founded in 2010 by Jacques Oberholzer & Michel Brink, Now Boarding is an international agency specialising in digital products, and taking them to market. With offices in Zurich and Cape Town, we deliver first-class services to clients across the globe. Whether you’re preparing for take off, or simply require some new direction, our agile crew of designers, thinkers, marketers and coders are ready for the challenge.
5 Reasons to fly with us
At the heart of Now Boarding is a passion for high quality design, usability and return on investment.
Collaborative Approach
We love to work as a team with our clients and become their partners. We continuously consider business strategy and bottom-line goals to produce the best results in terms of long-term revenue and market share growth.
Agile Team
Our owner-managed crew brings with it vast experience in the digital, traditional and marketing arenas, positioning us to confidently apply ourselves to a wide variety of challenges.
Detailed Project Management
From brief to delivery and analysis, we track and manage every project, ensuring we come in on time, and on budget. We keep the lines of communication with our clients open so they’re always in the loop.
Competitive Rates
With the industry’s escalating costs, we’re determined to remain accessible. We’re dedicated to offering excellence in quality, return on investment and great value to our clients.
Results Driven
Great design wins hearts, great strategy and an in-depth understanding of brand performance and positioning wins market share and bottom-line profitability. We aim to win on all fronts with our clients.
Pilots

Jacques Oberholzer
Founder / UX Director
Jacques is a founding partner of Now Boarding, and helped grow it to the award-winning agency it is today. His passion is technology, and his focus is understanding products from a users point of view. Jacques has worked around the world, including for two Silicon Valley startups in Gyft and Civic.

Jonas Scheidegger
Account Director
After several years in various advertising agencies, Jonas lead the marketing efforts at Swiss Casinos until 2017, when he helped start Now Boarding Switzerland. With extensive experience on the client side, Jonas coordinates and inspires the projects at Now Boarding. Think of him as the little button next to your seat you push when you need a assistance!
Crew

Michel Brink
Founder, Creative Director

Leigh de Jamaer
Managing Director

Nele
Project Manager

Nelson
Project Manager & Quality Control

Melissa
Operations Manager

Kirstie
Community Manager

Saskia
UX Designer

Jano
UX Designer

Lisa
Designer & Illustrator

Ronnie
Designer & Packaging Expert
Featured Clients
Featured Clients
“They give a great deal of attention to understanding our brand. ”
JOSHUA COX, Founder, Fix Forward
“Their energy and enthusiasm is contagious.”
RICHARD VAN DER SCHYFF, Director, Snymans Incorporated
“You’ve really helped to take our brand to the next level.”
TROY SMITH, Owner, TrueAfrica