Abigail Keiper

As one of our resident Americans, Abby is used to being at home in two worlds. In fact, she’s had a knack for inhabiting multiple spaces since her childhood in the United States. As a young kid, she spent most of her time creating her own intricate universes: out of LEGO with her two younger brothers, in the backyard with neighborhood friends, or alone with her nose in a book.

A persisting love of storytelling and exploration led Abby to focus her university studies on journalism and creative writing, with a focus on photojournalism and poetry, respectively. She has always been interested in the interplay between imagery and language, which these two directions of coursework allowed her to hone. During that time, armed with a rusty vocabulary and an urge to live in a foreign place, Abby decided to spend a semester at Heidelberg University. She immediately felt at home and ended up moving to Germany after finishing her bachelor’s degree at the University of North Carolina.

Abby draws on her outside-the-box thinking and passion for storytelling to solve the puzzle of complex linguistic projects.

Abby joined Leinhäuser in 2015 and is one of our longest-standing remote employees. From her home in Cologne, she quickly jumped into drafting creative texts, snappy social media posts, and German-to-English translations for a wide range of clients. In 2022, Abby assumed leadership of the agency’s content creation and writing services, while continuing to manage engagements with clients in corporate communications departments.

Since July 2023, Abby has been a member of the agency’s division management team with responsibility for creative and multimedia services. In this role, she works closely with account managers, linguists, and the sales team to ensure that customers are being offered and receiving the most relevant products that utilize Leinhäuser’s best skill sets.