Sales Employee

• Nov 2022 - Present

Graduate Intern Digitalisation

• Feb 2023 - Jul 2023

Wrote my thesis on digitalisation in the cultural sector, which included an advice plan for the museum's digitalisation strategy. Wrote my thesis on digitalisation in the cultural sector, which included an advice plan for the museum's digitalisation strategy.

Delivery Rider

• Sep 2021 - Mar 2022

Delivery job to stay busy during COVID. Delivery job to stay busy during COVID.

Chauffeur

• Mar 2019 - Aug 2020

Delivery job to stay busy during COVID. Delivery job to stay busy during COVID.

Student Translator - German/Dutch

• Apr 2018 - Aug 2019

zooplus (always spelled without a capital letter) is a European wide online retailer of pet care and pet food products, active in 30 countries. In April 2018, I was hired in their Tilburg office to fulfill the Translator position.As a Translator, one of my tasks was the translation of extensive product descriptions from German to Dutch, making sure the translation was not only linguistically correct but also an attractive read for (potential) customers.One of my other responsibilities was the translation of lengthy magazine texts regarding animal care from German to Dutch, whilst guaranteeing that the translation was linguistically correct as well as making it an attractive read for online viewers looking for info on animal care.Lastly, I was asked to show the ropes to new employees who came in after me, which was something I thoroughly enjoyed each and every time. Show less

​Culture & Market Research Intern

• Sep 2018 - Jan 2019

Next to my 12-hour job as a Translator, I started my second internship in my curriculum at zooplus AG. My internship focused on spending 28 hours a week on the following two research topics:International Market ResearchThe goal of this research plan was to investigate the current market strategy that zooplus applied to the Netherlands and Belgium. The problem in this case was that zooplus used the exact same marketing efforts in Belgium as they did in the Netherlands. It was my end-goal to find out which cultural aspects of Belgian customers conflicted with the Dutch market strategy that zooplus was currently using.Intercultural AwarenessThe other part of my internship was all about the effect of culture on international communication between mid-tier managers at zooplus. The problem in this case was the information flow and general sharing of information between Shop Managers in their offices located in Belgium, the Netherlands, Turkey, Germany, the UK, Austria, Italy and Spain. It was my goal to discover if these problems were related to culture and if not culture, then to something else. Show less

Junior Account Manager

• Sep 2017 - Jan 2018

INCO Business Group is a Dutch legal service provider located in Breda which specialises in company formation, company services and business development. In September 2017, I started my first internship here as a Junior Account Manager. As a Junior Account Manager at INCO Business Group, my activities mainly focused on making initial contact with new leads and on maintaining this contact, either via telephone or via email. The company's main target group is international entrepreneurs, which meant that I was communicating in English on a daily basis. Furthermore, I also conducted many administrational tasks, not with regards to accounting but in regard to CRM. We used CRM-software extensively and it was my responsibility to log all the contact I had with leads. Show less

Door to Door Sales Representative

• Sep 2015 - Sep 2017

Pepperminds is a sales agency which specialises in face-to-face sales and marketing. In September 2015, I was hired in their Breda office to work as a door-to-door salesman. For one, the door-to-door acquisition of donors for charities such as 'KWF Kankerbestrijding' (Dutch Cancer Society) or 'Stop Aids Now!'. Secondly, I also went door-to-door to sell commercial memberships for projects such as HelloFresh. This job involved a great amount of face-to-face-, persuasion- and listening skills and it has not only taught me extensive knowledge in the sales terrain, but also pushed my boundaries multiple times. Show less