Experience

Fonds Bijzondere Journalistieke Projecten (Fonds BJP)

• Netherlands
• Fundraising
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Projectcoördinator Talentontwikkeling

  • May 2021 - Present

  I am responsible for the development and implementation of the trainee programme (Regeling Jong Talent) as well as the training scholarship (Beurs Expertisebevordering) for investigative journalists in Dutch media. I am responsible for the development and implementation of the trainee programme (Regeling Jong Talent) as well as the training scholarship (Beurs Expertisebevordering) for investigative journalists in Dutch media.



Freelance, self-employed

• photography- and marketing consultant

  • 2016 - Present



National Geographic

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Coordinator/Trainer National Geographic Photography Masterclass

  • Dec 2021 - Present

  Together with the Editor-in-Chief and the Brand Director at National Geographic (Dutch version) I am responsible for the program of this masterclass which takes place twice a year over the course of three months. Together with the Editor-in-Chief and the Brand Director at National Geographic (Dutch version) I am responsible for the program of this masterclass which takes place twice a year over the course of three months.



Fotoacademie

• Netherlands
• Photography
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Guest Lecturer

  • Oct 2017 - Present

  I developed an Expert Program at the Fotoacademie in Amsterdam in which I coach experienced photographers in preparing their projects so they can approach the market more successful. For this I developed my own ‘Storytelling Canvas’. I developed an Expert Program at the Fotoacademie in Amsterdam in which I coach experienced photographers in preparing their projects so they can approach the market more successful. For this I developed my own ‘Storytelling Canvas’.



Just Another Photo Festival

• Advisory Board Member

  • Oct 2016 - Present



CRKBO

• Netherlands
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CRKBO Geregistreerd Docent

  • Nov 2019 - Present



Laika Productions

• Netherlands
• Media Production

• Co-Founder

  • Dec 2017 - Oct 2022

  Laika is an innovative media company devoted to pursuing stories about development, progress and possibilities. Together with journalist Stephanie Bakker and photographer Yvonne Brandwijk I founded the company. My role was to develop strategies for visual storytelling together with our clients. Laika is an innovative media company devoted to pursuing stories about development, progress and possibilities. Together with journalist Stephanie Bakker and photographer Yvonne Brandwijk I founded the company. My role was to develop strategies for visual storytelling together with our clients.



Spot On Stories

• Netherlands
• Media Production

• Consultant

  • Jun 2022 - Jul 2022

  Spot On Stories is a collective of freelance investigative journalists with the mission to unveil societal issues that have great impact on our day-today life. I helped the founders of the collective to develop a strategy for the coming five years. Spot On Stories is a collective of freelance investigative journalists with the mission to unveil societal issues that have great impact on our day-today life. I helped the founders of the collective to develop a strategy for the coming five years.



Initiative Narrative Journalism Netherlands (Stichting Verhalende Journalistiek)

• Freelance Director

  • Sep 2018 - Jul 2022

  Initiative Narrative Journalism Netherlands (Stichting Verhalende Journalistiek) has as main goal to stimulate the use of narrative journalism, also known as literary non-fiction in Dutch media. This includes journalistic productions for daily, weekly and monthly print media, as well as books, radio, internet and television. Since 2011 the Initiative Narrative Journalism Netherlands (Stichting Verhalende Journalistiek) organizes an English-language conference about narrative journalism in the Netherlands. The roughly 300 participants get to enjoy the inspiring stories of journalists from the Netherlands and abroad. I led the organization and its various activities including the annual ‘True Stories’ conference on narrative journalism with international speakers. In 2021 I developed the Meestervertellers Academy and in 2022 sat up a pilot project in collaboration with Evens Foundation and Are We Europe called Journalistic Voices Diversified for journalists in exile. My responsibilities included fund raising, strategic development, coordinating and guiding the board, a small team and numerous volunteers. Show less



Slices App

• Netherlands
• Media Production

• Freelance Business Development

  • Feb 2018 - Sep 2018

  Slices: Multimedia stories for the mobile web. Slices is a web-based application that allows you to easily create and publish your own visual multimedia stories. As a consultant I worked closely with Slices founder Wouter Vroege to develop the business model, based on conversations we had with various (inter)national media houses. Slices: Multimedia stories for the mobile web. Slices is a web-based application that allows you to easily create and publish your own visual multimedia stories. As a consultant I worked closely with Slices founder Wouter Vroege to develop the business model, based on conversations we had with various (inter)national media houses.



Danmarks Medie- og Journalisthøjskole

• Denmark
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Guest Lecturer

  • Dec 2015 - Jun 2018

  In December 2015, June 2016, October 2016, June 2017, December 2017 and June 2018 I guest lectured at the Danish School of Journalism (DMJX) in Aarhus at the photography department. I help the students prepare for their final projects and working life after they come out of the school and teach mostly about how to best reach their audiences and to market themselves and their projects. In December 2015, June 2016, October 2016, June 2017, December 2017 and June 2018 I guest lectured at the Danish School of Journalism (DMJX) in Aarhus at the photography department. I help the students prepare for their final projects and working life after they come out of the school and teach mostly about how to best reach their audiences and to market themselves and their projects.



Anadolu Kültür

• Türkiye
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant/expert

  • May 2017 - Feb 2018

  Together with Anadolu Kültür I helped setting up and conducted a six-month training program for photographers in Diyarbakir, Turkey. For this program we selected and invited different Turkish and international experts to work with the local photographers. The program was supported by the Dutch Consulate in Istanbul. Together with Anadolu Kültür I helped setting up and conducted a six-month training program for photographers in Diyarbakir, Turkey. For this program we selected and invited different Turkish and international experts to work with the local photographers. The program was supported by the Dutch Consulate in Istanbul.



Free Press Unlimited

• Netherlands
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Consultant

  • Dec 2016 - May 2017

  For the first Iraqi photo agency Metrography I led a strategic management workshop in Erbil in order to draft a 5-year strategy to further develop and sustain the agency and it foundation. For this I worked together with the director of the agency, Ahmed Najm and local consultant, Nazar Azeez. A second strategic management session was held in the Netherlands with Ahmed Najm to formulate roles & responsibilities + job descriptions within the agency and foundation. For the first Iraqi photo agency Metrography I led a strategic management workshop in Erbil in order to draft a 5-year strategy to further develop and sustain the agency and it foundation. For this I worked together with the director of the agency, Ahmed Najm and local consultant, Nazar Azeez. A second strategic management session was held in the Netherlands with Ahmed Najm to formulate roles & responsibilities + job descriptions within the agency and foundation.



MIAP Foundation

• Freelance Fellowship Director

  • Nov 2015 - 2017

  Message in a Photo – MIAP – is a private Dutch foundation initiated in 2013. MIAP's mission is to create awareness about relevant social topics through visual (lens-based) storytelling, whilst empowering a new generation of visual storytellers to become leaders in their industry. With this in mind, we initiated the annual MIAP Storytelling Fellowship for professional and emerging photographers and visual artists based in the Netherlands. Message in a Photo – MIAP – is a private Dutch foundation initiated in 2013. MIAP's mission is to create awareness about relevant social topics through visual (lens-based) storytelling, whilst empowering a new generation of visual storytellers to become leaders in their industry. With this in mind, we initiated the annual MIAP Storytelling Fellowship for professional and emerging photographers and visual artists based in the Netherlands.



NOOR Images

• Netherlands
• Photography
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Nov 2012 - Sep 2015

  As the managing director I was responsible for running the NOOR Photo Agency (BV) and The NOOR Foundation, including: heading NOOR and its employees; taking responsibility for NOOR’s finances and the maintenance of NOOR's administration; maintaining NOOR’s communications and public relations; managing NOOR's daily routines concerning the marketing, selling and promotion of NOOR’s photography and (special) projects; business development & strategy; managing NOOR’s sponsor- and partnerships (e.g. Nikon, UNFPA, RNW, Blink, Blurb); staying in tune with the photography buying communities; improving and enlarging NOOR's network, by meeting potential publishers, editors, NGO's and other buying communities through visits to relevant events; coordinating ongoing projects - exhibitions, publishing and other “special projects” - and managing the continuity of projects, including fundraising and co-writing project proposals. Show less



The Red Dot Agency

• Account Manager

  • 2008 - Oct 2012

  The Red Dot Agency was a creative and strategic communications agency with offices in London and Amsterdam. As account manager at The Red Dot Agency I worked mainly on the Canon Europe account. We developed the strategy for the Canon Professional Department to move from B2B to B2C. We did this by creating and developing a pan-European platform called Canon Professional Network and the Canon Ambassadors Programme both aimed to create a revenue generating community and market Canon pro products to the professional photographers/videographers and ‘prosumers’. We furthermore developed a pan-European internal communications platform called Insight with the aim to streamline communications/marketing for new products and services and to ensure the exchange of best-practices amongst the different national sales offices in Europe. I was the first point of contact for our clients and partners at Canon Europe and managed about 50+ different contacts at different departments within the central European office in London as well as the 18 (or so) national sales offices. I managed and overlooked the team working on the account and it was my responsibility to evaluate, report progress and measure success. Show less



World Press Photo Foundation

• Netherlands
• Photography
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager Educational Department

  • 1999 - 2008

  * 2001 - 2008 As a project manager I was responsible for setting up different international training programs (e.g. The Philippines, Indonesia, Turkey, Tanzania and Egypt) for professional photojournalists. The program was part of the MFS (Medefinancieringsstelsel), a long-term program, subsidized by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, aimed and focussed on capacity building of the local journalistic infrastructure. I furthermore developed the Joop Swart Masterclass, an annual workshop with the aim to bring young promising photographers in contact with experienced professionals from the field of photography and pass on their knowledge and experience. This included an annual exhibition in FOAM, Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam and a publication. I was also co-producer of the First Decade, a book, designed by Erik Kessels van KesselsKramer to celebrate the ten year anniversary of the masterclass in the Netherlands and France + screenings at Visa Pour l’Image in Perpignan. * 2006 Together with the Asia-Europe Foundation and Philippine Center for Photojournalists I organized the Forum for Young Photographers in Manila (the Philippines). A workshop for photography students from Europe and Asia with the theme ‘Urban Youth’. * 2004 With the Asia-Europe Foundation and Vietnam Pictorial organization of the Forum for Young Photographers in Hanoi, Vietnam with the theme ‘Urban Environment’. Results were shown in a travelling exhibition and a publication. * 2002 UNESCO-NORAD South East Asian regional workshop for photojournalist in Jakarta with the theme ‘Production’. * 1999-2001 Project manager at World Press Photo for the department Professional Projects and Education. Responsible for the annual Children’s jury, handling of the entries for the annual World Press Photo contest and publicity for various activities of the foundation. Show less



BBDO Business Communications

• Account Executive

  • 1999 - 1999

  Together with account manager responsible for different communication projects for KNMP, Derks Star Busmann and De Trust theatre. Together with account manager responsible for different communication projects for KNMP, Derks Star Busmann and De Trust theatre.



Papier Hier

• Junior Project Manager

  • 1997 - 1999

  Organisation of different events amongst which the “Gouden Z” contest and gala night with the aim to improve the image of the graphic industry. Also production of various sponsored magazines. Organisation of different events amongst which the “Gouden Z” contest and gala night with the aim to improve the image of the graphic industry. Also production of various sponsored magazines.