Experience

The Supporting Act Foundation

• Fundraising
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  Through a series of grants and bursaries, WeTransfer’s Supporting Act Foundation aims to provide a helping hand to artists at the beginning of their careers, with a particular focus on underrepresented groups and community-centered initiatives. With an initial €1 million endowment (followed by 1% of WeTransfer’s gross income annually) spread across two funds, support will primarily be directed to grassroots arts organizations, artist-led initiatives, and emerging artists and communities. But as well as supporting these groups financially, the foundation wants to raise awareness and learn how our input can be most valuable—particularly when that means stepping aside and passing the mic to those closest to the issues we’re striving to resolve. We are committed to establishing and celebrating a more diverse creative landscape—valuing all lived experiences and leaving no person, discipline, or community behind. This means prioritizing marginalized groups, embracing intersectionality, and working to remove barriers to entry as a result of cultural, economic, and political injustice. Prioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion in this way, and following our own deep-rooted guiding principles, the Supporting Act will strive for social, intersectional, and environmental justice—using the power and reach of the arts to make a difference for everyone. Show less



WeTransfer

• Netherlands
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Head of Studio

  • Oct 2017 - Jun 2021

  WeTransfer believes creative thinking changes the world. So, we’re building a whole set of simple, stylish tools to help people get in, and stay in, their creative flow.What about our creative flow? That’s where The Studio comes in. Our in-house team of designers, art directors and developers make sure everything we do looks and feels fantastic. As guardians of the WeTransfer brand, The Studio oversees everything we put out into the world, shaping the core building blocks of our products and all of our communications.From bespoke commercial campaigns for clients like Nike, Apple and Kenzo, to creative collaborations with artists like Bjork, Ryan McKinley and FKA Twigs, The Studio knows how to harness the unique power of our platform. Show less

• Senior Project Manager

  • Jan 2017 - Oct 2017

  WeTransfer is the simplest way to send your files around the world. Last year, our users sent 10 billion files through our service. Founded in 2009, our team is based in the Netherlands and the US.Our mission is to enable the effortless transfer of ideas from one creative mind to many. We want to help our users get in, and stay in, their creative flow – that strange and beautiful state where everything comes together and great things happen.The company HQ is based in Amsterdam. The client base ranges from people in the creative and legal industries who need to share large digital files to individual users who share photos and videos. However, the creative industries represent the majority of usage and users and remain an area of focus and expertise for the company. Show less

• Project Manager

  • Mar 2016 - Jan 2017

  As of March 2016 the Present Plus team will join WeTransfer’s offices in Amsterdam, leading a series of design-driven product launches for the company, including a revamped user interface for WeTransfer.com and a desktop app for OS X.With more than half of its global users working in the creative industries, design has always been central to WeTransfer’s mission and culture. In acquiring Present Plus, the company is doubling down on this commitment.



Present Plus (Acquired by WeTransfer)

• Account Manager

  • Apr 2015 - Mar 2016

  Present Plus is a design driven innovation studio that invests in startups and builds it’s own in-house. Whether it's brands or startups - we like to do the design, prototyping, film and marketing of different products or services. Present Plus co-founded file-sharing service WeTransfer, started Kuvva to create a market place for illustration and set out to make email honest again with Soverin. Our video series One Minute Wonder shares stories of others telling their personal story in 60 seconds flat. People who inspire us. We like to help everybody in delivering simple experiences that people love, whether it’s improving a product, building brands or creating demand. We do client work, as long as we think it can be ‘category defining’. Show less



The Next Web

• India
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• F&B operations, The Next Web Conference 2010-2015

  • Apr 2010 - Apr 2015

  Since 2006 The Next Web Conferences have been known for bringing together the world’s leading thinkers, promising international startups and the most inspiring brands to do business and share their ideas. Since 2006 The Next Web Conferences have been known for bringing together the world’s leading thinkers, promising international startups and the most inspiring brands to do business and share their ideas.



The Next Speaker

• Netherlands
• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Agent

  • Mar 2011 - Sep 2013

  The Next Speaker is an agency representing experts in new media, technology, innovation, creativity and change. It represents known innovators, tech experts, entrepreneurs and creatives. The Next Speaker is an agency representing experts in new media, technology, innovation, creativity and change. It represents known innovators, tech experts, entrepreneurs and creatives.