Hello dear friends from all over the world. Mark checking in from Portugal ✌️. It’s been 10 years since I started the Backpacker Intern in 2014, and I felt called to share a life-update with you. I have travelled…
Giving a Keynote for the Original Nomads in Kazakhstan
Last week I visited my 54th country; Kazakhstan. I was invited by KIMEP University and the Yessenov Foundation to give two lectures about personal branding. The organization created a full week program to discover the city of Almaty, local businesses…
Good, Better, Eurobest
First time Eurobest. I’ve attended big brother Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity 7 times now. As a visitor, Young Lions Competitor, Board Member of Dutch Young Creatives and last year as a Speaker. It’s massive and there’s so much to do that you need…
Confirmed: UNICEF New Zealand
I’m proud to announce that my first internship in Oceania is confirmed. Next week I’ll start and help out UNICEF New Zealand. They are based in Wellington and support UNICEF’s work, and other efforts in support of the world’s children,…
Launching Wanderbrief at Cannes Lions
BIG NEWS. On Saturday the 27th of June at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity I was interviewed by Keith (The Last Mad Man) Reinhard a.k.a. Global Chairman Emeritus of DDB Worldwide at the big Debussy Stage. I was very honored to meet…
From Intern to Delegate Speaker at Cannes Lions
I’ll be speaking in Cannes this year! Cannes? Yeah! Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. It’s like the Oscar’s of advertising. Well, it’s much more than just advertising. It’s about technology, music, innovation and creativity in general. I’ve been to this…
Big Fan of Ogilvy & Mather & Cape Town
On my first day in Africa, lions surrounded me. Beautiful bronze, gold and even silver coloured lions. They were eyeballing me the whole time. But they didn’t move an inch… The reason? I just started working at Ogilvy & Mather…
Confirmed: Ogilvy & Mather Cape Town
A new chapter in the story is about to unfold. In less than two weeks I will enter my 6th continent as ‘The Backpacker Intern’. And what a way to start. My first internship in Africa just got confirmed; Ogilvy…
My 7 Highlights From The 7th Continent; Antarctica
An internship on the coldest continent in the world. That’s something I didn’t see coming when I wrote down ‘The Backpacker Intern’ on a piece of cardboard, 14 months ago. But dude! It happened! It was a once in a…
Buena Onda at J. Walter Thompson Argentina
After working in Asia, Europe and North America for well-known agencies like DDB, Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi, McCann and TBWA\Chiat\Day it was now time to add another big name AND continent to the list; J. Walter Thompson Argentina in…