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…
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…
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…
1 Year The Backpacker Intern
On January the 13th of 2014 I started to travel the world as The Backpacker Intern. I had no intentions and no expectations. My first stop was Amnesty International in Bangkok. 365 days later I travelled and worked on 4…
New Backpacker Interns for DDB Vietnam
How awesome is this! A few months ago I gave a presentation at the ADCN in Amsterdam where I ran a little RT-competition on Twitter. The prize: become Backpacker Interns at DDB Group Vietnam. Liza and Jasper won and look…
One Hell of a Ride at Wakelake Bratislava
The reason why I came to Bratislava was because Boris Pršo (Journalist/TV Director) invited me to come to his morning show ‘Teleráno’. I thought “Why not?” and they flew me over. After a few hours sleep I woke up at…
Mulțumesc frumos Leo Group Romania
After my unforgettable experience at #LeoAdcamp in Brasov I was invited to do an internship at Leo Group in Bucharest. Aaaaaaaawwwyeaaah! But before I could open up my laptop to start working I had to find a way to get…