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,…
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…
Confirmed: Internship on Antarctica!
I’m extremely grateful how this project got me on stage at TEDxTeen, hanging out with Nile Rodgers and invited by The White House. All of them were life-changing experiences. Today, I’m about to add another one to the list. I…
Learning Portuguese & creating ideas in Brazil
“Prepare-se. O inverno está chegando!”. That’s one of the phrases I’ve learned during my internship at Step1 Idiomas, a language school in Florianópolis (Brazil). It means: “brace yourselves, winter is coming!”. Most people will know where that one comes from.…
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…
#StudyAbroadBecause The White House Might Invite You
Instead of telling my teacher that I was sick, my dog ate the homework or that I missed the bus, I now had the best excuse ever to skip class; The White House called. The invite where I wrote about…