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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…