Resume
Work Experiences
Nov '21 - Now
Venture Builder at Edgard & Cooper
Kortrijk, BE
I'm currently leading a new digital venture at Edgard & Cooper, a European pet-food scale-pup. In my role as intrapreneur, I'm shaping the company's first digital product with two focal points: creating value for customers and figuring out a sustainably profitable models.
Apr '21 - Nov '21
Business Designer at Accenture Interactive
Brussels & Leuven, BE
Worked as a Business Designer at Accenture Interactive in the Design Experience team in Gallia (BeLux, France, and the Netherlands). In my role, I collaborated with and helped organisations to take juicy, creative, human-centered innovation and make it succeed out there in the real world by approaching business challenges with the tools, tactics and mindset of a designer. Worked on design challenges with teams from Daikin Europe, Medtronic, SWIFT, and Delhaize.
Dec '18 - Feb '21
Business Designer at Accenture Interactive
Ghent, BE
As a Product Strategist I engaged in design research and strategy, created rapid prototypes and designed looks like/works like deliverables while working in multidisciplinary teams with other designers, strategists, developers and the like. I facilitated and participated in Design Sprints, explained, discussed, and justified design decisions eloquently using both quantitative and qualitative data, as well as by applying human-centered design principles topped off with behavioral psychology.
I was in charge of shaping and adapting the Design Sprint Process popularized by Google Ventures, and applying it to the multitude of challenges the studio's clients faced.
Education
2019 - 2020
Experience Design at Glasgow Caledonian University
Glasgow, GB-SCT
Professional Diploma in User Experience Design from Glasgow Caledonian University.
2018 - 2019
Belgian Advertising School at Thomas More
Antwerp, BE
Belgian Advertising School is a one year postgraduate boot campdesigned and delivered in close collaboration with the best and most awarded communication agencies and powered by Thomas More. It is their ambition to be the best school for the next generation of advertising and communication talent in Belgium.
2014 - 2018
Master in Strategic Communication at KU Leuven
Leuven, BE
Major: Strategy and Organisation Particularly interested in Persuasive Communication, Social Psychology, Media Effects. Thesis: "Social media, friendly media?" An experience sampling research on the hostile media effect in an era of algorithmic news filtering: the Facebook case. I got my inspiration for this thesis after reading 'The Filter Bubble' by Eli Pariser.
2016
Media Studies & Journalism at Masaryk University
Brno, CZ
Erasmus+ in the Czech Republic. Followed: Radio Management, Social Media, Intercultural Communication, Information Warfare and Propaganda, Global Media Industries. Graduated top 5%.
Certifications
2022
Notion Certified from Notion
San Francisco, CA
I'm one of the few hundred certified Notion power users.
2020
Design MBA from d.mba
Berlin, DE
A 6-week cohort-based course teaching business fundamentals to designers. By Alen Faljic (ex-IDEO).
2019
Design Sprint Trainer from AJ&Smart
Berlin, DE
Official Design Sprint Trainer Masterclass endorsed by the Sprint-creator Jake Knapp, alongisde Tim Höfer, Dee Scarano, and Jonathan Courtney.
2018
Design Sprint Facilitator from AJ&Smart
Berlin, DE
Official Design Sprint Facilitator Masterclass endorsed by the Sprint-creator Jake Knapp, alongisde Tim Höfer, Dee Scarano, and Jonathan Courtney.