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Languages:
Dutch: fluent, spoken and written.
English: fluent, spoken and written.


Education:
2000 MFA in 2D-design and new media from Cranbrook Academy of Art (Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA).
1998 BFA in graphic design from the College of Art and Design Arnhem (Arnhem, The Netherlands).


Experience:

2006 – Present
NICKELODEON, New York City. Art DIrector, Advertising.
Conceptualizing and creating advertising campaigns, across on air, print and online media to promote Nickelodeon Home Video, Consumer Products Tune-in and Trade advertising.

2005 – 2006
BRAVO TV, New York City. Sr. Designer.
Conceptualizing advertising campaigns, marketing materials, premiums, creating ideas and design for a wide variety of print and digital media products, collateral and Show promotions.

2002 – 2005
MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art ), North Adams, MA. Director of Design.
Responsible for design ranging from identity, books, brochures, posters & invitations to web and environmental design.

2002 – 2003
RTL NL (BERTELLSMANN MEDIA), Hilversum The Netherlands. Art Director.
Created program identities and on-air graphics and directed
commercials on location for the dutch broadcast Stations RTL 4, RTL 5 and Yorin and Yorin FM.

2000 – 2001
CHOPPING BLOCK, New York City. Sr. Designer.
Created interface design and animation for Sony Pictures
Classics, Viewpoint.com, Miramax Films, Republic Records, Nickelodeon, and The Jazz Alliance.

1998 – Present
Independent designer, creating concept and form across all media for clients such as Cranbrook Art Museum, RTL Group, Heineken, TWBH Interactive, Lipton Ice Tea, QI Ideas, Kleinreid, Otherwise Inc, Sci-fi Channel, Veronica TV, Mazda USA, SarkissianMason.

Additional Experience:
2004 Guest Lecturer, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2001 Guest Lecturer at Herron School of Arts, Indianapolis, IN, USA.


Selected Awards:
2005 2 Graphic Design USA Magazine awards, 4 New England Museum Association (NEMA) publication awards.
2004 Print Magazine’s The Big Event Competition, ALT Pick Award, Creativity Annual 34.


Selected Exhibitions:
2005 Alphabets: An exhibition of hand drawn lettering & experimental typography, Baltimore, MD.
2004 Arjen Noordeman, MASS MoCA Director of Design, Montserrat Gallery, Beverly, MA.
Outside in. Traveling poster exhibition. Ongoing, worldwide.
2003 Zine Scene, Orange County Museum of Art, Orange County, CA & other venues.


Selected Publications:
2005 Human? A Fontmonster book by Dave Luscombe. 2 new typeface designs displayed on 2 spread designs
2005 Alphabet: An exhibition of hand-drawn lettering and experimental typography. Exhibition catalog.
2005 GD Usa Magazine, MASS MoCA brochures and The Interventionists catalog were featured.
2005 Print Magazine’s The Big Event Issue.The Interventionists catalog was featured (March ‘05).
2005 ALT Pick Annual: The Interventionists exhibition’s overall design is featured.
2004 EYE Magazine, Nr. 54: The Interventionists catalog was reviewed.
2004 Freewave – By David Luscombe. Spread design & illustrations presenting new Typeface.
2003 Indie Fonts 2 – By Richard Kegler. Typefaces New Amsterdam and Are You In? were featured.
2002 Type 1 – By Nathan Gale. Typeface Deadgun was featured.
2002 Druk –By Jan Middendorp. Portfolio website was featured in this FontShop magazine.


Software capabilities:
Adobe CS (Photoshop, Imageready, Illustrator, InDesign, Golive), Quark Xpress, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks,
After Effects, Final Cut pro, Acrobat professional, Fontographer, Fontlab, Swift 3D, MS Office, Signlab.


References available upon request.

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