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Master of Science

Valina Convent

Amsterdam, Netherlands
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    I am interested in how it is possible that a certain product of the same quality as it competitors can get a higher price. What is the influence of design, branding and cultural perceptions on the power of a brand? I want to make a good product become better without loosing the identity of the brand

    I also find it fascinating to explore how the standards & values of a culture, a business culture or an industry culture, have influence on decisions. And how emotions unconsciously prevail choices

  • Education
    • MSc Strategic Product Design
      Delft University of Technology
      2001 - 2008
      Graduated Cum Laude, Strategic Product Design with honors Graduation project: "Touch me! Which touch-points constitute the brand image of Océ?" - I explored which brand experiences are relevant for the brand image of Océ & which ones influence the most the image of Océ & why these brand experiences are important for the customer. Ideas and advice were given. Design Strategy Project · With a team we made a brand strategy plan for the Reinier de Graaf Groep hospital in Delft in the Netherlands Internationalisation · A plan was made to introduce a product from Denmark in Ecuador, and take into account the differences between cultures which influences the success or failure of a product in markets SPD Research Project · I researched for an international dairy company how the company dealt with terminating projects and why it is that difficult to terminate a project once it has started. Acquiring knowledge about decision-making by humans and their limitations was part of this research Integrated Design Project · For the company Trespa B.V. we looked for new applications of its panels and presented a concept complete with drawings and a marketing plan. Trespa will bring this concept to the market New Product Commercialisation · With a team we made a launch plan for the soft-helmet of the Dutch company Smartcap in the U.K.
  • Experience
    • Lecturer, coach
      Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
      Amsterdam, Netherlands
      Aug 2013 - Present (12 years 10 months)
      Lecturer at the faculty Communication & Multimedia Design (CMD) at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.

      I am a lecturer for the courses Service Design, User Centred Design, New Product Development, Information Architecture, Intercultural Communication and Prototyping. Furthermore I coach students of all years, am I a project coach and did I coordinate some of the projects.

      Furthermore I am the course coordinator for Intercultural Communications and User Centred Design, was a coordinator for two years of several projects in the Freshman year, a project coach in the other projects in the Freshman year and I guide graduate students.
    • Freelance
      Self employed
      Eindhoven, Netherlands
      May 2012 - Jun 2013 (1 year 1 month)
      Several projects e.g.

      Strategic advice about using credible communication-tools including content and to how to profile themselves through social media like Facebook
      Usability advice for websites
      Defining personal brand-identity. Translate it into a communication plan
      Designing fitting promotion material. E.g. several T-shirt designs and visualised in posters their milestones and their successes
    • Brand & Strategy designer
      Fabaliz B.V.
      Venlo, Netherlands
      May 2010 - Apr 2012 (1 year 11 months)
      I was the brand keeper of the essence of Fabaliz. Part of that was that I did qualitative research (interviews and more), strategy designer, usability keeper of the webshop (designing/ directing, testing with participants), contact for suppliers and customers, coach of the student groups, marketing advisor (made marketing and communication plans)
    • Service Management Consultant
      TOPdesk B.V.
      Delft, Netherlands
      Apr 2009 - Apr 2010 (1 year)
      As a consultant my activities were:
      - Discussing/ advising about the (ITIL) processes at the customer. As a result bottlenecks were exposed
      - Implementing TOPdesk software tailored to their processes
      - Training (instructions on how to use TOPdesk, functionally)
      - Advising the customer on how to use various elements of TOPdesk to fit their processes
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