Meet Niels, an ambitious 25-year-old guy, born and raised in Beveren. Niels works as a Marketing Manager at yondr, an agency specialized in creating high-end 360video. Actually, he can be considered as the Jack-of-all-trades within yondr. He's responsible for online marketing, social media management, digital marketing and event marketing. After working three years at yondr he can be considered as one of Belgium's Virtual Reality specialists. But what's his story?
During my studies to become a cross-media manager I, as a poor student, earned money in two different ways:
I've been working in a local restaurant where I developed my leadership and social skills which are two valuable assets to possess in your skill set. Secondly, I spin the turntables in weekends at different bars, clubs and festivals. Music is my passion and making your job out of your hobby is what drives me and makes you go the extra mile.
After my graduation, I got the opportunity to work for yondr. Yondr was and still is a leader in Belgium when it comes to VR / 360video. So while yondr was still in a start-up stage back then I was able to grow together with the company to a higher level on both national as on an international base.
I'm allowed to say I can be grateful to yondr since I've learned a lot from my colleagues about how business works on C-level, about business development and got the opportunity to experiment a lot with digital marketing and different growth tactics. Yondr taught me to think out-of-the-box and go out of my comfort zone. I appreciate the skills I have earned here at yondr and look forward to expanding my skill set in the future.
I'd like to end with a quote which is applicable to me and my ambition in life: “The man who does more than he is paid for, will soon become the man who is paid more for what he does.” ― Napoleon Hill
VRTL is the go-to resource for all things cinematic virtual reality. We sell online courses that teach you how to create an a virtual reality video. At VRTL I was in charge of:
- Partnerships
- SEO/SEA
- Advertising
- Analytics
- Social Media Management
- Email Marketing
- Assistance Sales
- Web Management
- Growth Marketing
Yondr is an immersive media agency based in Beveren, New York, Ibiza and Amsterdam that creates stories using the technology of tomorrow. At yondr I had the following tasks:
- Event Management
- Assistance Business Development
- Office Management
- Speaking
- Growth Marketing
- Email Marketing
- Social Media Management (management for different pages)
- Lead Generation
- Assisting Growth & International Sales
Commefort is an agency which offers a service based on advice, visual and digital. In close cooperation with the client we offer an excellent service.
Advice
Digital consulting, User experience, Information architecture, Market & design research, Campaigns Strategy workshops, Idea development, Creative concepts, User experience.
Visual
Brand communication, Application interfaces, Mobile websites & apps, Corporate websites, Brand books, Ads & media, Motion design, Corporate identity, Interaction design, Photography.
Digital
Corporate websites, Campaign websites, Responsive websites, Frontend & backend CMS linking, Mobile & web apps, Intranets & extranets, Event applications, Mobile & web apps, Commercial pages.
During my internship I assisted on project management and social media management.
Yondr is an immersive media agency that captures high-end 360° video content for a virtual reality experience.
What I've learned during this time is how to approach people and which profiles should be approached. I mastered to use the CRM-tool and understood the importance of a CRM-tool. Apart from that, I assisted during events and meetings.
Taking orders and serving food and beverages to guests in the restaurant. Always being aware of guest satisfaction to deliver the perfect service experience. Ensuring high quality of food and beverages to guests. Servicing the guest in a friendly, efficient manner while maintaining a clean and safe work environment.
Cold calling: calling companies concerning IT infrastructure.
Intern at Commefort at the departement of social media & marketing.
Giving people a teaser of the product while convincing them to buy the product in a subtle way. Mostly worked for following brands:
- Leffe
- Grimbergen
Updating social media of Proximus during events.
Management in VR/AR industry.
Stopped after realizing that teaching is not my cup of tea and since my interest lays more in informatics.
Additional course about the do's and dont's of guiding a meeting.
ASO
Learned more about human social behavior.
Organising events, organising exhibition booths, preparing virtual reality events, parties for 1000+ visitors.
Working with VR HMD's and applying VR in different environments.
Use of social media platforms and websites to promote a product or service. Expertise in social media, discovering of new trends on the internet, advertising, expanding organic fan base, content design and publishing.
Photoshop Elements 10, HTML, CSS, Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access), Scripting, OS X, Windows 10.
SEO, SEA, Growth Marketing, Lead Generation, Content Marketing, Google Analytics, Email Marketing
Expanding my network and prospecting the market, networking
Designing Wordpress sites and publishing blogging content.
Ex.:
- https://vrtl.academy
- https://garagebosman.be
- https://moon-gin.be
Photoshop CC 2016, Indesign CC 2016, Premiere CC 2016.