
sales & marketing, communication, web marketeer
Antwerp Area, Belgium

sales & marketing, communication, web marketeer
Antwerp Area, Belgium
Seeking business opportunities, building up networks, online marketing, providing pre-studies and delegating the breaking through of the project is daily business. My aim is to find the best investment for your money, backed up with serious expertise and research at forehand, and at the same time broaden my scope and intellect with knowledge sharing, providing problem resolutions, growth strategy, strategic planning and business development. Also I introduce projects in the market by using wide media channels, mainly online, and networking.
Keywords: leadership and coaching, commercial, innovator, creative and strategic thinking, negotiator, motivator, teambuilder, honest, no nonsense, to the point, six languages.
Specialized in starting up new businesses in unknown markets and its online marketing promotion using wide media channels.
- Commercial Management
- International Project Management
- Change Management
- Sales & Marketing
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
2003 — Present (6 years)
1/ liaison for Argentinian artists: online promotion and marketing
2/ hetbestevoordeel.be: hospitality portal site
3/ portretkunst.be: painting and drawing portraiture
4/ paintwerp.be: paint in Antwerp: artist's initiative
5/ politiekgedoe.be: politics in Belgium
6/ safarisinafrika.be: promoting safaris in Kenya and Tanzania
7/ freelance webdesign
The above are constant: introduction of these projects with online marketing and barterdeals. In the meantime different projects come up, mainly needed to be introduced into the Flemish market.
» Managing True Artist LinkedIn Group.
(Chemicals industry)
2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
Launching a new joint venture in Zaragoza (SP) between Innova Packaging Systems (Belgium) and Ribawood (Spain), both injection moulding specialists, called Bepallet. Building up a network of plastic pallet distributors in Spain and Portugal.
» temporary job, untill start up is finished.
(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
2006 — 2008 (2 years)
Introducing Center Parcs (bungalowparcs in Belgium, Netherlands, France and Germany, part of Pierre & Vacances group) in the b2c and b2b2c market by starting up partnerships, co-branding and e-marketing.
» left the company due to commercial disagreements with superior
(who was "asked to leave" a few weeks later).
» Managing Pierre&Vacances Employees LinkedIn Group
(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
2004 — 2006 (2 years)
Introducing Bellewaerde Park and Walibi (theme parks in Belgium) in the tourism sector in Flanders and North-France. Introducing StarParks (ex-SixFlags Europe) in the British market.
(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
2002 — 2004 (2 years)
Seeking new opportunities in Spain and the US regarding hotels and leisure centres, mainly looking for contacts and investors and bring them together in projects. Managing the projects till launch into the market: contracting suppliers, communication, advertising, sales & marketing.
» expanding Woodman's Foodmarkets (Madison, US)
» start up first Kosher hotel in Spain N.CH (Torremolinos, SP)
» Prestige VIP: security at jetset parties (Marbella, SP)
» temporary projects
(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
2002 — 2002 (less than a year)
Reception Manager at exclusive ‘Relais et Châteaux’- hotel in Southern France. Direct contact with extremely demanding guests, organising special events (IBM-convention), translations and special wishes (Grand Prix de Monaco, Festival de Cine de Cannes). Responsable for reservations, conciergerie and guest satisfaction.
» temporary job (summer season).
(Hospitality industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year)
Receptionist at a four star hotel in the famous ski resort.
Ski instructor to guests of the hotel.
» temporary job (winter season).
(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
1998 — 2001 (3 years)
Working for different touristic venues in different places in different continents, financing my next trip.
» getting to know the differences between men and cultures, languages, exploring my own norms and values. I learned to treat people with different languages and from different cultures the same way I'd like to be treated. Respect is the foundation of all relationships. Never underestimate anyone, because she/he could be your future boss. If you are open for it.
But when the going gets tough, only the tough get going...
Teacher Spanish for Foreigners 2002 — 2003
Teacher PhysEd 1995 — 1998
Human Sciences and Modern Languages 1993 — 1995
Master in Solfège, Master in Oboe 1985 — 1994
Latin-Greec 1988 — 1993
sports (especially swimming, judo, basketball, skiing and badminton), music (from the good oldies to heavy metal - favourites are Smetana with The Moldau and Life of Agony), languages, meeting people, webdesign, art (through my wife), travelling, history, movies, nature (walking with my dog in the Spanish mountains), commercial challenges
My daughter and wife say they love me. Well, my daughter still doesn't say it, but I guess she would want to ...