Damien Taymans

Damien Taymans

Co-owner at exposant trois

Brussels Area, Belgium

Current
  • Co-owner at exposant trois
Past
  • Freelance Marketing & Communication Manager at Horas International sa / Artemide Benelux
  • Freelance Co-ordinator at Designers Week-End asbl
  • Freelance Marketing & Communication assistant at Horas International sa / Artemide Benelux
  • Shiftleader at Pizza Hut
  • Commissioner’s assistant at Art Master International asbl
Education
  • Institut Libre Marie Haps - Université catholique de Louvain
  • Institut Libre Marie Haps - Université catholique de Louvain
  • I.A.E. Brussels
  • EPFC (ULB-CCB)
  • Institut Notre-Dame de la Paix
Connections
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Industry
Public Relations and Communications
Websites

Damien Taymans’s Summary

Marketing and communication specialist with a multifaceted experience built on communication strategy, PR and media planning. Articulate and fluent in French, English and Dutch I am interested in orienting my career internationally.

Damien Taymans’s Specialties:

B2B and B2C communication, media planning, press relations, event co-ordination, direct marketing, PC literate


Damien Taymans’s Experience

  • Co-owner

    exposant trois

    (Public Relations and Communications industry)

    January 2008Present (1 year 11 months)

    Sharing an 8 year common experience in organizing events and communicating around them, associating complementary skills, a shared enthusiasm for written communication…
    One approach in three steps: comprehend, adapt, diffuse!

    exposant trois develops and coordinates all your written documents: magazines, brochures, newsletters, mailings and annual reports …
    From ideas to production follow-up, through composition, translation, graphic design, printing and putting information on-line.

    exposant trois adapts and sends the major components of your press communication: press releases, press kits, press meetings and campaign follow-up…
    An integrated service to each step of the project, applying commonly defined strategy, adapted to the characteristics of every sector and market.

  • Freelance Marketing & Communication Manager

    Horas International sa / Artemide Benelux

    (Furniture industry)

    September 2000December 2007 (7 years 4 months)

    - Marketing & Communication manager for Horas International sa. A company importing and distributing contemporary furniture and design lighting system over the Benelux countries and France as Artemide, Foscarini, Leucos, Ycami and Herman Miller.
    - Elaborating and budgeting communication and media campaigns. Media planning depending of previous campaigns results analyze. Aim: B2B as well as B2C targets. Co-ordination and production follow-up of promotional material.
    - Sales network: together with the sales area managers for each country implementation of a strategy to stimulate sales channels.
    - Development of new communication media : on line shopping, e-mailing campaigns
    - Copywriting and production of press releases for decoration and lifestyle magazines.

  • Freelance Co-ordinator

    Designers Week-End asbl

    (Events Services industry)

    October 1995December 2007 (12 years 3 months)

    Co-ordination of Designers Week-End event.
    Budget and costs control. Target: increase of the number of visitors both professional and end-users. An increase of more than 30% has been registered for the last three years (2003-2006).

  • Freelance Marketing & Communication assistant

    Horas International sa / Artemide Benelux

    (Furniture industry)

    October 1995August 2000 (4 years 11 months)

    Assisting the department manager in her daily works.

  • Shiftleader

    Pizza Hut

    (Public Company; YUM; Restaurants industry)

    February 1994September 1995 (1 year 8 months)

    Customer services at Drogenbos subsidiary. Shiftleader at Bruparck’s express shop: daily management, production control and team supervising.

  • Commissioner’s assistant

    Art Master International asbl

    (Events Services industry)

    July 1992January 1994 (1 year 7 months)

    World Impressionist Exhibition Commissioner’s assistant. Collecting and organising pieces of information about impressionist’s master pieces from 150 museums and private collections worldwide.


Damien Taymans’s Education

  • Institut Libre Marie Haps - Université catholique de Louvain

    Dutch 19951996

    D-level - cum laude

  • Institut Libre Marie Haps - Université catholique de Louvain

    English 19951996

    4-level - satisfecit

  • I.A.E. Brussels

    Marketing and Management sessions 19921992

    Evening courses

  • EPFC (ULB-CCB)

    Bachelor , Public Relations , 19891991

  • Institut Notre-Dame de la Paix

    Social sciences, languages and mathematics 19801988


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Damien Taymans’s Interests:

Gardening, blogging, graphic design

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