Joost Van De Loo

Joost Van De Loo

Strategic planner (brand innovator) at Lemz

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Current
  • Radio columnist at VPRO
  • Strategic planner (brand innovator) at Lemz
Past
  • Writer at EYE magazine (www.eye.nl)
  • Strategic planner (brand innovator) at mortierbrigade
  • Writer at Diplo magazine
Education
  • MA, City University London
  • MSci, Delft University of Technology
  • Hageveld
Connections
321 connections
Industry
Marketing and Advertising

Joost Van De Loo’s Summary

Currently based in Amsterdam I am a brand strategist passionate about bringing product development thinking and journalistic practices to the advertising domain.

Extensive, wide-ranging media experience through working for:
- mobile operator (product development mobile entertainment)
- digital ad agency (brand experiences)
- creative network (start-up)
- TV broadcaster (weekly BBC show about the media)
- international affairs magazine (writing articles)
- e-marketing think tank (editing a business book & blog)
- creative ad agency (strategic planning)
- radio show (weekly column about media & culture)
- trend magazine (writing articles)

MA International Journalism
MSci Mechanical Engineering

Joost Van De Loo’s Specialties:

Brand & Media strategy, Journalism (topics: Marketing as a service, Arts & Culture, Media, Technology/Energy),


Joost Van De Loo’s Experience

  • Radio columnist

    VPRO

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

    November 2007Present (1 year 9 months)

    Weekly column in show "De Avonden" ('the nights') discussing new media experiments in the international arts & culture sector.
    http://www.vpro.nl/programma/deavonden/

  • Strategic planner (brand innovator)

    Lemz

    (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    November 2007Present (1 year 9 months)

    Strategic planning and brand innovation for clients such as De Lotto (Krasloten, instant lottery), De Friesland Zorgverzekeraar (health insurance) and Campina (Goedemorgen!, convenience breakfast).

  • Writer

    EYE magazine (www.eye.nl)

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    20082009 (1 year)

  • Strategic planner (brand innovator)

    mortierbrigade

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    September 2006October 2007 (1 year 2 months)

    Advertising strategy, brand innovation, new service development

  • Writer

    Diplo magazine

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

    May 2005May 2007 (2 years 1 month)

    Diplo is a monthly London based international affairs magazine that combines cutting graphic design with serious analysis.

  • Consultant

    ZN

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    March 2006October 2006 (8 months)

    Editing and launching Hyperthinker book & community platform. ZN is a think tank for emarketing and interactive communication.

  • Associate producer

    BBC Four / Winkontent

    (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

    December 2004May 2005 (6 months)

    For The Desk, the BBC Four's new tv show about the media, presented by wallpaper founder Tyler Brule, I produced a weekly item called "Five cool things to watch".

  • Co-founder

    WD81

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    February 2003August 2004 (1 year 7 months)

    WD81 is an Amsterdam based collective of freelance advertising creatives. My roles: finance, HR, account management.

  • Interaction planner

    Dynamic Zone

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    July 2001January 2003 (1 year 7 months)

    DZ was the creative brand agency from Leo Burnett Amsterdam. Output: experiential marketing, events and online campaigns for Johnnie Walker (Diageo), Tele2 and Dutch Police.

  • Product developer

    KPN Mobile

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

    February 1999April 2001 (2 years 3 months)

    Based in The Hague, the Netherlands. Responsibilities: Introduction of new mobile entertainment services for m-info (first wireless portal in The Netherlands) and hi fun (consumer portal). Participant of KPN management development programme.


Joost Van De Loo’s Education

  • MA, City University London

    MA , International Journalism , 20042005

  • MSci, Delft University of Technology

    MSci , Mechanical Engineering , 19921998

    Thesis project at Shell Research and Technology Centre Amsterdam. Internship at Eskom (energy, power generation) in South Africa.

    Activities and Societies:
    Virgiel: bar, OC, Taurus (board member), pre-Eeuwcommissie
    Gezelschap Leeghwater: secretary (127th board)
  • Hageveld

    Atheneum , 19861992


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