Marnix Bras

Current

Interaction Designer at Agis Zorgverzekeringen
Blogger on my weblog at www.marnixbras.nl (Self-employed)

Past

Coordinator New Media at Dance4Life
Creative online marketing specialist at Web Power
Design, technics and customer relations at Site4U

Conceptual Architectonic Design at DRFTWD
Voluntary work / Graduation at South Africa / Cape Town / Khayelitsha

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Education

ArtEZ Hogeschool voor de Kunsten
Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum
VWO - Guido de Bres - Amersfoort

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Marnix Bras’s Summary

For Dance4Life I am creating and coordinating strategy, concepts and new online opportunities for web, communities and email campaigns
Keywords: web2.0, communities, wisdom in the crowds, two-way communications. etc. etc.

Before that, I specialized myself in Internet and online communications at Web Power. Graphic design as well as consultancy and advise for online marketing and email marketing.

My background is in conceptual design for public spaces, from where I worked for a creative office. From there I developed presentation of concepts different techniques, Animation in Flash, Vector art in Illustrator, Company styling and profiling in Indesign or photo-editing in Photoshop, You name it. I can dream it all, for web and print.

Furthermore I have a decent amount of HTML-CSS knowledge, e-mail marketing knowledge and experience in creative concepting.

My dream is to develop towards a creative concepter that advises clients and defines strategy for splashing online campaigns and communications, This in narrow cooperation with graphic designers, identity designers, front-end developers and (database) marketers.

Marnix Bras’s Specialties:

Online communications, email marketing, (or e-mailmarketing, depending on where you live) branding and identity, graphic design, online marketing, English, Dutch, broad perspective, open minded!

Marnix Bras’s Experience

Interaction Designer

Agis Zorgverzekeringen

(Online Media industry)

2009 — Present (less than a year)

Initiating, coordinating, designing an evaluating improvements and concepts for new and existing websites and online services.
Blogger on my weblog
www.marnixbras.nl (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Online Media industry)

November 2001 — Present (8 years 1 month)

How I became a Creative consultant online marketing with sense for strategy and concept for online media:

After my graduation in November 2001 I did part-time design works for different clients, print and web till July 2003.

From 2003 till now I got myself an employer, so now I focus www.marnixbras.nl only for blogging, sharing inspiration and showing off. check http://www.marnixbras.nl for articles, opinions, recent work etc.

I am very interested in web2.0 developments, and because you have to practice what you preach, I am also involved in sharing knowledge, inspiration and contacts in things like blogging, Twitter, Numpa, Hyves, LinkedIn, gadgets, Google maps, etc. etc.
Coordinator New Media

Dance4Life

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

March 2008 — February 2009 (1 year )

As coordinator new media I started and coordinated new opportunities to reach young people and raise awareness for hiv and aids. I am responsible for creating and implementing new strategies and concepts in websites, communities and email campaigns
Creative online marketing specialist

Web Power

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

August 2004 — March 2008 (3 years 8 months)

EN: Creative consultant online marketing, Graphic design, webdesign, e-mail design, consultancy, concepting and creation of websites e-mail campaigns in online and email marketing - www.webpower.nl and www.nomadic-nomadic.nl

I was one of the initiators and developers of our company-blog, - www.ping.webpower.nl
Design, technics and customer relations

Site4U

(Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2003 — July 2004 (1 year 1 month)

In a fast growing internet service company, responsible for relationships with clients and Graphical Design / DTP - www.site4u.nl - Wageningen
Conceptual Architectonic Design

DRFTWD

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)

July 2001 — January 2002 (7 months)

Conceptual and Design assistant on crossdisciplinairy architectural design office in Amsterdam - www.drftwd.nl - three dimensional design proposals and two-dimensional (digital) presentations
Voluntary work / Graduation

South Africa / Cape Town / Khayelitsha

(Non-Profit; Myself Only; Architecture & Planning industry)

April 2000 — February 2001 (11 months)

I did voluntary work for the resarch of my wife on HIV/AIDS in the Cape town township Khayelitsha in South Africa were we lived for a while, and gathered inspiration for my own thesis on Architecture in Townships.

Marnix Bras’s Education

ArtEZ Hogeschool voor de Kunsten

Bachelor of Art , Architectonic Design , 1996 — 2001

Architectonische Vormgeving - Monumentaal (Architectural Design - Monumental) , later on OK5 - Beeldende Kunst en de Publieke Ruimte (Visual Art and the Public Space). An Architectonic acedemic art school with a hands-on mentality, where I learned to think in creative concepts, without boundaries.

I my classroom I was a pioneer in Digital Design techniques and presentation techniques. Specialized in visualizations of concepts.
Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

- , Food Science , 1993 — 1995

In this university I learned to think beyond borders, be critical, found many friends etc. etc. The Food Science master degree was not for me, because I could not find the creativity I looked for. To much dry chemistry. After two years I quited, started several jobs, in the meanwhile attempting to write in to an Art School, which i attended in Arnhem from 1996 till 2001 (and got my degree there finally :-) )

Activities and Societies:

student association vgsw
VWO - Guido de Bres - Amersfoort

VWO , pre-university education , 1986 — 1993

English, Dutch, MathematicsA, MathematicsB, Physics, Chemistry, Biology

Additional Information

Marnix Bras’s Websites:

Marnix Bras’s Interests:

Web 2.0, strategy and concept, graphic design, online marketing, photograpy, family-life, third world issues, http://www.moetjatja.nl (Website of my partner)

Marnix Bras’s Groups:

Internet creatieven, http://www.internetcreatieven.nl, http://www.xing.com/profile/Marnix_BrasinternetCreatief/, http://marnixbras.hyves.nl/, http://www.sxc.hu/gallery/marnixbras, http://twitter.com/marnixbras, vgsw