Maarten Brands

Current

• Co-founder/Owner at BigWheel Studio
• Co-Founder/Owner at Virtual Fairground
• Co-founder, Owner at Funky Fish B.V.

see less...

Past

• Advisor/Strategy Director at Dutch Game Garden
• Strategy Consultant at yoMedia
• Marketing & Sales Director at W!Games

• New Media Strategist at Woedend!
• Executive In-game Advertising at Down Under/JuniorSenior

see less...

2 more...

Recommended

1 person has recommended Maarten

Connections

247 connections

Industry

Entertainment

Maarten Brands’s Summary

Creative and commercial person with a rich understanding of new media and the gaming industry. Speciality in setting up and managing ambitious start-up businesses.

Maarten Brands’s Specialties:

Creative, Commercial, Strategy and Business Development

Maarten Brands’s Experience

• Co-founder/Owner

  BigWheel Studio

  (Internet industry)

  November 2008 — Present (9 months)

• Co-Founder/Owner

  Virtual Fairground

  (Entertainment industry)

  November 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  Virtual Fairground funds, publishes and commercializes casual, browser-based Massively Multiplayer Games (MMO's) and Virtual Worlds aimed at mainstream audiences.

• Co-founder, Owner

  Funky Fish B.V.

  (Internet industry)

  October 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)

  Funky Fish is a succesful community and datingsite for Christians.

• Advisor/Strategy Director

  Dutch Game Garden

  (Computer Games industry)

  January 2008 — January 2009 (1 year 1 month)

  The Dutch Game Garden wants to accelerate the growth of the Dutch games industry both nationally and internationally. The foundation provides wide-ranging support for starting and established game developers that are located in the Netherlands.

• Strategy Consultant

  yoMedia

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 7 months)

  yoMedia (www.yomedia.com) conceptualizes and develops groundbreaking mobile communications solutions and community products and services with a focus on mobile platforms.

• Marketing & Sales Director

  W!Games

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

  January 2006 — December 2007 (2 years)

• New Media Strategist

  Woedend!

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

  January 2006 — January 2007 (1 year 1 month)

• Executive In-game Advertising

  Down Under/JuniorSenior

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

  May 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 8 months)

  Co-founder of the in-game advertising department at Down Under Advertising (later renamed to JuniorSenior).