Willebrord Elsing
Visual Designer & Art Director
Haarlem, NetherlandsProfessional with an extensive international background in traditional and interactive visual design.
Expertise in all aspects of hands-on design, art direction, client relations and cross platform hard– and software. Versatile, creative thinker with an eye for detail.
Tenacious problem solver, motivated self-starter who drives projects from thought to finish.
Works successfully on a team as well as independently, from free lance to Fortune 100 companies.
Expertise in all aspects of hands-on design, art direction, client relations and cross platform hard– and software. Versatile, creative thinker with an eye for detail.
Tenacious problem solver, motivated self-starter who drives projects from thought to finish.
Works successfully on a team as well as independently, from free lance to Fortune 100 companies.
Work Experience
Kpmg
Design Coordinator
Concept and creation of innovative proposal designs; traditional, digital and not rarely onconventional.
June 2013
- December 2013
Amstelveen, Netherlands
Boer & Croon
Senior Graphic Designer
Concept, creation and implementation of corporate identity. All aspects of shaping and designing information for print, web, smartphones and tablets.
February 2006
- April 2013
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Accenture
Visual Designer
Concept and creation with an emphasis on digital; websites, Flash animations.
January 2000
- July 2005
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Freelance
Visual Designer
Concept and creation, traditional as well as digital. Customers included the University of Missouri, Laclede Gas, Siegel’s Uniforms, Simon Marketing and Mallinckrodt.
October 1996
- January 2000
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
SI Music
Managing Director
Record company, music publisher, record distributor and organiser of events. Management, A&R, marketing, design of over 100 CD sleeves, PoS material and merchandise, organisation of over 200 concerts.
June 1991
- September 1996
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Controlec International B.V.
Head of PR & Advertising
Group of engineering and construction companies. Implementing and maintaining corporate identity, liaison with ad agencies, design of various print projects, copywriting, media contacts.
April 1983
- June 1991
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Sym-Info
Art Director & Publisher
Publisher of music magazines and event organisation. Designing and publishing magazines totalling over three hundred issues.
January 1981
- June 1996
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Languages
English (Fluent),
French (Conversational),
Dutch (Native),
German (Conversational),
Skills
Software/CMS
Adobe CC (Acrobat, AfterEffects, Dreamweaver, Edge, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, InCopy, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere), Lightroom, Aperture, Quark Xpress, Final Cut Pro, iLife, iWork, Microsoft Office/WordPress. Hardware/OS
Excellent cross-platform skills with Windows/PC and Apple Macintosh hardware and OS. Well versed in working with and producing work for iOS based smartphones and tablets. Related skills
Creative writing for web and print: b-to-b, b-to-c, retail, interviews, features and reviews. Fluent in Dutch and English; German and French spoken on a conversational level. Experienced photographer.
Adobe CC (Acrobat, AfterEffects, Dreamweaver, Edge, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, InCopy, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere), Lightroom, Aperture, Quark Xpress, Final Cut Pro, iLife, iWork, Microsoft Office/WordPress. Hardware/OS
Excellent cross-platform skills with Windows/PC and Apple Macintosh hardware and OS. Well versed in working with and producing work for iOS based smartphones and tablets. Related skills
Creative writing for web and print: b-to-b, b-to-c, retail, interviews, features and reviews. Fluent in Dutch and English; German and French spoken on a conversational level. Experienced photographer.