University of Groningen

Vlerick Business School

Hogeschool voor Economische Studies Amsterdam

Director News Services at Mediafin (De Tijd/L’Echo)

Managing the Mediafin News Services department
- Offering (innovative) group subscription solutions to the B2B market (De Tijd/L'Echo)
- Transformation from paper to usage based (digital) group subscription formulas
- Editorial integration of Mediafin content (De Tijd/L'Echo) in client platforms
- Personalized feeds of information (tailor made apps De Tijd/L'Echo)
- Integration of De Tijd/L'Echo journalism in business applications via API
- Organization CEO pitch retail investor event De Belegger/L'Investisseur on Tour
But also: 
- Part of the Mediafin sustainability work group

Mediafin

Director News Services 

Co-owner startup rideshare platform Fanride

Fanride

Co-owner

Making sense of finance
Comfidens is a corporate & financial communications agency

What we do:
- Turn figures into an exciting business story
- Share your company’s strategy, values and achievements
- Enhance the visual impact of your report
- Boost the reach of your business story… and make its impact last longer

Director Comfidens

Managing the Business Unit Mediafin News Services
- Commercializing the quality content of De Tijd/L'Echo to B2B clients (news feeds, tailor made apps, subscriptions etc)

Business Development Manager News Services

Heading the creative department (Transfer Studios) for all non-spot solutions for the Transfer television channels. 
- Setting up creative formats for and with the Transfer brands (MTV, Viceland, FOX, National Geographic, TF1, Comedy Central, Studio100...) 
- Creating video solutions (tv and online)
- Business development (creative agencies, media agencies, direct clients/advertisers)

Transfer nv

Head Creative Sales

- Generated business by securing new accounts
- Provided media/marketing/communication services to current accounts 
- Provided sales/sponsoring services
- General management tasks (HR, finance/budget control)
- Accounts: Viceland (the TV channel from Vice), History Channel (A+E), Sundance Channel, AMC, CBS Reality, (regional) TV channels from Mediahuis (Evenaar, ATV, TVL, TV Oost)

Foo Media services TV stations and other media platforms. An experienced team in Brussels specializes in scheduling and programming, multiplatform editorial and branding and marketing at large. Foo Media offers an international network to local clients. And it localizes international offerings for the Benelux market, leading to higher visibility and revenues at a lower cost.

Foo Media

Commercial Director

- Member of the Acht television channel launch team
- Managed sales Acht (advertising revenue, spot and non spot sales)
- Managed marketing & communication Acht (brand development, b2c, b2b, Public Relations)
- Managed music/culture programming of the Acht television channel

Acht (now VTM4)

Sales and Marketing Manager

- Organized media conferences DNA2008 and DNA2009, an international gathering of cross media news and content organisations determined to succeed in the digital news age
- Managed launch of Media Academie België, training institute for radio, television and crossmedia

Concentra Media

Sales and Marketing Manager Avalon

- Managed advertising sales men's magazines (P-magazine, EOS-magazine, Ché, Le Soir Magazine, Autogids/Le Moniteur Automobile ...) 
- Maintained long-standing relationships with current advertisers
- Generated business by securing new accounts

John Smit