Rick Van Houten | Freelancer Resume

CV Curriculum Vitae Rick van Houten linkedin.com/in/rickvanhouten instagram.com/zorm_design facebook.com/rickvanhouten EIGENSCHAPPEN INTRODUCTION I am an enthusiastic and motivated creative person. With a lot of passion I start challenging projects and always know how to bring them to a success. Variety and challenge in my work are a must. I am passionate about realizing company-wide and personal goals. I am eager to learn and curious. Creative Responsible Helpful Ambitieus Accurate Optimistic Problem solver Driven Hendrik Pieter Rick van Houten Nationality: Dutch Birthplace: Groningen Telephone number:- Date of birth: 03 / 05 / 1990 E-mail address:- Place: Groningen, The Netherlands Marital status: unmarried Boumaboulevard 496, 9723ZT Driver's license: Yes, car (obtained in 2009) WORK EXPERIENCE 2016 - present Graphic Agency - ZORM Groningen Industry: Internet, Design www.zorm.nl Creating the brand identities of companies. Design professional layouts that take a product or service to the next level. Specialism: corporate identity, branding and web design. Worked for these brands: Enexis, Friesland Campina, FC Groningen, Pranger-Rosier and many international. Companies from America to South Africa using Social Media Marketing tools. 2012 - 2016 Freelance Graphic designer Groningen Industry: Internet, Reclame, Design Working on all kind of Graphic Design projects. Participating in online design competitions to put me in the spotlight as a designer. One of the results achieved was the design of the shirts and the players' bus for FC Groningen. 2011 - 2012 Outbound Agent - SNT: KPN Groningen Industry: Telecommunications, Sales As an Outbound Agent I was active at Call Center SNT on various campaigns, sales were central, working with targets and to sell a service in such an eﬀective and customer-friendly way. WORK & INTERNSHIPS Web- & Interaction design (work placement) - Rapide 2018 Groningen www.rapide.nl Industry: Internet, Design, UX As a UX and UI designer I have devised and designed an interface through research methods such as User tests and wireframing. This resulted in a thorough design for a user environment. Web- & Interaction design (werkstage) - iWink 2016 Groningen Industry: Internet, Design www.iwink.nl Creating user-friendly and eﬀective websites. The focus at iwink is on creating the best web designs and interactive designs. At iWink I have further developed myself as a (web) designer. Graﬁsch Vormgever - Florad 2009 Goes, Zeeland Industry: Internet, Reclame, Design www.ﬂorad.nl For my Graphic Design training I did an 11-month internship at an advertising agency Florad in Goes. Because Florad is a relatively small company, I was given a lot of responsibility as a designer and had direct contact with the customer by email and telephone. The main activities consisted of: building websites and branding: corporate identities (logos, business cards). EDUCATIONS CERTIFICATES - Communication & Multimedia Design (HBO) - Communicatiesystemen (HBO) 2014 Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden (NHL) SBK Advies & Training, SNT, Groningen 2012 Hanze Hogeschool Groningen Small Business & Retail Management (HBO) - Graﬁsch Vormgeving (MBO-BOL4, niveau 4) - Theoretische Leerweg (VMBO-TL) - Basisonderwijs SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE Hanze Hogeschool Groningen Graﬁsch Lyceum Rotterdam (GLR) Pontes Goese Lyceum, Goes (Zeeland) OBS De Kooi, Eelde (Drenthe) LANGUAGES Engels Native language Principles of Web Graphics Design Test Via Upwork - Dutch Contactcenter Medewerker Adobe Photoshop Microsoft Word Adobe Illusrator Microsoft Excel Adobe InDesign Microsoft Outlook Adobe After Eﬀects Microsoft Powerpoint Adobe Premiere Pro Sublime Text Sketch (Bohemian) Blender (3D) Axure RP 8 Contstruct 2 Duits French Good, conversation Reasonable, conversation Basic, conversation and reading. and reading. and reading. INTERESTS Travel Photography Reading Movies Football Fitness Drawing/Art