Work

A timeline of my work.

Started as Senior Product Designer at Sandfield
2026
Moved to Auckland, New Zealand
Building for the future: Scalable navigation

Critical infrastructure redesign to address navigation bottlenecks in a growing SaaS suite — creating space for AI integration, phone client features, and everything that comes next.

Building for the future: Scalable navigation
CRM Magazine: structured collaboration under tight deadlines

Leading the design and production of a premium print magazine for Embrace — from stakeholder alignment to a finished publication shipped on time.

CRM Magazine: structured collaboration under tight deadlines
The Design Quartet: Educational cards that students actually use

A design principles quartet card game that serves dual purposes: reinforcing key UX concepts for students and creating lasting brand connections with emerging talent.

The Design Quartet: Educational cards that students actually use
Ideation workshop: Bridging theory and practice

A compressed design methodology workshop for University of Groningen students — turning the five-day Design Sprint into a 2–3 hour session that actually fits academic reality.

Ideation workshop: Bridging theory and practice
2025
THX App: reinventing the onboarding experience

Redesigning the onboarding for a community-driven market research platform — reducing initial data requests by 70% and replacing friction with conversational design and gamification.

THX App: reinventing the onboarding experience
2024
Promoted to Senior Product Designer at Embrace
2023
Revamping search: making migration worth it

Turning a keyboard-first search overlay into the feature that made users stop comparing Embrace to the legacy system they'd left behind.

Revamping search: making migration worth it
2022
Started as Product Designer at Embrace – The Human Cloud
Graduated MSc Human-Machine Communication, University of Groningen
2021
Graduated BSc Creative Technology, University of Twente
2019
A refreshing rowing experience: WaterRower Connect App

Designing a high-quality digital companion for WaterRower's handcrafted rowing machines — real-time performance tracking that feels as considered as the hardware it connects to.

A refreshing rowing experience: WaterRower Connect App
2018
Started as UX Designer at Label305
2015
Started studying BSc Creative Technology, University of Twente
2014
Born in Assen, The Netherlands
1995