Co-leading the process of further maturing the design system of Action, as well as integrating e-commerce initiatives into the domain of action.nl.

Leading the product and experience design on three different projects for different Fortune 500 clients. The first project was focussed on delivering complex experience and UI designs for a B2C product, the two other projects were venture incubations where my role was more aimed at supporting the discovery phase.

For Adidas, I have been responsible for leading the experience design of the Fast Lane Checkout. This data-driven business initiative, endorsed by the C-Suite, aims to create and validate an improved user experience, allowing the checkout journey to be completed in two steps (basket and checkout) instead of three steps (basket, delivery, and payment). My responsibilities have included creating engaging and conversion-oriented designs, as well as collaborating closely with the… Show more For Adidas, I have been responsible for leading the experience design of the Fast Lane Checkout. This data-driven business initiative, endorsed by the C-Suite, aims to create and validate an improved user experience, allowing the checkout journey to be completed in two steps (basket and checkout) instead of three steps (basket, delivery, and payment). My responsibilities have included creating engaging and conversion-oriented designs, as well as collaborating closely with the development team. This collaboration ultimately led to the successful deployment of a minimum viable product (MVP) for the Fast Lane Checkout in the US market. Show less

For Runyon Design, a New York City based product studio, I’ve been hired to play a crucial role in the design process and delivery on a high-visibility, Fortune 500 financial services company.

At the Accell Group, the European market leader in e-bikes and well-known for brands like Batavus, Sparta, and Raleigh, I’ve been responsible for delivering strong UI designs, optimising design and development collaborations, and making specific UX decisions.

Within the team of Consumer Credits, I'm responsible for the UX / UI design work and all internal and external stakeholder management related to my discipline. Within the department, I am responsible for the UX and UI delivery on the following projects:1 - Financing check. A client facing tool where customers can easily and efficiently calculate their financing possibilities.2 - Financing flow. An advisor / client facing tool where a financing is officially requested… Show more Within the team of Consumer Credits, I'm responsible for the UX / UI design work and all internal and external stakeholder management related to my discipline. Within the department, I am responsible for the UX and UI delivery on the following projects:1 - Financing check. A client facing tool where customers can easily and efficiently calculate their financing possibilities.2 - Financing flow. An advisor / client facing tool where a financing is officially requested, established and finalized. 3 - Sustainability. The implementation of sustainability features within the above two products. 4 - Back office. An advisor facing tool where the user can easily engage in multiple journeys related to back office features (e.g. early payments)5 - Financing flow for Non Consumers - An advisor / client facing tool for requesting a financing, which focusses on professional investors. Show less

Working closely with both founders to set up a strong brand strategy and creating converting customer journey flows to establish the user needs and deliver the designs for a product that can make an ethical difference.

A leading bank in the Middle-East, Bank ABC, set the goal to launch the first mobile-only banking app in the Middle-East. I’ve been hired by Backbase to take the lead design position during the MVP delivery of this project. Besides intensive involvement in UX design work, I was responsible for managing the stakeholders at Bank ABC. Simultaneously I was working together closely with Mobiquity, the agency that was responsible for delivering primary UI designs and establishing the branding.

▸ Holding a leadership position in a fast paced start-up environment.▸ Being responsible for all UI and UX design work that is being created within inzpire.me.▸ Advising the CEO and COO (both co-founders) on product development and company strategy.▸ Defining a design and product strategy together with the CEO.▸ Setting up a high-level multi-quarter planning for product development.▸ Working remotely and flying to Oslo, Norway once every six weeks to… Show more ▸ Holding a leadership position in a fast paced start-up environment.▸ Being responsible for all UI and UX design work that is being created within inzpire.me.▸ Advising the CEO and COO (both co-founders) on product development and company strategy.▸ Defining a design and product strategy together with the CEO.▸ Setting up a high-level multi-quarter planning for product development.▸ Working remotely and flying to Oslo, Norway once every six weeks to collaborate in person with the team.▸ Sharing my passion and (positive) energy with the team, to create the optimal feeling of personal attachment to the product.▸ Got a promotion offered for the role of Head of Product.▸ Actively mentored a design student on a weekly basis for the full year that I worked at inzpire.me. Show less

Everyone at Toptal is a senior designer or developer. There are Toptalers from MIT, CERN, and Google, as well as Top 100 Rails contributors, Django committers, authors, professors, and more. Of the thousands of applications Toptal sees each month, typically less than 3% are accepted.Toptal portfolio: https://www.toptal.com/designers/resume/chris-constandse

▸ Caring the responsibility for two external designers (UX & VD) and making sure the expected deliverables are finalized before the deadline. This in combination with the SCRUM working technique.▸ Meeting up with multiple stakeholders to present different running projects, for example, a content category plan, which included making an indexation of the different digital content items per website, campaigns and social expressions.▸ Presenting and getting agreement over various… Show more ▸ Caring the responsibility for two external designers (UX & VD) and making sure the expected deliverables are finalized before the deadline. This in combination with the SCRUM working technique.▸ Meeting up with multiple stakeholders to present different running projects, for example, a content category plan, which included making an indexation of the different digital content items per website, campaigns and social expressions.▸ Presenting and getting agreement over various full web designs to the CEO of the company, and being able to communicate my UX decisions with self confidence and passion.▸ Working together with external design- and coding teams to make sure that the delivered project is in line with the expectations from the business and at the same time has the optimal user experience.▸ Setting up a full digital styleguide for our brands and communicating this to the CEO of the brand as well as the company I'm directly working for, Nextail.▸ Playing an important role in communicating certain design decisions between Nextail and the different formulas inside the Blokker Holding (Xenos, Leen Bakker, Intertoys, etc.). Show less

In my role as a design mentor I guide students for 6-week periods and teach them everything about design. From UX to wireframing to the final visual design. I also teach them about color theory, typography and visual hierarchy. I have multiple Skype sessions with my students to make sure that I also stay connected to them from a personal point-of-view.

▸ Communicating with clients to find the right visual solution to their problem. This includes sketching and multiple sessions.▸ Translating wireframes to visual designs that are in line with the expectations from the client, and also offer the best user experience.▸ Building a full front-end based on the visual designs that have been approved by the client, with the use of Bootstrap as a framework.Projects that I've been responsible for:▸ For the multiple markets… Show more ▸ Communicating with clients to find the right visual solution to their problem. This includes sketching and multiple sessions.▸ Translating wireframes to visual designs that are in line with the expectations from the client, and also offer the best user experience.▸ Building a full front-end based on the visual designs that have been approved by the client, with the use of Bootstrap as a framework.Projects that I've been responsible for:▸ For the multiple markets of Yanmar Europe (industrial, construction, agriculture) I have been responsible for the design process (from concept wireframes to approved visual designs) and the front-end coding (HTML, CSS, jQuery). http://www.yanmarindustrial.eu.▸ For the brand Doelbeleggen (part of Velthuyse & Mulder) I have been responsible for the full design process (from sketching, to wireframing, to finally setting up an approved visual design). http://www.doelbeleggen.nl. Show less

▸ Being responsible for implementing the brand of our biggest partnerships (Easyjet, RyanAir, Airfrance, KLM) in line with the brand of Booking.com, this with the use of HTML, CSS and jQuery.▸ Advising the account managers from the US market with the goal of growing the international partnerships of the brand, Booking.com. This all from a technical point-of-view.▸ Internationally optimising the Booking.com implementations for our biggest partnerships, which included travelling… Show more ▸ Being responsible for implementing the brand of our biggest partnerships (Easyjet, RyanAir, Airfrance, KLM) in line with the brand of Booking.com, this with the use of HTML, CSS and jQuery.▸ Advising the account managers from the US market with the goal of growing the international partnerships of the brand, Booking.com. This all from a technical point-of-view.▸ Internationally optimising the Booking.com implementations for our biggest partnerships, which included travelling around the globe (Rio de Janeiro, Paris, Moscow) with multiple account managers.▸ Setting up A/B experiments with the goal of improving the conversion values of the Booking.com brand.▸ Increasing my knowledge by joining multiple trainings, which included the 'Art of Influence' and 'Effective Presentations' trainings. Show less

I'm working a lot as a freelancer. I've designed websites for the two different companies of my parents, created logos, advised people by starting their own website and gave feedback on print- and webdesigns of others.

At Ketchum Pleon I worked as an intern on accounts like the European Union (website) and Bosch (event style). I also completed my graduating project at Ketchum Pleon.

At Vesper I worked as an intern on accounts like TNT post (adverts) and 2alljobs (website).

In the third year of the study Interactieve Media I decided to go to Mittuniversitetet (www.miun.se) in Sundsvall (Sweden) to study there for half a year. During this year I gained a lot of new experiences. The courses I followed there were:- Intercultural communications: working together with different cultures, learning about other cultures and how we communicate through (body) language;- Graphic design: learning how to use the tools (photoshop, illustrator)… Show more In the third year of the study Interactieve Media I decided to go to Mittuniversitetet (www.miun.se) in Sundsvall (Sweden) to study there for half a year. During this year I gained a lot of new experiences. The courses I followed there were:- Intercultural communications: working together with different cultures, learning about other cultures and how we communicate through (body) language;- Graphic design: learning how to use the tools (photoshop, illustrator), getting professional advice;- Journalism: creating a magazine, writing first-rate english articles, learning about photography, working with creative commons;- Narrative forms in media: creating a short-movie, from pitch-presentations to the premiere. Show less

For this project I worked as a designer for an assignment of the dutch company Ilse Media (Sanoma). Further, our team consisted of a project manager, two conceptthinkers and one technical programmer. We created a full-working application of the site www.styletoday.nl for the Apple Iphone.

In july 2008 I decided to pause my study for one year to get more experience in the field.I followed two internships:- OrangeAria (www.orangearia.nl)- Brevidius (www.brevidius.nl)And I followed multiple courses:- Typography (Grafisch media instituut Amsterdam)- Design Layout (Grafisch media instituut Amsterdam)- Painting using Photoshop (CREA)- Digital Media Design (CREA)

My intership at Brevidius lasted 3 months. During this period I learned how to deal with customers and created my first project for a big account: a poster for Rabobank.

My first working experience I gained at Orange Aria. I worked on a poster to promote OrangeAria and had my first contact with a client.