Dann Smit Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam, Nh, Nl

Amsterdam

Love rewards the brave! CapeRock opens up brands to future audiences. Amsterdam based brand design studio born and raised from the world of entertainment. We work closely with clients to help them define and visualise the ambition that lies at the core of their brand. Using design, strategy and story telling we bring those ambitions to life into exciting outcomes that work across todays platforms.We strongly believe that creative excellence delivers business results. To achieve this our organization is open, agile, independent and most importantly creative-led. Our teams are tailored to maximize the right skill set for any project, from identity design to broadcast to campaigns. This results in work that stands out and lasts. The partners of Cape Rock are: Dann Smit, Marco-Paul de Jeu and Martijn Wolff. Individually they have worked across borders, on both agency and client side. Together they cover creative leadership, business strategy and project management.Specialties: Creation of Brands, Brand Strategy & Design, Creative Concepts, Management of large scale design projects, Development of Marketing, Advertising & PR plans. International experience in event marketing and broadcast branding. Naming, positioning, logo design, corporate design, motion design, channel flow, animation & live action direction.

Notable Projects:The Hague— city branding for the marketing department of the Hague. Nat Geo TV— shifting its perception from ‘nature’ to ‘human stories’ through our communication strategy and advertising campaigns based on their strong on-air properties. Promax/BDA Europe 2011 - Finalist - Best Print Ad for Consumers. Fox Life— positioning and communication strategy for Fox Life in the Netherlands. Comedy Central— innovative campaign around the introduction of the show Veridian Dynamics. Promax/BDA Europe 2011 - Finalist - Best Innovative Idea NPO 3onStage— brand platform for the joined programming of the Dutch public radio and TV broadcasters around the Dutch music festivals.

Media Investment Company

Karma is an award winning company specialized in branding, design and advertising for the media industry. We work for clients like MTV, Comedy Central, World Wildlife Fund and many public broadcasters.Notable Projects:WWF— Creative direction of the Amazon campaign for the WWF. Comedy Central— Channel identity and launch of Comedy Central in the Benelux. VHU— Repositioning of the brands and companies within the group. UPC— Creative direction of the campaign around UPCs digital and video on demand services. Gold award & Finalist at Promax/BDA 2009. VPRO— Rebrand of their music channel 3VOOR12. Finalist at Holland Animation Festival 2008. MTV— Creation of branded content for Red Bull specials on MTV and online.

Head of Creative at MTV Benelux. Directing all on air design, promotion and marketing of MTV NL. Part of the channel management. Responsible for creative team management and resources, international relations within the MTV network, budget and contacts within the Dutch creative scene.Notable Projects:Introduction campaign for MTV’s on demand player ‘Overdrive’. 2 Gold awards Promax/BDA 2007 Creation of ‘the Republic of MTV’, MTV ‘s branded online music festival platform. Campaign for ‘Asian Screen’, the Friday night Asian movie slot. Gold at Promax/BDA Europe 2006 Launch of the digital channel MTV Brand New. Redesign of the main MTV channel. Promax/BDA Europe 2006 - Finalist Redesign and positioning of the MTV.nl website.Design of the locally produced shows: Making the Movies, MTV News, Pimp my Room, Brand New, Rocktober, Breakfast Club, MainStage Friday, Road Rally.

London, United Kingdom

English & Pockett was a creatively led international branding and design agency specialized in media and sports branding. It has build up a vast amount of experience in building brands for broadcasters throughout the world. I came into the company as a senior creative and worked the last 3 years as creative director.Responsibilities included leading international broadcast branding projects, steering the creative vision of the company, guiding teams in the creative process, and delivering pitches at board level. Notable Projects:Deutsche Welle— On air identity of DW-TV, design and direction. UEFA Euro 2008— Logo design & brand development for the 2008 tournament in Austria/Switzerland. Chello Media— Creation of the VOD platforms Arrivo on demand and Xotix for Dutch cable operator UPC. Creative direction, UI & identity design and direction. UEFA Cup— Rebrand of the UEFA Cup. Creative direction and design of the on-air identity for all regions. UEFA Champions League— Branding of the 2005 UCL final in Istanbul. UEFA Champions League— Complete rebrand of the UCL, Creative direction and design of on & off air elements. Winner of the sports Industry Awards 2007. Disney— Creation of a dynamic brand system for Disney Channels branded blocks Toons, Film & Club in the EMEA regions. Design and direction of the Toons identity. Viasat— Rebrand channel TV3+, creative direction and design. TV5— Rebrand of St Petersburg regional news channel. Creative direction. EuroSport— Brand identity system for EuroSport including the new on air identities for the main channel and the launch of EuroSportNews. Branding of Eurosport.com website. Senior Designer & team lead. SVT1—Rebrand of the first public channel in Sweden. Senior Designer & Director.

Broadcast Media, Branding, Design, Graphic Design, Interactive Design.Senior creative leading teams in the conception and execution of corporate identities, on air identities, title sequences, web sites, DVD and CD-ROMs. Responsible for the direction of film shoots, animation and high-end post production. Leading role in pitches and client presentations. Clients include RTL 4, RTL 5, SBS 6, NET 5, FOX, AVRO, KRO, RKK, NPS, VARA, Game TV, Endemol, IDTV, SAM ITC, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Discovery.Promax/BDA Europe 2000 - Silver - Best logo design NET5New York Festival 2000- Gold - Best corporate website