Gerrie Smits Email & Phone Number

Antwerp Area, Belgium

What do I cover? - Overall: Strategy for a Digital World.- Current pet subject: Blockchain and what to do with it. - How: the importance of User-centric thinking.What can I bring? >> Inspiration: Need to know what’s happening in the rapidly changing world of digital/innovation? Need to know which trends are relevant for your business? I give inspiring talks and create trend reports.>> Workshops & concept development- I help teams get insights in Blockchain, digital trends & create frameworks to develop relevant concepts.- Using design thinking methodologies, I help teams with putting the user central in their processes, communication strategies, concept developments,...>> Strategy Development/TransformationHow can you identify threats and opportunities in this increasingly digital world? What does it mean for your communication strategy? How about your business model? What are the skills you require? Through an iterative strategy process, we define your next steps on a day-to-day, strategic and cultural level.>> Education/CoachingI design educational/learnings programs, aimed at helping companies/people deal with the impact of Digital on their organisation/business.

Zag To The Zig is my way of sharing the stuff that triggered my curiosity. ZTTZ is a good old-fashioned newsletter.ZTTZ is not just about blockchain (although I’m sure it will pop up regularly), but more about the overlap of innovation, tech, business and people. Read/subscribe >> https://zagtothezig.substack.com

London

'Digital Business' is a new post-graduate professional curriculum, set up by Karel de Grote Hogeschool and Antwerp Management School. As Program Director I'm responsible for the overall course strategy and making sure that the students can apply the professional experts' knowledge to their own business case.

Antwerp Area, Belgium

Antwerp Area, Belgium

When the city of Antwerp decided to go "digital first", I developed a digital strategy, based on a few core principles. The idea was to not get stuck in technology, be more ambitious than making a 'good website' and lay the foundations for the city as a platform, as a set of APIs.

Antwerp

I was responsible for all things social media. I developed a framework to analyse all social media channels, made a customer response scheme, integrated social/conversation into the thinking and the workflow of both the editorial and the marketing team and developed a strategy for social advertising.

London, United Kingdom

We conceived & developed communication solutions and concepts that were based on a deep understanding of social & digital media, but that are firmly rooted in human reality.

London, United Kingdom

Pixelspew was a network of filmmakers and creatives. We made music videos, web content for the BBC, commercials and developed brand identities. We created a digital content strategy for VPRO 3VOOR12 as well as curated the first mobile content show for MTV/Motorola.

London, United Kingdom

I worked on various music tv formats, as a director, producer and senior producer. I was part of the R&D team that developed new formats for the European and US network.

Education record

Ma, Cultural Studies - Visual Culture

Ma, Germanic Languages