Kris Decoodt Email & Phone Number

Brussels, Be

Managing the rounds Gitcoin runs to reward its own community, the Gitcoin Citizens.Check out the linked forum post and/or podcast to learn more about what I did here.

Co-leading the DAO Operations workstream within Gitcoin DAO, next to continuing on Community Experience as an initiative within this workstream.Want to know what this means? Watch the linked video and/or the forum post on my budget.

Responsible for everything 'Community Experience' within Gitcoin, ao 'Cross-Workstream' DAO Operations, Onboarding & DAO tooling.#morecomingsoonGitcoin is focused on empowering communities to fund, build, and protect what matters to them, primarily through tools like their Grants Stack, Allo Protocol, and Gitcoin Passport. Since its founding in 2017, Gitcoin has facilitated over $50 million in funding for public goods, particularly in areas like DeFi, climate, and open-source projects. They emphasize community-led initiatives and the use of innovative funding mechanisms like Quadratic Funding to democratize resource allocation.For more details, visit Gitcoin's About Page, linked below.

Moving from the core team into an advisor role During this time (before Gitcoin full-time):- Fundraising for @ExploreEthereum (Twitter + linked below) - Joined the Gitcoin Kernel Fellowship in January (8 weeks training, linked below)- Took a break, made future plans, presented at EthCC

My job: Communication Strategy - Alignment of communication plans with overall strategy & mission - Organization of weekly communications meeting- Brand identity definition & execution- Briefings for writers, designers & other media creatorsPractical Outreach - Management of social media accounts- Content creation (medium posts, youtube, reddit, website, ... )- Content publishing on all channels- Reviewing of all communication efforts by contributors- Website maintenance and updates - Community managementActive core team member - Initiation and co-steering of horizontal management processes - Brand ambassador at events and on personal social mediaThe Commons Stack is building a library of open-source blueprints for the sustainable funding and management of community-driven economies that support public goods. (More on commonsstack.org)

Worldwide

Communication Strategy - Overal structure & organization of all comms- Sync + alignment with product and other circle leads- Lead of weekly communications circle meetingPractical Outreach - Management of social media accounts- Content creation (medium posts, reddit, website, wiki ... )- Reviewing of all communication efforts by contributors Giveth is an Open-Source Platform for Building Decentralized Altruistic Communities.

Worldwide

Communication Strategy - Alignment of communication plans with overall strategy & mission - Support in writing and revising the grant - Brand identity definition & executionPractical Outreach - Set up of the social media account + some growth hacking - Press release for official launch - Content creation & publishing on all created channels (medium, youtube, reddit, twitter, ...) The Aragon DAC was the second team working on the Aragon Project. We were building out core Aragon infrastructure with a special focus on both the developer as well as the end user experience. This project was ended prematurely because of an Aragon Grant (Flock) that did not go through for external reasons.

Global

Communication Strategy - Overal structure & organization of all comms- Audience segmentation & decentralized team org definition - Value prop & channel definition per audience- Core team outreach & onboarding Practical Outreach - Social media org, mgmt & growth of all channels - Updated website IA (thisis.swarm.city)- Event planning and practical organization (Porcfest, NH presence)Finance- Overal ‘agency’ budget management- Budget estimations & reportingSwarm City is a decentralized commerce platform with built in reputation system, running on the Ethereum blockchain.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Translating the Business needs of the Editorial team, Advertising & Marketing departments to the reality of the IT crowd, to further optimise Mediafin's digital assets and deliver the best possible experience for the readers of De Tijd, L'Echo and its respective magazines.Projects: - Lead on the translation of customer & business needs of De Belegger/L'Investisseur into a new website & app. Creation of wireframes & responsive interface together with design team after qualitative customer research with an external agency, planning and follow-up until delivery to IT Project manager. - Implementation of user feedback phase in the development cycle of De Tijd/L'Echo new app

Ghent / San Francisco

As part of management, in charge of all marketing activities, mainly in EU and US. - Lead generation & nurturing: via inbound channels, organization of webinars, support in growth marketing activities. - Awareness building: positioning & (re-)branding exercise, event planning, sponsoring, event speaking and product demos. Analyst relations with Forrester & Gartner. - PR management: in collaboration with team and US PR office, pitching additional offices in EU & MEA to accommodate growth. - Team management: role & responsibility (re)assignment and follow-up of a marketing manager, content marketer and conversation manager. - Internal communication: boost of cross-team collaboration through various initiatives.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Streamlining, optimizing and guaranteeing the quality of all digital marketing efforts at Microsoft Belgium & Luxemburg.- Infrastructure: keeping all Microsoft Belux sites alive & kicking - comprises hosting, privacy, compliancy, language quality management, technical updates, escalations and reporting, tool development and management, trainings.- Digital marketing: responsible for all digital activities within the Belux sub, overseeing all projects, with a special focus on social governance, budget management & reporting, web analytics and regular syncs with our 3 main communication agencies. - Team management: 3 digital project managers, who facilitate & coordinate all communication between marcoms & agencies, dividing all running digital projects between them. Also focus on some specialist topics such as SEO, reporting, video management, branding, direct marketing and reviewing.Some extra detail in the projects section below.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Responsible for all online marketing activities for Microsoft's consumer products. - Network inventory: managing the owned network inventory for digital campaigns- Team management: coordination of various agencies plus 2 campaign managers to service the different business groups as needed. - Budget management: assigning of and reporting on all consumer BG online marketing budgets - Key projects: Launch of new IE, Hotmail & Messenger, kick-off social alignment (see project)

Brussels Area, Belgium

Responsible for the management of some of the key clients of this hybrid digital advertising agency.- Philip Morris International: Working on top-notch high budget digital innovative projects and growing my digital and management skills in a very short time span.- Other clients: Delhaize, Landbouwkrediet/Crédit Agricole, Marcolini Chocolats, Avis, Microsoft.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Taking the full lead on projects, discovering traditional ‘above media’ and first true digital steps. Collaboration skills increased through management of account executive & project manager and organization of agency meetings.Account Manager (02/2006 - 04/2008)- Opel: dealer communication, integrating local & national (folders, DM, radio, billboard, ..).- Other projects/clients: new biz for Thalys, City Marketing Ghent, UPS, Vlam- Microsoft: move to new team with 1st Microsoft projects - Other clients: Fedict, Museum of Natural sciences, AstraZenecaSenior Account Manager (05/2008 - 01/2009)- Lead on all Microsoft projects, overall project management & budget control, key role in set-up of McCann Digital, strong relationship with McCann WE for global advertising- Lead on Manix Condoms launch, from shoot over innovative online communication, to long-term communication planning

Brussels Area, Belgium

High focus on b2c & b2b direct marketing, developing a sharp eye for detail and a love for good copywriting.- Budget & time management: cultivated by servicing many clients under multiple directors, discovering challenges of 24/7 delivery of great creative results and a perfectly manufactured end product- Through-the-line communication: shaped by ‘360°’ clients such as Shurgard, Dodge and Swiss Cheese, strategic expertise by working for the European Commission.- Other clients: Unilever, Mastercard, Henkel, Daikin, Sanoma, Coditel, Mobistar, L’Oréal, Intermarché, TAO, ...

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