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Kortrijk, Be

Kortrijk, Vlaanderen, België

Designing and implementing innovative (technological) solutions for communities, buildings and venues.By connecting what is already out there.To make live and local interactions happen.

Kortrijk

Wisely is a Place Marketing Agency. We help cities & towns, retail parks & shopping centers, events and brands to build their attractivity wisely, to manage their location and stakeholders efficiently and to activate it strongly. Clients are amongst others Retail Estates, Redevco, City of Tongeren, Abli, Ceusters, etcBacked by strong technological and innovative partner platforms and a full-service support from strategy over planning to implementation and daily management, Wisely connects its clients with their target audiences, converts them into ambassadors for their places and takes care of every aspect from A to Z. Wisely doesn't sell products, we deliver solutions. Based upon community scans and long term strategies supported by profound experiences and data collected via daily in-the-field projects.www.wearewisely.com

Kortrijk, Belgium

With Homey, www.homey-kortrijk.be, I've created together with my wife and business partner, a unique lodging and meeting concept, rated on average 9.8 on booking engines Booking.com and Airbnb. Stay and come together in our authentic mansion in the heart of Kortrijk.Spacious guest studios with the comfort and privacy of a holiday home, the services of a hotel and the cosiness & homeliness of an authentic B & B.It is incredibly enriching to meet guests from all over the world, each of them with their specific stories, each of them with their own characteristics, many of them @ Homey while doing business in Kortrijk, many of them enjoying some days on city trip ... but in any case, each of them extremely grateful for what Homey and their hosts offer them: modern roof top studios in a historic mansion dating from before 1850 and a unique 'guest intimacy' through our messaging channels and the homeliness we offer.

Kortrijk

Kortrijk

Kortrijk Koerse is a yearly recurring unique event in August in the city centre of Kortrijk (BE). Cyclists compete during several rounds through the historic city centre. Thousands of spectators and fans along the track. A VIP event for 1.500 guests. And an entertainment program with several concerts for all people at the market place.I'm - together with our Wisely Team - responsible for all communication (offline and online) activating sponsors and visitors to the event. And we digitize all administration through e-invoicing, e-ticketing etc.www.kortrijkkoerse.be

(Town) center management: advice and implementationMeasuring performance of centers (of attraction) (footfall, vehicles, online, …)GeomarketingBoosting turnover, loyalty and experiences

Kortrijk

Kortrijk

Joyn originated from a merger of Het Opzet, Qustomer and CityLife. They've joined forces since they truly believe that cities and merchants are able to intelligently reinforce one another.Our mission? To connect and activate people in cities. Discover a world filled with rewards and experiences throughout your city or municipality, and take advantage at thousands of merchants with the Joyn app or Joyn loyalty card.Joyn Urban Services - as a full daughter of Joyn - continues the specific mission of the former company Het Opzet. Namely connecting the network of merchants and users/citizens to (city) services such as town center management, parking, sports, communities, city marketing and partners. With data insights we deliver real impact on the management of cities, retail parks and shopping centers.www.joyn.be

Sold to Joyn end of 2016As an Activation Agency we focused on 360°. We boosted footfall, loyalty, turnover, online traffic and venue experience. We composed and managed geo-marketing campaigns and events. We published content to the targets of our clients.Therefore, we combined smart software solutions (e-ticketing, couponing, loyalty, gift vouchering, e-money, payment schemes, e-shops, ...), high performing hardware (from digital displays over simple tablets to smart self-built kiosks), online/social cloud-based tools (from social media, over web-based apps, websites, ...) and down-to-earth marketing techniques to deliver a customized concept or solution to our customers.We focused on: Town centers, shopping centers & retail parks, touristic & leisure venues/attractions/clubs, small & large retail ... (='centers of attraction')We had an in-house 'content publishing department' and used existing or self-developed media: social media, websites, e-newsletters, online magazine platforms, digital display networks, ...To answer to the needs of our clients, we started to develop content in-house (small blog posts, social media posts, visuals, ...). We acted as a one-stop-shop with our solution partners, experts and hands-on tools. Het Opzet set out strategy, combined the individual solutions and had final responsibility.

Kortrijk

The mission: empowering (the attraction of) the town centre/high streets and attracting as much shoppers/visitors to the city as possibleThe basics in Kortrijk: cofinancing between merchants, shopping centre and city council; management of the town centre and the budget as a private company/shopping centreSome initiatives / daily challenges: - Daily general management of the company (accounting, personnel, logistics, marketing, legal, ...)- Daily collaboration with management of a shopping center of > 30.000m² in the heart of the city- Daily collaboration and negotiation with city council, political parties and all city departments- Follow up of retail world, new trends and evolutions.- set up, management and marketing of a gift voucher system. Sales of >1 mio € within +/- 14 months after launch.- Editor of a magazine (220.000 pcs), 76 pages, distributed in new target areas.- Organisation and promotion of events on public area (B2C)- Daily promotion of retail and events in Kortrijk via www.shop-in-kortrijk.be, facebook/twitter, ...- Installation and follow-up of KPI's

At DM&S Events, I was responsible of the organisation of several large and small events from A to Z. From concept over budget, from bookings over implementation, from coördination on site over evaluation with the customer.

Starting as a trainee, I learned the skills of operations and leading a team on the floor. After some months I was charged with the overall responsibility over a department with 15 co-workers and 3 shifts 7/7. I learned to manage people and to organise operations efficiently. I worked one year for the business support team and I was responsible for calculating prices in support of the sales team. During my years in KTN I was 3 months in Spain to help organise a warehouse, 4 months in Ludwigshafen where - as a terminal manager ad interim - I had to take responsibility over 7 co-workers and searched (and found) a new permanent terminal manager, and I was 1,5 months in the UK in support of the project engineer building a new logistics hub.