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2006 to 2007 changed everything. Before that time I tried out all kinds of jobs going from sales to construction work. They didn't seem to stick.
Then I got bed-grounded by a heart muscle infection, and things would never be the same again.

I discovered Second Life, an online reality game, and almost a year later I had a virtual life. Landed a job at an American company and went up the ladder from there. Learning all about community engagement, product placement, brand awareness, project management, brainstorming, thinking out of the box and much more. I found social marketing.

Skills

Social Media

Customer Relations

web - marketing

Community management
E-ngagement

Googling

Languages

Work

experience

Lead Product Development in Antwerp

2014 - Herrera

Developing Social Media packages for small to middle sized companies.
Conduct product training for sale representatives.
Train & support colleagues involved in executing the social media packages for our clients.

After completing the goals determined in the contract, the job was done.

Independent Blogger in London

2012 - 2013 - Founded World of Deep House

Managing a website and blog about Deep House music that provided small to middle ranged artists and labels a platform to shine.
Writing articles of all topics regarding this genre of music. Interviews with artists, joint ventures with labels, reviews on events, previews on releases and more. Specifically focused on the London area.
This was all provided in unique content and linked to most social platforms. Today only the Facebook page remains. Even 'inactive' as it is today, dozens of new members join the page each week.

Teacher in Antwerp

2011 - Open School Athena

Teaching English and general education to 16 - 19 year old students in prospect of their educational board jury exams in Brussels to obtain their high-school degree.
Teaching Dutch to foreign speaking Belgian citizens in the frame of their integration course.

Liason & Project manager Second Life in Chicago

2007 - 2009 Simuality LLC

Simuality was a virtual worlds development company in Evanston, Illinois. I was responsible for our client portfolio on the Second Life platform.

Developing a scope of work according to our clients' needs and company profile. Creating a presence in Second Life.
Following up with the projects inworld. 'One of a Kind - retail',
'Slippcat Marketing', 'VWC 2009 NY'...
Creating brand awareness and online presence through community interaction. Social media platforms, inworld Second Life, creating events online as well as media coverage in real life. Chicago tribune, NBC.

We were silver sponsor at the Virtual Worlds Conference in Javits center in NYC. Introducing a non intrusive marketing system for virtual worlds.

Basic HTML/CSS

Basic Python

French

German
Dutch
Flemish
English

Education

Adult Education in Antwerp

2001 - 2002 - VLOD

Ortho - pedagogics for two years.
Doing internship as a part of the course:

Centre ' Kauwenberg' - emancipation of the lowest social classes.

Offering families struck by generation poverty social and educational support. With special focus on teens and their background.

Crisis support ' Het Net' - a crisis shelter for young adults between 19 and 24 years of age, who can stay for a maximum period of nine months in which time they will be supported to get their social and financial structure back in order.

Highschool in Antwerp

Finalized in 1999 - SISA

After taking the Economy-Modern Languages course, I decided to change my direction into audio- visual arts. As it connected more to my line of interest.

Two years of Audio-Visual arts in a new school proved that. The creative aspect and freedom of interpretation made me finish highschool. Later in, I would change my path again to Pedagogics.

Tommy Van de Voorde CV .pdf

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