Birkit Bandsma, Manager Webshop

Birkit Bandsma

Manager Webshop

JustKidding

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, Marketing
Experience
15 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 6 Months

Manager Webshop at JustKidding
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2009 to June 2011

Starting up and developing the web site/shop for a kids store in Dubai.
- Responsible for the direct content of the web shop
- Marketing on new media
- Complaint management
- Logistics
- Other daily routines

Communication and PR Officer at Van Oord Dregging Company
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2007 to July 2008

Executing written and audiovisual communication for the Middle East.
General tasks:
- Manage and coordinate visits of clients, media, students and other contacts
- Develop and maintain internal progress communication (website content, monthly magazine)
- Manage PR activities
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with local media
- Maintain the Van Oord house style
- Manage PR budget
- Coordinate participation in trade shows and conferences
- Manage and coordinate sponsoring
- Provide input for website, personnel reports, financial reports, area brochures, corporate brochures and ‘On Board’ (monthly internal magazine)
- News gathering
- Coordinate film and photo productions and manage archive
- Coordinate advertising
- Develop and writing of editorials
- Organizing company events

account executive at Sanoma Men's Magazines
  • Netherlands
  • September 2003 to April 2005

Responsible for the advertisement marketing of several Special Interest magazines.
General tasks:
- Make market analysis’s
- Create and develop mailings and events to support sales
- Supporting the advertisement sales department
- Develop and create reports for the management
- Advice clients and media agencies

Media planner / Media coordinator / Financial department at Mediaedge:cia
  • Netherlands
  • December 1993 to August 2003

Tasks of a media planner were:
- Advise customers about mass media
- Write media strategies, plans and proposals
- Make market analysis’s
- Select types of media
- Negotiate prices and positions
- Monitor the handling

Education

Diploma, Marketing
  • at NIMA A + B
  • June 1999

After a change of career plan I took the NIMA (= Netherlands Institute for Marketing Analyse) courses. After completing them I learned all the neccessary skills during the variety of marketing jobs I did in the past (in the Netherlands and in Dubai).

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Word
Management
Brochures
Market Analysis
MX Excel
MS Powerpoint
MS Word
PhotoShop

Languages

Dutch
Expert
English
Expert
German
Intermediate
French
Beginner

Memberships

the Dutch Society
  • Board member
  • May 2009