Martijn Nieuwenhuijse
Hi! And welcome to my online resumé. On this webpage I will introduce myself, share my personal and professional experience and share the skills these experiences have taught me. Feel free to reach out for questions or further contact.
As a strategic designer, my daily work is focussed on preparing organizations for the future. Through thourough market and customer analysis I write visions, create roadmaps and designs that can be put in place to achieve this.
My interests within this field, however, lie in designing organizational structures, producing value propositions an using systemic design to create competitive advantage.
Throughout my life, I have worked in many places (see experience) and met many people. This experience has taught me about working with people from different backgrounds, my position as a designer, entrepreneurship, holistic problem solving, leadership, communication, anticipating the behaviour of others and discipline.
My Education
Master Strategic Product Design
TU Delft | September 2020 - October 2022
I finished my masters programme with an assignment on organizational change using a systemic design method that allows the company Witteveen+Bos to take their digital products to new heights.
Bachelor Industrial Design Engineering
TU Delft | September 2015 - January 2019
I finished my bachelor programme with a research and design assignment for Tefal in which I created a new electronic barbeque made for balconies in the city.
VWO - Natuur & Techniek
GSR Rotterdam | September 2009 - June 2015
I finished my high school with a design assignment where I made a travel case that would not wrinkle the clothes of the carrier.
My Experience
Challenge solver - Blackbear
January 2022 - Now
As challenge solver at Blackbear, I did multiple different creative assignments for companies like Louwman, Dyna Group and the ministry of IenW. These assignments includes customer research, designing customer journeys and creating visual representations of reports. The skills I was taught during my studies are of great use in helping these companies with their challenges.
Co-founder - OnMe
September 2021 - February 2022
As co-founder and CFO of OnMe (a startup for giving kindness in the shape of coffee) I was in charge of maintaining the digital product and keeping the finances in order. Together with two others I created a relatively successful startup in a short amount of time, with a lot of customer validation and sales. We mainly worked on creating solid value propositions and customer support.
Chairman of the board - ID Study Association
September 2019 - August 2020
As chairman of ID I was the face of the association, managed both 7 other board members as well as 2600 association members and lead meetings, events and the day to day tasks.
Industrial Design Engineer - Delft Engineer
February 2019 - April 2019
At Delft Engineers I was responsible for redesigning three products to be submitted to the Red Dot Design awards. Besides this I did some smaller assignments there.
Chairman of IO Festival - ID Study Association
October 2018 - June 2019
Together with 9 others, I was responsible for organizing the IO Festival: the largest yearly student festival of the Netherlands. As chair I lead the committee.
Chairman of ID Kafee - ID Study Association
September 2017 - September 2018
During the course of one year I lead the committee that was responsible for running and maintaining the bar at ID Study Association and organizing many events.
Winner pitch competition - HSIF
December 2021
Being invited to pitch the concept of OnMe, I had the honor of pitching our startup o a board of professionals. We won both the jury prize and the public prize.
Servicedesk employee - Faculty of IDE (TU Delft)
November 2021 - now
As servicedesk employee I am the first person people see when entering the faculty. I have to answer a multitude of questions from students, visitors and employees and keep oversight over borrowed goods.
Sales agent - Fonky
June 2021 - September 2021
As a sales agent for Fonky, my job was cold selling tickets to people in musea.
Student Assistant - Faculty of IDE (TU Delft)
May 2019 - Now
I have been student assistant for multiple courses at IDE. Here I was responsible for helping younger students with their assignments, giving workshops and grading reports and exams.
Several side jobs
August 2013 - Now
In total, I have worked at about 12 different side jobs, including: a supermarket, a call-center, a hortensia grower, delivering newspapers, the kitchen of a restaurant, a coffee bar and more.
My Skills
Soft skills
Presenting
Leadership
Structured work attitude
Bringing teams together
Tackling problems holistically
Technical mindset (Delft Engineer)
Hard skills
Fluent English & Dutch
Solidworks
Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro)
Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
Hobby's
Everything that has to do with cooking and eating
Trying out new sports, but also mainly playing squash
Learning about gadgets like phones or computers and giving advice about them to others