Hi, I am Derek Brouwers, concept provider, art director, digital creative and designer.


Intro

When you need an extra creative mind on your team, when you need a new visual identity, when you need someone to brainstorm with, when you need your ideas to come to life, contact me.

Depending on the project, I may work independently, but I thrive when collaborating as part of a (temporary) team. Whether it's creating directly with you, the client, or working on-site with your creative team. Or when the project asks for it, bringing in other freelance experts, I have a network I can rely on to get the job done.


Work

My projects range from TV and radio campaigns, over poster and print, digital activations and social media content to logo design, branding and webdesign.


My CV

With almost 30 years of experience in advertising in Belgium, including 20 years in agencies and 10 years as a freelancer, I have worked for small local startups to big international brands, and everything in between.

Starting as a traditionally trained art director, I had the chance to work with some of the pioneers of web design and development in Belgium in the mid to late 90s. I quickly discovered the vast opportunities of this new medium and the creative playground it offered. After a few years in digital advertising and marketing, the line between 'online' and 'traditional' advertising began to blur, leading me to evolve into a more hybrid creative role the following years.

As the creative director of an agency's online branch, I led a team building bridges between brands and their audiences, on- and offline.

For the past 10 years, I’ve worked as a freelancer, assisting agencies and companies whenever they need a fresh, experienced perspective on briefings for pitches and existing clients, or when they are short on creative staff. I also work directly with startups and small companies to help them get noticed by their new audiences.

I have experience on briefings for financial services, telecom, automotive, FMCG, technology, retail, non-profit, healthcare, governmental & institutional,... both in B2C and B2B.


Clients

TBWA, Boondoggle Havas, June20, VRT Creative, Joe Public, Springbok, AdSomeNoise, Engaged, Gutz&Glory, Friendship, Wunderman Thompson, Lucy, Trooper, LDV, Bagheera, FamousGrey, Darwin BBDO, Mutant, Bonka Circus, AIR, Wunderman Brussels, CCX Colruyt Group, Wunderman Antwerp, Bounce Rocks, Craftzing, Serviceplan, Secondfloor, Smile, Rozetta,...

Before I started freelancing I worked for Duval Guillaume, Proximity BBDO, Prophets , i-Merge and QuattroD’Arcy / Quattro•DMB&B


Disclaimer

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