Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
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Personality Test
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Thomas Westerlinck

Thomas Westerlinck

Leefdaal

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Head of Digital Advertising Operations

Mediafin
Brussels
09.2021 - Current
  • Managing operational team ensuring setup and delivery of all digital ad campaigns.
  • Streamlining existing advertising technology using automation techniques.
  • Implementing new technology to support new products, such as audio and video.

Sr. Business Developer Data

DPG Media
Vilvoorde
08.2019 - 09.2021

Building a commercial offering for DPG Media data for advertising. This included the following:

  • Pricing.
  • Offering guidance for data-centric topics with advertisers.
  • Developing and improving user segments for commercial offerings.
  • Onboarding 2nd and 3rd party data to improve data quality.
  • Improving access to DPG Media with data clean rooms, such as InfoSum and DPG Datalab.

Personalisation & Data Expert

KBC Bank & Verzekering
Leuven
02.2019 - 08.2019
  • Usage of Adobe Audience Manager to refine personalized strategies on various KBC digital platforms together with different specialists.
  • Enforcing a data governance framework for the use of first-party data.

Digital Media Manager

KBC Bank & Verzekering
Leuven
07.2016 - 02.2019
  • Establishing and overseeing various paid media campaigns on display, search, and social.
  • Enhancing campaign effectiveness by aligning with target KPIs.
  • Implementing DSP and DMP technology to optimize media buying processes.

Senior Ad Operations Specialist

MediaDonuts
Antwerp
01.2015 - 07.2016
  • Implementing optimized strategies to improve marketing performance across various channels (SEA, paid social, programmatic, ...).
  • Developing normal and DCO HTML5 banner ads.
  • Reporting and client management.

Intern Web & Graphic Designer

Belgian Spirits Company
04.2014 - 06.2014
  • Assisting in creating a new brand identity for the
    company.
  • Designing new product packaging and website.

Education

Interactive Multimedia Design

Thomas More Mechelen
01-2014

Desktop Publishing

Syntra Leuven
01-2011

ICT

KHLeuven
01-2010

High School Diploma -

Heilig Hartinstituut Heverlee
Leuven
01-2009

Skills

  • Digital strategy development
  • Digital marketing expertise
  • Marketing automation
  • Project Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Business Development
  • Teamwork
  • Web analytics proficiency (Google & Adobe)
  • DSP (Mediamath, DV360, Xandr,)
  • Adobe Audience Manager
  • Search and Social Ads

Languages

Dutch
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
French
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2

Personality Test

  • MBTI : ENTJ-A
  • DISC : Implementor

Timeline

Head of Digital Advertising Operations

Mediafin
09.2021 - Current

Sr. Business Developer Data

DPG Media
08.2019 - 09.2021

Personalisation & Data Expert

KBC Bank & Verzekering
02.2019 - 08.2019

Digital Media Manager

KBC Bank & Verzekering
07.2016 - 02.2019

Senior Ad Operations Specialist

MediaDonuts
01.2015 - 07.2016

Intern Web & Graphic Designer

Belgian Spirits Company
04.2014 - 06.2014

Interactive Multimedia Design

Thomas More Mechelen

Desktop Publishing

Syntra Leuven

ICT

KHLeuven

High School Diploma -

Heilig Hartinstituut Heverlee
Thomas Westerlinck