Sanne Wijbenga

I love working with ambitious clients and start-ups who are looking to bring their dream project to life or take their digital product or online presence to the next level. Projects always result in something tangible, which can be anything from a website, a design system, a digital product or service, a landing page to a prototype bringing a vision to life. I can also support you in further developing or setting up your design team.

IXDS is Germany’s leading service design agency. IXDS designs and prototypes meaningful user experiences for all service touch points – both analog and digital. I lead the Connected Living unit focusing on projects around the Smart Home and beyond. Later I took on the role of Design Director Interface Design, which meant being responsible for 17 designers both in Munich and Berlin, the design quality of projects and making sure the interface design skill is being further developed inside the company.

SinnerSchrader is one of Europe’s leading digital agencies. With a focus on e-commerce, strategy and communication, SinnerSchrader offers the full range of digital agency services. As Creative Director I was responsible for the Allianz Germany account. We were helping Allianz to make their insurance products available online. My role was both client facing and internally focused on overlooking design, UX and development. I supported other accounts such as O2 and BMW and lead pitch teams when needed.

Fabrique is a multidisciplinary communication and design agency and one of the top online agencies in The Netherlands. I’ve helped build up their Amsterdam office. 
 I worked for a mix of consumer brands and cultural clients such as Albert Heijn, I Amsterdam, Artis Royal Amsterdam Zoo, ING bank, The Rijksmuseum, SNS Reaal, The Van Gogh Museum and Ziggo. My work consisted of advising clients, creating concepts and strategies, giving presentations and workshops, and directing and teaching designers.

Fontanel is the online design magazine in The Netherlands. I wrote about everything that inspires me. From design to photography and animation. http://archief.fontanel.nl/auteur/sanne-wijbenga/

Startup Shuffler.fm is a fun way to navigate through thousands of music blogs or as Wired magazine said "Shuffler: Channels Blogosphere into Simple Music Stations". I helped out the Shuffler team with advise on design, especially for their iPad app.

I was a scout and member of the jury for the Dutch Design Awards. Our goal was to nominate the best Dutch Design and make a selection of the best work of the year. The international jury awarded the ultimate best of the year.

Studio Dumbar is a world renowned design agency in Rotterdam, balancing large branding assignments with small cultural projects. I worked for a range of corporate and cultural clients such as: Marlies Dekkers, Essent, C Broadcasting, KPN, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Design.nl, H+F Collection, Dutch Emissions authority and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

TBWA is an international advertising agency. I did a 3 month internship during my education at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (HKU). I worked for Disneyland Paris, the SIRE Fireworks campaign and Unicef.

A 6-week part-time program that teaches business to designers. The training provides theoretical knowledge and practical methods for Industry Analysis, Competitor Analysis, Business Strategies, Business Models, Business Strategies, Design Metrics, Business Metrics, and Prototyping with Numbers.

Two day training focussed on the role of Scrum Product Owner and the discovery process in product development.

Two day course focussed on helping agencies move to a more agile based organisation and culture. Learning from frameworks such as Scrum.

Eight day management course on leadership, communication and conflict management. The course was held internally at SinnerSchrader.

Five day course on branding and what influence branding can have on interactive design. The course was given by strategists Susanne Peters and Majorie Dijkstal and was held internally at Fabrique.

'Management of People' was a seven day course on effective leadership, influence and motivation of employees.

Next to illustration I developed an interest in animation, video, webdesign, games and graphic design. My graduation project was nominated for the 'Kunstanjer' of the Prins Bernhard Culture Foundation Utrecht by the