
Timeline
About me
Lecturer, coach and designer in creativity, concepting and branding.
Education

Radboud university
2015 - 2016Master of arts (ma) communication & persuasion 8,5Studies the psychological side of communication in the marketing-, organisation-, health- and educational field.Graduated in July 2016 on research on the effect of narrative implemented in educational texts, on the recollection of the given information.

Radboud university
2014 - 2015Pre-master communication & information studies 7,5One year full-time pre-master (55 ECS) to get admission to the master in Communication & Persuasion at the Faculty of Arts.

Nhl hogeschool
2004 - 2009Bachelor of multimedia communication & multimedia design (cmd)Activities and Societies: . - course: imagineering - minor: Concepting - internship on educational media design - minor: Entrepreneurship - community (workgroup member): '!nspiratieLab' (for creative thinking, concept design, and justification of design) - course: psychology - course: NLP - graduation project on concept design At CMD I studied media design as broad as the subject is. From marketing and graphic design, to programming and research when it comes to the basics. After two years I started focussing mainly on creativity and concept design and on storytelling and education. I graduated writing a little educational book on concept design as a narrative.
Experience

Noordhoff uitgevers
Jan 2007 - Jan 2007Multimedia design traineeconcepting, design, e-learning, character design, animation, flash developing

Freelance photography
May 2007 - Oct 2009PhotographerFor several years I have been active in photography, trying to visualize the beauty in even the smallest things I come across. A selection of the pictures I've taken over the years can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/leoniedriessen I love doing portraits and you will also find quite some landscape pictures in there. Since last month I'm also doing wedding photography, of which there are also some pictures to be found on my Flickr page.

Noordhoff
Jul 2007 - Sept 2007Multimedia designerconcepting, design, character design, animation, e-learning and flash developing (creating digital content) for the Math department

Brightwork
May 2008 - Dec 2009Multimedia designerwebdesign, logo design, usability and a bit of marketing

Nhl hogeschool
May 2009 - Feb 2010Concepting teacher for first year students, coach / consultant and assassor for all years within CMD (Communication & Multimedia Design) Creating a community for creative thinking, concepting and design aspects. With this community we try to help students think outside the box, set up solid original concepts and justify their concept en design choices. The book "Concepting: The Journey" is the endresult of my graduation project for Communication & Multimedia Design (CMD). In this little book you'll be taken on a journey through concepting. The book is written as a story in which you will learn about creating strong concepts. Now that I have graduated I would like continue on this track by setting up a couple lectures about concept design.
Assistant Teacher in Concepting
Nov 2009 - Feb 2010Co-founder & Workgroup member !nspiratieLab
Feb 2008 - Feb 2010writer of "Concepting: The Journey"
May 2009 - Oct 2009

Bibliotheek eindhoven | library of eindhoven
Oct 2010 - Jan 2011As project coordinator I was responsible for the concept, educational- and visual design and the educational development of the two first digital courses or "Digital Lesson Chests" as they called them, for the Library of Eindhoven. These "Lesson Chests" were made available for primary schools and middle schools. Starting off with the following themes: "The Canon of Eindhoven" (history) and "Design & Art". Creating a concept and a plan for teens, around a bus, for the library of Eindhoven.
Project Coordinator Digital Courses
Mar 2010 - Jan 2011Concept designer for "project teen bus"
Oct 2010 - Nov 2010

Leonie driessen media
Jan 2012 - nowDesigner (selfemployed)concept- and (educational) multimedia design, branding and graphic design.

Fontys hogeschool
Jan 2012 - nowLecturer and coach in media design, concepting and creativity & personal growthAt Fontys ACI (Academy for Creative Industries) I am a lecturer in Media Design, Concepting , Creativity, Storytelling, and I coach students in their personal growth. I love developing new content and new systems in education. Our students study Communication- and Business / Commerce in the "International Event, Music & Entertainment Studies" program.
Licenses & Certifications

Lego® serious play® certified facilitator
Lego® serious play® certified facilitatorNov 2019
'de bono certified' (lateral thinking)
Dutch edward de bono foundation / de bono centre of expertise - koning willem i collegeSept 2014
Gamification of learning
Lynda.comApr 2017
Pedagogical and teaching skills (bko)
ApsApr 2012
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Leonie Driessen"best of class" in visual notes - Oct 2013 At the 3 day "School of Curiosity" in Villefranche sur mer 6 awards were given out at the end of this "end of summer school". I won the award for the best commonplace book, which was because of my visual notes. I was awarded this prize by one of the worlds best motivational speakers: Watt Nicoll, from Scotland.
Volunteer Experience
Project manager / Lecturer / Coach
Issued by NHL Hogeschool on Feb 2008
Associated with Leonie Driessen
Languages
- duDutch
- enEnglish
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