Marjolein Van Der Aar

Experience

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  Study Association Aureus

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2011

  • Chief Editor Faculty Magazine Avenir

    Aug 2010 - Jan 2011

  • Chairman European Study Trip 2010

    Sept 2009 - Aug 2010

  • Member Exchange Committee

    Jan 2009 - Sept 2009
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  Study Association Aureus

  Jun 2011 - Sept 2012

  Vice-Chairman Aureus
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  Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  Jan 2012 - Aug 2013

  Member stuurgroep Identiteit & Diversiteit

  Advisory body on the themes Identity and Diversity for the VU Executive Board. We composed a new mission statement for the university.

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  QANU

  Dec 2012 - Jun 2013

  Student member degree program assessment committee Business Administration

  Assessment of Business Administration programs of 3 universities in the Netherlands for accreditation.

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  Feducon

  Sept 2013 - Oct 2013

  Assistant consultant

  Market analysis and assisting in consultancy assignments.

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  Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  Mar 2014 - Jun 2014

  Student assistant

  Coordination of the International Strategy course, teaching seminars, evaluating students and organizing a consultancy project.

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  Strategic Management Centre Laren

  Jun 2014 - Sept 2014

  Junior Researcher

  Academic research, advisory projects and education activities in the field of strategy realization.

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  RTL Nederland

  Oct 2014 - Mar 2016

  Management Trainee

  1,5 year intensive training program with projects at:- RTL Ventures: weekly KPI reporting of 6 ventures, coordinating marketing activities, market research and assisting in acquisitions- RTL Nieuws: research and advice about the news consumption of Millennials, introduction of Snapchat as a news channel- SpotX: improvement of data management and reporting structure, strategy & business development

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  RTL

  Jun 2016 - Jul 2019

  - User Research, data analysis and product development of the RTL Nieuws App- Coordinating all audio initiatives at RTL. Leading innovation projects at RTL Nieuws from idea to launch as ‘intrapreneur’:- Built a personalised news platform to engage a young audience and led a team of young journalists, designers and developers.- Developed a news service through WhatsApp & conversational interfaces Google Home & Alexa.

  • Product Manager RTL Nieuws App

    Sept 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Innovation Project Manager RTL Nieuws

    Jun 2016 - Aug 2018
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  Forward Incubator

  Feb 2019 - May 2019

  Refugee business coach (volunteer)

  Coaching a refugee with setting up his video production business in the Netherlands.

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  Station10

  Aug 2019 - Aug 2020

  Innovation Consultant

  Helping large media organisations to develop new innovative digital products, involving market research, business cases, validation, facilitating Google Design Sprints, development of MVP as Product Owner.

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  GO! Grafi Offshore

  Sept 2020 - May 2022

  Product Owner LesLinq

  Responsible for SaaS tool development and product vision, roadmap and launch strategy. I led the transition from kanban to scrum.

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  Mindful minuut

  Jan 2022 - now

  Online meditation service through WhatsApp, Spotify and our own Mindful Minuut App, which helps thousands of people meditate daily. As solo founder I am involved in strategy, growth marketing and product development. As a mindfulness trainer I am teaching the 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training.

  • Founder Mindful Minuut

    Oct 2020 - now

  • Mindfulness trainer

    Jan 2022 - now
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  Wizenoze, Boertien Vergouwen Overduin, Digitaal Theater, OK App

  May 2022 - now

  Freelance Product owner/user specialist

  Several freelance roles as Product Owner and User Research specialist:- Wizenoze: Usability testing, user research, advice for product development- OK App: User research, persona creation, analysis & recommendations- Digitaal Theater: Product Owner role developing a streaming platform for performance arts - partnership between Nederlands Dans Theater, ITA and Holland Festival- NCOI Group: Concept development & project management BVO Bites, an innovative learning concept for Boertien Vergouwen Overduin's training courses Show less